22nd Sep 1962 Partick Thistle 3 Heart of Midlothian 4 (SFL First Division - game 4)

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Match Information

42y, 6m, 19d			Willie Thornton		Tommy Walker
Billy Hainey
Gordon Whitelaw
Sandy Brown (1-0, 15 mins); Martin Ferguson (2-1, 44 mins); Billy Hainey (3-3, 74 mins)					Willie Wallace (1-1, pen 36 mins); Willie Hamilton (2-2, 68 mins); Danny Paton (2-3, 72 mins); Norrie Davidson (3-4, 85 mins)
33y, 3m, 11d			George Niven		Gordon Marshall
24y, 6m, 29d			Joe Hogan		Willie Polland
23y, 5m, 29d			Sandy Brown		David Holt future Jag
19y, 9m, 1d			Martin Ferguson		John Cumming
29y, 8m, 1d			John Harvey		Roy Barry
21y, 2m, 7d			Billy Cunningham		Billy Higgins
27y, 3m, 21d			George Smith		Willie Wallace
24y, 3m, 12d			Joe McBride		Danny Paton
23y, 3m, 6d			Billy Hainey		Norrie Davidson future Jag
25y, 6m, 15d			Neil Duffy		Willie Hamilton
27y, 4m, 17d			Davie McParland		Johnny Hamilton
25y, 5m, 6d

Match Report

TTA report

Brown scored with a vicious free-kick (15) but Hearts levelled (soft pen, 36) then Ferguson scored from a Hainey cut-back (44). Hearts scored (68) with 4 players clearly off-side and again at point-blank range (72). Hainey equalised (from a parried save, 74) but a bullet header (85) extended Hearts' 100% record.

Scrapbook

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Sunday Mail, 23rd September, 1962

David Philip's scrapbook c/o Hearts Heritage

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Joe McBride plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive defeats, 12th Sep 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats, 24th Jan 1962 to 12th Feb 1962. Club-record: 14 defeats, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 49 consecutive competitive appearances for Sandy Brown, 9th Sep 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Joe McBride - 64 games, 26th Nov 1960 to 17th Mar 1962. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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