21st Sep 1949 Hibernian 4 Partick Thistle 0 (League Cup Quarter Final, 2nd leg)

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Match Information

			Hugh Shaw		Davie Meiklejohn			48y, 9m, 9d
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Lawrie Reilly (0-1, 5 mins); Willie Ormond (0-2, 11 mins); Bobby Combe (0-3, 72 mins); Lawrie Reilly (0-4, 74 mins)
			Jimmy Kerr		Tommy Ledgerwood			26y, 6m, 29d
			Jock Govan		Jimmy McGowan			33y, 3m, 11d
			Davie Shaw		Bobby Gibb			27y, 7m, 16d
			Jimmy Cairns		Jimmy Davidson			23y, 10m, 13d
			Peter Aird		Adam Forsyth			28y, 9m, 12d
			Archie Buchanan		Willie Hewitt			28y, 11m, 23d
			Gordon Smith		Johnny MacKenzie			24y, 0m, 17d
			Bobby Combe		Bobby Howitt			20y, 2m, 6d
			Lawrie Reilly		Bert Kinnell			26y, 5m, 0d
			Eddie Turnbull		Willie Sharp			27y, 3m, 27d
			Willie Ormond		Jimmy Walker			24y, 0m, 22d
								26y, 5m, 19d

Match Report

TTA report

AGG: 4-6. Another fine match. 2 goals in 11 minutes levelled the tie. With 11 men, unchanged Thistle played well and were never out of it but Sharp pulled a muscle (44). The 10 men held out gallantly with some tremendous defending and the result was still in the balance until 2 goals (70 and 71) settled it on aggregate.

Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their first League Cup Quarter Final, but fail to progress.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 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.)

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