7th Nov 1959 Heart of Midlothian 5 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 11)

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Match Information

			Tommy Walker		Willie Thornton			39y, 8m, 4d
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Bobby Blackwood (1-1, 45 mins); Alex Young (1-2, 55 mins); Alex Young (1-3, 59 mins); Alex Young (1-4, 65 mins); Bobby Blackwood (2-5, 80 mins)					George Smith (1-0, 40 mins); George Smith (2-4, 73 mins); George Smith (3-5, 83 mins)
			Gordon Marshall		John Freebairn			21y, 10m, 6d
			Bobby Kirk		Joe Hogan			21y, 8m, 14d
			George Thomson		Dougie Baird			23y, 11m, 12d
			Andy Bowman		Jimmy Keenan			20y, 9m, 21d
			John Cumming		John Harvey			26y, 9m, 17d
			Billy Higgins		Frank Donlevy			26y, 10m, 22d
			Gordon Smith		Johnny MacKenzie			34y, 2m, 3d
			Ian Crawford		George Smith			24y, 5m, 6d
			Alex Young		Laurie Thomson			23y, 2m, 12d
			Bobby Blackwood		Davie McParland			24y, 6m, 2d
			Johnny Hamilton		Jim Fleming			17y, 10m, 0d
								24y, 2m, 10d

Match Report

TTA report

Top of the league Hearts (unbeaten in 20) piled on the pressure but it was Smith who lobbed the keeper (40) then Hearts levelled on half-time. They dominated with a 10-minute hat-trick before Smith scored again from a breakaway (73). Hearts made it 5-2 (80) before Smith scored his consolation hat-trick (83).

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David Philip's scrapbook c/o Hearts Heritage

David Philip's scrapbook c/o Hearts Heritage

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old Jimmy Keenan plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 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.)

● 47 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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