9th Aug 1947 Falkirk 5 Partick Thistle 6 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 1)

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Match Information

			Tully Craig		Davie Meiklejohn			46y, 7m, 28d
					Jackie Husband; Hugh Brown; Alex McSpadyen; Willie O'Donnell
					Adam Forsyth; Maurice Candlin; Frank MacBeath; Kenny Chisholm
Neil Fleck (0-1, 8 mins); Willie Telfer (4-2, pen 60 mins); Jimmy Inglis (6-3, 73 mins); Jimmy Inglis (6-4, 84 mins); Archie Aikman (6-5, 87 mins)					Jimmy Walker (1-1, 17 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, 25 mins); Jimmy Walker (3-1, 26 mins); Jimmy Walker (4-1, 51 mins); Davie Mathie (5-2, 66 mins); Willie Sharp (6-2, 71 mins)
			Jerry Dawson		Tommy Ledgerwood			24y, 5m, 17d
			Jim Fiddes		Jimmy McGowan			31y, 1m, 30d
			Jim McPhie		Peter Curran
			Bobby Bolt		Willie Hewitt			26y, 10m, 11d
			Willie Thomson		Jackie Husband			29y, 2m, 12d
			Willie Telfer		Hugh Brown			25y, 8m, 2d
			Archie Aikman		Alex McSpadyen			32y, 7m, 21d
			Neil Fleck		Willie O'Donnell			23y, 0m, 0d
			Jimmy Inglis		Davie Mathie			27y, 11m, 25d
			Jimmy Alison		Willie Sharp			25y, 2m, 15d
			Ken Dawson		Jimmy Walker			21y, 11m, 10d
								26y, 9m, 22d

Match Report

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Davie Meiklejohn appointed 5 June. Falkirk scored (8) then a Walker hat-trick (17, 26, 51) and Sharp (25) made it 4-1. A pen (60) reduced the lead but Mathie (66) and Sharp (71) made it 6-2. Thistle then did their best to throw it away. Goals (73, 83 and 87) made for a nervy finish.

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Sunday Post, 10th August, 1947

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Falkirk Herald, 13th August, 1947

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• On this occasion, Falkirk 'keeper Jerry Dawson leaps to defy Thistle's hat-trick man Jimmy Walker. (DR)

Stats Watch

● The opening game of the 73rd season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● The third managerial reign begins with David Meiklejohn's first game in charge.

● Thistle concede 5 goals and win, the joint club-record in competitive action which stands today. (W6-5 09-Aug-1947; W7-5 20-May-1941)

● Thistle's second League Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 31st Aug 1946 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 22nd Apr 1941 to 17th Oct 1942. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Peter Curran, 10th Aug 1946 to date. (Longest run since: Jackie Husband - 49 games, 26th Feb 1944 to 7th Apr 1945. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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