23rd Aug 1947 Morton 2 Partick Thistle 1 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 3)

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Match Information

			Jim Davies		Davie Meiklejohn			46y, 8m, 11d
					Hugh Brown; Willie Sharp
					Maurice Candlin; Peter McKennan
Ally McKillop (1-1, 85 mins); Ally McKillop (1-2, 89 mins)					Davie Mathie (1-0, 21 mins)
			Archie McFeat		Tommy Ledgerwood			24y, 6m, 0d
			Matt Maley		Jimmy McGowan			31y, 2m, 13d
			Jimmy Mitchell		Peter Curran
			Johnny Crichton		Willie Hewitt			26y, 10m, 25d
			John Samuels		Jackie Husband			29y, 2m, 26d
			Pat Daly		Hugh Brown			25y, 8m, 16d
			former Jag Angus Stead		Alex McSpadyen			32y, 8m, 4d
			Ally McKillop		Willie O'Donnell			23y, 0m, 14d
			Ross Henderson		Davie Mathie			28y, 0m, 8d
			Tom McGarrity		Willie Sharp			25y, 2m, 29d
			Colin Liddell		Alex Glover			25y, 5m, 26d
								27y, 2m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

Mathie scored (21) and Thistle were coasting even with McSpadyen limping from the 1st min. Morton levelled (85), Brown “scored“ (86) but the ref blew for an injury to the keeper while the ball was in flight. Poor marking led to the winner (89). Some Thistle players lost the plot with the ref the end.

Stats Watch

● 32-year-old Alex McSpadyen plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 46 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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