29th Dec 1962 Partick Thistle 3 Kilmarnock 2 (SFL First Division - game 17)

matches:1962-63: ← 25game 2627 →

Match Information

42y, 9m, 26d			Willie Thornton		Willie Waddell
Jim Fleming
George Smith
Neil Duffy (1-1, 28 mins); Ian Cowan (2-1, 30 mins); Gordon Whitelaw (3-1, 50 mins)					John Harvey (0-1, og 16 mins); Bertie Black (3-2, 55 mins)
33y, 6m, 18d			George Niven		Sandy McLaughlan
24y, 10m, 5d			Joe Hogan		Jim Richmond
23y, 9m, 5d			Sandy Brown		Matt Watson
27y, 7m, 24d			Davie McParland		Eric Murray
29y, 11m, 8d			John Harvey		Jackie McGrory
21y, 5m, 14d			Billy Cunningham		Frank Beattie
18y, 1m, 2d			Ian Cowan		Hugh Brown
24y, 2m, 16d			Gordon Whitelaw		Joe Mason
23y, 6m, 13d			Billy Hainey		Bertie Black
25y, 9m, 22d			Neil Duffy		Ronnie Hamilton
20y, 11m, 22d			Jim Fleming		Pat O'Connor
24y, 10m, 21d

Match Report

TTA report

On a snow-bound pitch Kilmarnock went ahead through a Harvey OG (13). Duffy headed the equaliser when a Hainey shot came off the bar (28) and Cowan scored with a raging shot from 12 yards (30). Whitelaw made it 3 (close in after 2 shots were blocked, 50) before Kilmarnock scored again (55).

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Sunday Mail, 30th December, 1962

Sunday Post, 30th December, 1962

Glasgow Herald, 31st December, 1962

Glasgow Herald, 31st December, 1962

Daily Record, 31st December, 1962

PTFC Match Programme, 3rd December, 1988

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 consecutive home League wins; 6th Oct 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 6 wins; 25th Nov 1961 to 20th Jan 1962. Club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 6 home League games without defeat; 6th Oct 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 25th Nov 1961 to 20th Jan 1962. Club-record: 23 games; 27th Aug 1910 to 14th Oct 1911.)

● 13 League games without defeat, 29th Sep 1962 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 13 games; 1st Oct 1932 to 31st Dec 1932.)

● 15 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 4th Apr 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 30th Aug 1961 to 10th Mar 1962. Joint club-record: 25 games; 9th Apr 1928 to 24th Apr 1929 & 2nd Oct 1937 to 8th Oct 1938.)

● 17 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 22nd Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 19 games; 4th Mar 1961 to 4th Nov 1961. Club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 26 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Aug 1962 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 4th Dec 1937 to 20th Aug 1938. Club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 63 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.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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