27th Mar 1964 Partick Thistle 4 Falkirk 1 (SFL First Division - game 31)

matches:1963-64: ← 44game 4546 →

Match Information

44y, 0m, 24d			Willie Thornton		Alex McCrae
Duncan McColl
David Closs
Billy Cunningham (1-0, 24 mins); John Harvey (2-0, pen 29 mins); Billy Cunningham (3-1, 89 mins); Billy Cunningham (4-1, 90 mins)					Eddie O'Donnell (2-1, 83 mins)
34y, 9m, 16d			George Niven		Willie Whigham
18y, 1m, 0d			Jackie Campbell		Les Thomson
19y, 10m, 13d			Hugh Tinney		Ian Rae
18y, 2m, 28d			Duncan McColl		Jim Pierson
31y, 2m, 6d			John Harvey		Tommy Lowry
28y, 10m, 22d			Davie McParland		Billy Fulton
19y, 4m, 0d			Ian Cowan		Eddie O'Donnell
22y, 8m, 12d			Billy Cunningham		Charlie Cosgrove
24y, 9m, 11d			Billy Hainey		Sammy Wilson
27y, 0m, 20d			Neil Duffy		Alan Redpath
22y, 2m, 20d			Jim Fleming		Billy Gourlay
24y, 3m, 13d

notes

Friday night game verified GH, avoiding the following days Scottish Cup semis.

Match Report

TTA report

Cunningham ran on to a Duffy through ball to open his account (24) then Harvey scored from the spot (29) after Duffy had been pulled down. Falkirk hit the post twice then lost ex-JAG Gourlay to injury (62) but a fine solo run reduced the lead (83). Duffy set up Cunningham (89) and he got his hat-trick (90).

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Evening Times, 28th March, 1964

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● 18-year-old Duncan McColl makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 119 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie McParland, 25th Nov 1961 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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