29th Mar 1948 Caledonian 2 Partick Thistle 6 (Friendly)

matches:1947-48: ← 39game 4041 →

Match Information

			Committee		Davie Meiklejohn			47y, 3m, 17d
					Willie O'Donnell
					Maurice Candlin
Peter MacKinnon (3-1, pen 1st half); MacPherson (4-2, 2nd half)					Willie Sharp (1-0, 12 mins); Gavin Lang (2-0, 20 mins); Willie O'Donnell (3-0, 1st half); Willie O'Donnell (4-1, 60 mins); Willie O'Donnell (5-2, 87 mins); Willie Sharp (6-2, 90 mins)
			Scott Sutherland		Bobby Henderson			30y, 5m, 25d
			Jimmy McGillivray		Jimmy McGowan			31y, 9m, 19d
			Jackie Wheeler		Peter Curran
			Peter MacKinnon		Hugh Brown			26y, 3m, 22d
			Donnie Urquhart		Jimmy Davidson			22y, 4m, 21d
			Bobby MacIntosh		Willie Hewitt			27y, 6m, 0d
			Clark		Frank MacBeath			23y, 9m, 28d
			Shepherd		Tommy Wright			20y, 2m, 9d
			Donnie MacKintosh		Willie O'Donnell			23y, 7m, 20d
			MacMahon		Willie Sharp			25y, 10m, 4d
			MacPherson		Gavin Lang			22y, 0m, 8d
								25y, 4m, 25d

Match Report

TTA report

Unsavable shots by Sharp and Lang (12 and 20) put Thistle well ahead. O'Donnell made it three but Caledonian pulled one back with a pen. O'Donnell made it 4 (60) then a poor pass was intercepted and it was 4-2. O'Donnell completed his hat-trick (87) and Sharp rounded off the scoring (90).

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Inverness Courier, 30th March, 1948

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Stats Watch

● Gavin Lang scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle make their first-ever visit to Telford Street.

ongoing sequences:

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 11th Oct 1947 to date. (Longest run since: Jackie Husband - 39 games, 19th Apr 1947 to 28th Feb 1948. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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