11th Mar 1950 Partick Thistle 5 Stirling Albion 1 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

matches:1949-50: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

49y, 2m, 27d			Davie Meiklejohn		Tom Fergusson
Willie Sharp
Alex Wright
Willie Sharp (1-0, 16 mins); Jimmy Walker (2-0, 61 mins); Bobby Howitt (3-0, 66 mins); Bobby Howitt (4-0, 73 mins); Jimmy Walker (5-1, 90 mins)					Bobby Walker (4-1, 77 mins)
32y, 5m, 7d			Bobby Henderson		Jim Hoey
31y, 9m, 11d			Jackie Husband		Harry Muir
28y, 1m, 6d			Bobby Gibb		Joe McKeown
24y, 4m, 3d			Jimmy Davidson		Ian Bain
26y, 10m, 18d			Bert Kinnell		Jim Rodger
29y, 5m, 10d			Willie Hewitt		Jimmy Guy
			Archie McCallum		Bobby Walker
20y, 7m, 24d			Bobby Howitt		Willie Keith
24y, 10m, 20d			Alex Stott		Jimmy Inglis
27y, 9m, 14d			Willie Sharp		Tommy Martin
24y, 6m, 9d			Jimmy Walker		Willie Miller
27y, 0m, 30d

Match Report

TTA report

Umpteen chances were missed then Sharp scored with a header from a corner (16). Albion kept the score down for an hour but even with Gibb lost to injury early in the second half Thistle dominated as Walker (61 and 90) and Howitt (66 and 73) scored. A poor clearance by Husband led to Albion's consolation (77).

Stats Watch

● The crowd of 26,200 stands today as the record for any Thistle vs. Stirling Albion match.

● Thistle appear in their fifteenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final, and progress to the Semi Finals for the fifth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy Walker, 10th Sep 1949 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Howitt - 34 games, 7th May 1949 to 18th Feb 1950. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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