17th Oct 1959 Raith Rovers 1 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 8)

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matches:1959-60: ← 16game 1718 →

Match Information

			Bert Herdman		Willie Thornton			39y, 7m, 14d
					Jimmy Keenan; Davie McParland; Hugh Goldie
					Jimmy Davidson; Ian Wilson; Tommy Ewing
Andy Murphy (1-1, 53 mins)					Davie McParland (1-0, 21 mins); George Smith (2-1, 81 mins)
			Charlie Drummond		John Freebairn			21y, 9m, 16d
			Willie Polland		Joe Hogan			21y, 7m, 23d
			Dennis Mochan		Dougie Baird			23y, 10m, 21d
			Andy Young		Jimmy Keenan			20y, 9m, 0d
			Willie McNaught		John Harvey			26y, 8m, 26d
			Jim Baxter		Frank Donlevy			26y, 10m, 1d
			Andy Murphy		Jim Fleming			17y, 9m, 10d
			Alfie Conn		George Smith			24y, 4m, 16d
			Jim Kerray		Alex Wright			28y, 10m, 6d
			Johnny Urquhart		Davie McParland			24y, 5m, 12d
			John McKinven		Hugh Goldie			20y, 8m, 24d
								23y, 5m, 8d

Match Report

TTA report

Smith missed an open goal (19) but 2 minutes later McParland scored with a hooked shot from a Smith headed pass. Both sides adopted off-side traps and it was a poor game with “aimless midfield play“ (ET). Rovers equalised (53) but when Keenan's shot was parried, Smith scored with the rebound (81).

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Evening Times, 17th October, 1959

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ongoing sequences:

● 17 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 30 games; 14th Sep 1957 to 18th Oct 1958. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 44 consecutive competitive appearances for Dougie Baird, 15th Nov 1958 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Frank Donlevy - 70 games, 11th Nov 1957 to 18th Mar 1959. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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