11th Jan 1958 Heart of Midlothian 4 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 21)

matches:1957-58: ← 32game 3334 →

Match Information

			Tommy Walker		Davie Meiklejohn			57y, 0m, 30d
					Peter Collins; George Smith
					Joe Hogan; Johnny MacKenzie
Jimmy Murray (0-1, 14 mins); Dave MacKay (0-2, 17 mins); Jimmy Wardhaugh (0-3, 28 mins); Bobby Blackwood (1-4, 45 mins)					Alex Wright (1-3, 40 mins)
			Gordon Marshall		Davie Thomson
			Bobby Kirk		Peter Collins
			George Thomson		Dougie Baird			22y, 1m, 16d
			Dave MacKay		Davie Mathers			26y, 2m, 17d
			Jimmy Milne		Jimmy Davidson			32y, 2m, 3d
			Andy Bowman		Frank Donlevy			25y, 0m, 26d
			Bobby Blackwood		George Smith			22y, 7m, 10d
			Jimmy Murray		John Harvey			24y, 11m, 21d
			Alex Young		Alex Wright			27y, 1m, 0d
			Jimmy Wardhaugh		Davie McParland			22y, 8m, 6d
			Ian Crawford		Tommy Ewing			20y, 8m, 9d
								24y, 10m, 5d

Match Report

TTA report

Hearts (1 defeat in 21) went 11 points clear at the top and were too good. It was 3-0 before Wright scored from 8 yards after McParland had gone close but it was 4-1 at half-time. Thomson had some fine saves (including a pen, 63). Thankfully, Hearts eased up after half-time. Wright's goal was the 1st they had conceded in 1958.

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Evening Times, 11th January, 1958

David Philip's scrapbook c/o Hearts Heritage

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 7th Sep 1957 to date. (Longest run since: Andy Kerr - 37 games, 26th Jan 1957 to 9th Nov 1957. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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