3rd Mar 1956 Raith Rovers 2 Partick Thistle 1 (Scottish Cup Quarter Final)

matches:1955-56: ← 33game 3435 →

Match Information

			Bert Herdman		Davie Meiklejohn			55y, 2m, 20d
					no changes
					no changes
Jimmy McEwan (0-1, 5 mins); Bernie Kelly (1-2, 80 mins)					Matt Crowe (1-1, 56 mins)
			George Stewart		Willie Smith			23y, 4m, 23d
			Willie Polland		Jimmy McGowan			39y, 8m, 22d
			Malcolm McLure		Bobby Gibb			34y, 0m, 27d
			Andy Young		Andy Kerr			24y, 8m, 3d
			Willie McNaught		Jimmy Davidson			30y, 3m, 24d
			Andy Leigh		Davie Mathers			24y, 4m, 7d
			Jimmy McEwan		Matt Crowe			23y, 7m, 28d
			Bernie Kelly		Alex Wright			25y, 2m, 21d
			Ernie Copland		Willie Sharp			33y, 9m, 7d
			Jimmy Thomson		George Smith			20y, 9m, 2d
			Hamish McMillan		Tommy Ewing			18y, 10m, 1d
								27y, 1m, 28d

Match Report

TTA report

A thrilling cup-tie. Rovers scored (5) then spectacular saves, goal line clearances followed as Thistle pressed. Crowe pounced on a defensive error (56). Davidson (blood gushing from a neck wound), Gibb and McGowan were all off injured at some point. Rovers got their winner against 10 men (80).

Scrapbook

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Sunday Post, 4th March, 1956

Dundee Courier, 5th March, 1956

Daily Record, 5th March, 1956

Daily Record, 5th March, 1956

Gallery

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• Big queus for the big game at Stark's Park. (FF)

• Thistle 'keeper Smith dives, Gibbs and Davidson go sprawling, but Thomson (Rovers) flicks the ball to McEwan (left) and Rovers are a goal up. (DC)

• Willie Hunter (Rovers) on left and the Thistle trainer work on full-back Gibb - but they can't keep their eyes off the game. (DC)

• This was the casualty station scene at Stark's Park in the Raith-Thistle tie. As McGowan is treated by his own trainer, the Raith trainer leads Davidson off the field. (DR)

Stats Watch

● Thistle appear in their seventeenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final, but fail to progress for the twelfth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 competitive away games without a win; 26th Nov 1955 to date. (Longest run since: 8 games; 1st Nov 1952 to 31st Jan 1953. Club-record: 25 games; 20th Apr 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 7 consecutive competitive away defeats; 26th Nov 1955 to date. (Longest run since: 7 defeats; 22nd Dec 1945 to 9th Mar 1946. Club-record: 11 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 32 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 13th Aug 1955 to date. (Longest run since: Davie McParland - 45 games, 9th Sep 1954 to 24th Sep 1955. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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