30th Apr 1960 Hibernian 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 34)

matches:1959-60: ← 48game 4950 →

Match Information

			Hugh Shaw		Willie Thornton			40y, 1m, 27d
					Dougie Baird; Tommy Ewing
					Bobby Thomson; Frank Donlevy
Bobby Nicol (2-1, 56 mins); Joe Baker (2-2, 86 mins)					Tommy Ewing (1-0, 1 min); Jim Fleming (2-0, 36 mins)
			Willie Muirhead		John Freebairn			22y, 3m, 29d
			John Fraser		Joe Hogan			22y, 2m, 6d
			Joe McClelland		Dougie Baird			24y, 5m, 4d
			Duncan Falconer		Sandy Brown			21y, 1m, 6d
			John Young		John Harvey			27y, 3m, 9d
			John Baxter		Davie McParland			24y, 11m, 25d
			John McLeod		Johnny MacKenzie			34y, 7m, 26d
			Bobby Nicol		Jim Fleming			18y, 3m, 23d
			Joe Baker		George Smith			24y, 10m, 29d
			Bobby Johnstone		Alex Hastings			21y, 7m, 28d
			Willie Ormond		Tommy Ewing			22y, 11m, 28d
								24y, 0m, 27d

Match Report

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Out of the team injured since October, Ewing scored in the 1st minute with the Hibs defence half asleep. Smith missed a sitter before Fleming scored with a hooked shot from a Ewing cross (36). Hibs hit the post then scored with a header (56) and went on to find the equaliser 4 minutes from time. They hit the post again as the ref blew for time.

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Evening Times, 30th April, 1960

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ongoing sequences:

● 24 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 25 games; 23rd Oct 1937 to 2nd Jan 1939. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 33 consecutive competitive appearances for George Smith (a new personal best) & Jim Fleming (a new personal best), 10th Oct 1959 to date. (Longest run since: Dougie Baird - 73 games, 15th Nov 1958 to 16th Apr 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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