31st Aug 1949 Partick Thistle 3 Clyde 1 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 5)

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Match Information

48y, 8m, 19d			Davie Meiklejohn		Paddy Travers
Adam Forsyth; Norrie McCredie
Willie O'Donnell; Jimmy Walker
Bert Kinnell (1-0, 5 mins); Bert Kinnell (2-1, 75 mins); Jimmy Davidson (3-1, 80 mins)					Peter Galletly (1-1, 69 mins)
26y, 6m, 8d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Ken Hewkins
33y, 2m, 21d			Jimmy McGowan		Alex Gibson
27y, 6m, 26d			Bobby Gibb		Frank Mennie
23y, 9m, 23d			Jimmy Davidson		Jimmy Campbell
28y, 8m, 22d			Adam Forsyth		Bob Milligan
28y, 11m, 2d			Willie Hewitt		Hugh Long
23y, 11m, 27d			Johnny MacKenzie		Roy Davies
20y, 1m, 16d			Bobby Howitt		Peter Galletly
26y, 4m, 10d			Bert Kinnell		Alex Linwood former Jag
27y, 3m, 6d			Willie Sharp		Jim Cockburn
21y, 3m, 14d			Norrie McCredie		Alf Ackerman
26y, 1m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

Kinnell headed in a MacKenzie corner (5) but the first half deteriorated. Howitt saw his header cleared off the line after half-time then Clyde surprisingly equalised (69) but Thistle rallied strongly and Kinnell scored his 2nd header also from a MacKenzie cross (75) before Davidson's free-kick (80) sealed the win.

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Dundee Courier, 1st September, 1949

Stats Watch

● Thistle win a sixth consecutive competitive game versus Clyde, the H2H record.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 competitive home games without defeat; 18th Dec 1948 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 14 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 2nd Apr 1949 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 21st Apr 1945 to 22nd Sep 1945. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 17 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Hewitt, 5th Mar 1949 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy Walker - 22 games, 6th Nov 1948 to 9th Apr 1949. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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