4th Jan 1964 Partick Thistle 2 Heart of Midlothian 1 (SFL First Division - game 21)

matches:1963-64: ← 32game 3334 →

Match Information

43y, 10m, 1d			Willie Thornton		Tommy Walker
George Muir; Jim Fleming
Joe Hogan; Dick Staite
Davie McParland (1-0, 8 mins); Neil Duffy (2-0, 50 mins)					Tommy White (2-1, 71 mins)
34y, 6m, 24d			George Niven		Jim Cruickshank
23y, 11m, 14d			George Muir		Chris Shevlane
19y, 7m, 21d			Hugh Tinney		David Holt future Jag
22y, 7m, 3d			David Closs		John Cumming
30y, 11m, 14d			John Harvey		Alan Anderson
22y, 5m, 20d			Billy Cunningham		Billy Higgins
19y, 1m, 8d			Ian Cowan		Johnny Hamilton
24y, 6m, 19d			Billy Hainey		Danny Paton
21y, 11m, 28d			Jim Fleming		Tommy White
26y, 9m, 28d			Neil Duffy		Willie Wallace
28y, 7m, 30d			Davie McParland		Tommy Traynor
25y, 0m, 9d

Match Report

TTA report

“Thistle were bold, brave and breezy” (ET). McParland scored a brilliant goal from 18 yards (8). 3rd top Hearts hit the bar and several brilliant Niven saves protected the lead until Duffy scored off the underside of the bar (50). There were more fine saves and misses then Hearts scored (71) on the break.

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Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 107 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 25th Nov 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Bobby Henderson - 107 games, 22nd Aug 1942 to 13th Jan 1945. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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