31st Mar 1951 Partick Thistle 4 Falkirk 1 (SFL Division A - game 24)

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Match Information

50y, 3m, 19d			Davie Meiklejohn		Bob Shankly
Tom Cunningham; Alex Stott; Jimmy Browning
Willie Crawford; Bobby Howitt; Jimmy Walker
Willie Sharp (1-1, 24 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, 44 mins); Alex Stott (3-1, 77 mins); Johnny MacKenzie (4-1, 87 mins)					Joe Johnson (0-1, 4 mins)
28y, 1m, 8d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Walter Scott
34y, 9m, 21d			Jimmy McGowan		Jim Fiddes
29y, 1m, 26d			Bobby Gibb		Jimmy Gallacher
22y, 1m, 13d			Bert Thomson		Tom Young
30y, 3m, 22d			Adam Forsyth		Ralph McKenzie
25y, 4m, 23d			Jimmy Davidson		Tommy Somerville
25y, 6m, 27d			Johnny MacKenzie		Peter Ralston
			Tom Cunningham		Archie Wright
25y, 11m, 12d			Alex Stott		Angus Plumb
28y, 10m, 6d			Willie Sharp		Joe Johnson
			Jimmy Browning		Jim McLaughlin
27y, 9m, 19d

Match Report

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Relegation-threatened Falkirk took the lead (4) then missed 2 good chances. Against the run of play Stott scored from the edge of the box (24) then a clearance cannoned off Sharp into the net (44). Sharp made it 3-1 (77) then MacKenzie waltzed past the defence to make it 4 (87). “Feckless Bairns” (FH).

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Evening Times, 31st March, 1951

Stats Watch

● Jimmy Browning plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 16th Dec 1950 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 6th Sep 1950 to 21st Oct 1950. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 31 consecutive competitive appearances for Tommy Ledgerwood, 6th Sep 1950 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy Davidson - 32 games, 3rd May 1950 to 17th Feb 1951. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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