3rd Dec 1960 Raith Rovers 1 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL First Division - game 14)

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Match Information

			Bert Herdman		Willie Thornton			40y, 9m, 0d
					David Closs
					Alex Hastings
Dave Easson (2-1, 44 mins)					Davie McParland (1-0, 28 mins); David Closs (2-0, 37 mins); Joe McBride (3-1, 75 mins)
			Jim Thorburn		John Freebairn			22y, 11m, 2d
			Willie Wilson		George Muir			20y, 10m, 12d
			Dennis Mochan		Sandy Brown			21y, 8m, 9d
			Willie Polland		Alex Wright			29y, 11m, 22d
			Willie McNaught		John Harvey			27y, 10m, 12d
			John Duffy		Frank Donlevy			27y, 11m, 17d
			Willie Wallace		Tommy Ewing			23y, 7m, 1d
			Dave Easson		David Closs			19y, 6m, 2d
			John French		Joe McBride			22y, 5m, 23d
			Andy Matthew		Neil Duffy			23y, 8m, 26d
			Johnny Urquhart		Davie McParland			25y, 6m, 28d
								24y, 2m, 13d

Match Report

TTA report

On a partly waterlogged pitch, McParland's pen was brilliantly saved (12) then he shot from an acute angle (28) before Closs (on his debut) added a 2nd goal (37). Rovers reduced the lead just on half-time and play was even until McBride scored with a Closs shot that was parried (75). Rover then missed a penalty, brilliantly saved by Freebairn (77).

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Evening Times, 3rd December, 1960

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old David Closs makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 30 consecutive competitive appearances for John Freebairn (a new personal best) & John Harvey, 26th Mar 1960 to date. (Longest run since: Jim Fleming - 51 games, 10th Oct 1959 to 15th Oct 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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