Sat 12 Dec 1953 Falkirk 1 Hearts 3

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Discipline Scoring Seq Streaks Table Team Opponents Statistics Games played

Sat 12 Dec 1953
Division A
Falkirk 1
Hearts 3

Scorers Johnny Urquhart 60 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 64 ;Alfie Conn Snr 81

Opp Scorers [Jimmy Gallacher pen 7]

MR NR Season Date Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd LiveTV

1953-54 Sat 12 Dec 1953 Falkirk
Brockville Park Falkirk Scotland

3-1
0-1
Division A
12500

Manager /Competitive
Games in Charge Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 1
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 1

Tommy Walker 113

Discipline

Referee
H Phillips

Hearts Falkirk

Sending Offs Time Note

Sending Offs Time Note

Bookings Time Note Bookings Time Note

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

0
0

Scoring Sequence

No Score Scorer Scores For Time

1
0-1
Jimmy Gallacher Falkirk 7

2
1-1
Urquhart John Heart of Midlothian 60

3
2-1
Wardhaugh Jimmy Heart of Midlothian 64

4
3-1
Conn Snr Alfie Heart of Midlothian 81

League Tables
Before - Saturday 05 Dec 1953 After - Saturday 12 Dec 1953

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 Queen of the South 14 9 2 3 39 21 18 1.8571 20

2 Heart Of Midlothian 14 7 3 4 34 21 13 1.6190 17

3 Dundee 13 6 4 3 18 15 3 1.2000 16

4 Aberdeen 13 6 3 4 26 18 8 1.4444 15

5 Celtic 13 6 3 4 22 16 6 1.3750 15

6 St Mirren 12 6 2 4 19 18 1 1.0556 14

7 Clyde 13 6 2 5 24 25 -1 .9600 14

8 East Fife 11 5 2 4 23 17 6 1.3529 12

9 Stirling Albion 14 5 2 7 17 27 -10 .6296 12

10 Rangers 10 4 3 3 18 9 9 2.0000 11

11 Hibernian 12 4 3 5 24 25 -1 .9600 11

12 Partick Thistle 11 5 0 6 16 19 -3 .8421 10

13 Raith Rovers 14 4 2 8 22 29 -7 .7586 10

14 Falkirk 11 3 3 5 21 24 -3 .8750 9

15 Airdrieonians 13 2 5 6 14 29 -15 .4828 9

16 Hamilton Academical 12 2 1 9 14 38 -24 .3684 5

Pos Diff Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts Note

1 0 Queen of the South 15 10 2 3 41 22 19 1.8636 22

2 0 Heart Of Midlothian 15 8 3 4 37 22 15 1.6818 19

3 2 Celtic 14 7 3 4 26 16 10 1.6250 17

4 -1 Dundee 14 6 5 3 19 16 3 1.1875 17

5 2 Clyde 14 7 2 5 28 28 0 1.0000 16

6 -2 Aberdeen 14 6 3 5 28 21 7 1.3333 15

7 -1 St Mirren 13 6 2 5 19 22 -3 .8636 14

8 1 Stirling Albion 15 6 2 7 19 28 -9 .6786 14

9 -1 East Fife 12 5 3 4 24 18 6 1.3333 13

10 2 Partick Thistle 12 6 0 6 25 19 6 1.3158 12

11 -1 Rangers 11 4 3 4 19 11 8 1.7273 11

12 -1 Hibernian 13 4 3 6 25 27 -2 .9259 11

13 0 Raith Rovers 15 4 2 9 25 33 -8 .7576 10

14 0 Falkirk 12 3 3 6 22 27 -5 .8148 9

15 0 Airdrieonians 14 2 5 7 14 38 -24 .3684 9

16 0 Hamilton Academical 13 3 1 9 17 40 -23 .4250 7

Type Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
1

5

2336

1117

472

747

4897

3545

L only
1

5

1989

936

399

654

4054

3067

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
2

2

98

42

23

33

208

168

L only
2

2

93

40

22

31

200

162

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No Sq
No Player Pic Nat Tot App Age G P Tot
Gls Yel Red Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time Goals
vs
Opp

1 Jimmy Watters 71 26y 4 m 0 d /

2 Bobby Parker 222 28y 9 m 26d / 1

3 Jock Adie 36 23y 9 m 10d /

4 Davie Laing 241 28y 9 m 22d / 4

5 Freddie Glidden 55 26y 3 m 5 d /

6 John Cumming 68 23y 8 m 25d / 1

7 Eddie Rutherford 49 32y 10m 4 d /

8 Alfie Conn Snr 201 27y 2 m 10d 110 6 / 13

9 Willie Bauld 195 26y 10m 18d / 18

10 Jimmy Wardhaugh 205 24y 8 m 21d 116 7 / 19

11 Johnny Urquhart 133 28y 10m 9 d 36 1 / 1

Total Starting App->> 1476 27.11 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

n/a No Subs n/a n/a n/a /

27.11 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Bob Shankly
Team Managed 05 of 15
Total Managed 05 of 42

