6th Nov 1954 Motherwell 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Division A - game 9)

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Match Information

			George Stevenson		Davie Meiklejohn			53y, 10m, 25d
					Davie Mathers
					John Harvey
John Hunter (0-1, 25 mins)					Bobby Howitt (1-1, 66 mins); Bobby Howitt (2-1, 84 mins)
			future Jag Hastie Weir		Tommy Ledgerwood			31y, 8m, 14d
			Willie Kilmarnock		Jimmy McGowan			38y, 4m, 27d
			Archie Shaw		Bobby Gibb			32y, 9m, 1d
			Willie Mason		Bert Thomson			25y, 8m, 19d
			Andy Paton		Jimmy Davidson			28y, 11m, 29d
			Willie Redpath		Davie Mathers			23y, 0m, 12d
			John Hunter		Johnny MacKenzie			29y, 2m, 2d
			Charlie Aitken		Bobby Howitt			25y, 3m, 22d
			Alex Bain		Willie Sharp			32y, 5m, 12d
			Wilson Humphries		Alex Wright			23y, 10m, 26d
			Archie Williams		Davie McParland			19y, 6m, 1d
								28y, 3m, 6d

Match Report

TTA report

Motherwell took the lead (25) with a lob over the advancing Ledgerwood. They also hit the bar but Thistle (in blue) improved and Howitt scored with a Mathers pass from 12 yards (66). MacKenzie beat 4 men but his shot was cleared off the line then Howitt tapped in a Sharp shot spilled by the keeper (84).

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Sunday Mail, 7th November, 1954

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 1st Sep 1954 to date. (Longest run since: 15 games; 12th Sep 1953 to 12th Dec 1953. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 12 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 9th Sep 1954 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: John Harvey - 14 games, 1st Sep 1954 to 30th Oct 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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