27th Feb 1954 Partick Thistle 5 Buckie Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

matches:1953-54: ← 35game 3637 →

Match Information

53y, 2m, 15d			Davie Meiklejohn		Angus Macdonald
Johnny MacKenzie
George Smith
Alex Wright (1-1, 28 mins); Alex Wright (2-1, 35 mins); Jimmy Davidson (3-2, pen 53 mins); Willie Crawford (4-2, 73 mins); Jimmy Davidson (5-2, pen 79 mins)					Jimmy McIntyre (0-1, 20 mins); Martin Buchan (2-2, 50 mins); Alex Stewart (5-3, 81 mins)
31y, 0m, 4d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Hamilton
37y, 8m, 17d			Jimmy McGowan		Tough
22y, 7m, 29d			Andy Kerr		Leask
21y, 1m, 6d			John Harvey		Thain
28y, 3m, 19d			Jimmy Davidson		Johnny Dutch
22y, 4m, 2d			Davie Mathers		Jeffrey
28y, 5m, 23d			Johnny MacKenzie		G. Cowie
23y, 2m, 16d			Alex Wright		W. Cowie
31y, 9m, 2d			Willie Sharp		Jimmy McIntyre
			Willie Crawford		Martin Buchan
21y, 2m, 18d			Joe McInnes		Alex Stewart
26y, 9m, 12d

Match Report

TTA report

A fight all the way. Highland League Buckie scored (20) but Wright scored (close in, 28 and from 18 yards, 35). Stubborn Buckie equalised (50) then the keeper pulled down McInnes and Davidson scored from the spot (53). Crawford made it 4-2 (73). A Davidson pen (foul, 79) and a late Buckie goal (81) finished it.

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Sunday Post, 28th February, 1954

Glasgow Herald, 1st March, 1954

Stats Watch

● Buckie Thistle become the 108th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 20 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

● Thistle progress to their sixteenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 38 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy McGowan, 11th Apr 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy Davidson - 41 games, 20th Sep 1952 to 16th Sep 1953. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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