No Player Age Team
Apps Total
Apps Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Archibald McFeat 29y 10m 19d 02 of 03 04 of 05

2 Joe McDonald 24y 10m 02d 03 of 04 03 of 04

3 Ian Johnstone Rae 20y 10m 23d 03 of 22 03 of 22

4 Jimmy Gallacher Not Known 08 of 08 08 of 11

5 Peter Ralston 24y 10m 12d 02 of 05 02 of 05

6 James Gordon Black 32y 05m 04d 01 of 06 01 of 12

7 William Mearns Sinclair 19y 01m 28d 01 of 07 01 of 09

8 Alexander Hershaw Parker 18y 04m 10d 01 of 11 01 of 11

9 Jimmy Delaney 39y 03m 09d 02 of 02 05 of 05

10 George [4] Brown Not Known 01 of 01 01 of 01

11 James [1] Barclay Not Known 01 of 01 03 of 03

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

n/a n/a n/a n/a of n/a n/a of n/a n/a n/a n/a

Match Statistics

Hearts What Opponents

0 Goal Attempts 0

0 On Target 0

0 Off Target 0

0 Woodwork 0

0 Corners 0

0 Fouls 0

0 Offside 0

Games played during this week

SortDate Date Comp Rd Home F Away A Crowd

19531208 Tue 08 Dec 1953 British Championship Rangers 1 Arsenal 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Celtic 4 St Mirren 0 18000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Dundee 1 East Fife 1 15000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Falkirk 1 Heart Of Midlothian 3 12500

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Hamilton Academical 3 Aberdeen 2 7000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Hibernian 1 Stirling Albion 2 20000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Partick Thistle 9 Airdrieonians 0 12000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Queen of the South 2 Rangers 1 18500

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L1 Raith Rovers 3 Clyde 4 7000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Albion Rovers 3 Dundee United 3 2000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Alloa Athletic 1 Ayr United 1 2000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Arbroath 1 Motherwell 4 2800

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Dunfermline Athletic 1 Forfar Athletic 1 3000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Kilmarnock 6 Stenhousemuir 2 10287

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Morton 0 Queens Park 3 4500

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 St Johnstone 6 Cowdenbeath 1 5500

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 L2 Third Lanark 2 Dumbarton 1 5000

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Arsenal 2 West Bromwich Albion 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Aston Villa 1 Tottenham Hotspur 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Blackpool 1 Newcastle United 3

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Cardiff City 1 Middlesbrough 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Chelsea 3 Manchester United 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Huddersfield Town 2 Preston North End 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Manchester City 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Portsmouth 5 Liverpool 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Sheffield United 3 Bolton Wanderers 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Sunderland 2 Charlton Athletic 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Burnley 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Blackburn Rovers 3 Rotherham United 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Brentford 0 Stoke City 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Bristol Rovers 2 Fulham 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Bury 3 Plymouth Argyle 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Derby County 2 Leicester City 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Doncaster Rovers 1 Swansea City 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Everton 3 Nottingham Forest 3

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Hull City 3 Birmingham City 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Lincoln City 1 West Ham United 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Notts County 2 Leeds United 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div 2 Oldham Athletic 1 Luton Town 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div3N Chester City 2 Rochdale 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div3N Gateshead 4 Halifax Town 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div3N Mansfield Town 6 Darlington 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div3S Gillingham 0 Newport County 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 E Div3S Torquay United 2 Shrewsbury Town 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Accrington Stanley 2 Tranmere Rovers 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Barrow 5 Great Yarmouth Town 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Cambridge United 1 Bradford Park Avenue 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Hastings United 4 Swindon Town 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Ipswich Town 2 Walthamstow Avenue 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Leyton Orient 4 Weymouth 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Millwall 3 Headington United 3

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Northampton Town 1 Hartlepools United 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Norwich City 2 Barnsley 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Peterborough United 2 Aldershot 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Queens Park Rangers 1 Nuneaton Borough 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Rhyl 0 Bristol City 3

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Scunthorpe United 1 Bournemouth 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Southend United 1 Chesterfield 2

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Southport 1 Port Vale 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Stockport County 2 Workington 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Walsall 3 Crewe Alexandra 0

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Wigan Athletic 4 Hereford United 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Witton Albion 1 Grimsby Town 1

19531212 Sat 12 Dec 1953 FA Cup R2 Wrexham 1 Brighton and Hove Albion 1

Scorers	Johnny Urquhart 60 ;Jimmy Wardhaugh 64 ;Alfie Conn Snr 81
Opp Scorers	[Jimmy Gallacher pen 7]

Hearts			Falkirk
Referee	H Phillips
Sending Offs	Time	Note	Sending Offs	Time	Note




Bookings	Time	Note	Bookings	Time	Note
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0
	0			0


No	Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1	0-1	Jimmy Gallacher	Falkirk	7
2	1-1	Urquhart John	Heart of Midlothian	60
3	2-1	Wardhaugh Jimmy	Heart of Midlothian	64
4	3-1	Conn Snr Alfie	Heart of Midlothian	81

Type	Streaks by Date					Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive	1			5		2336	1117	472	747	4897	3545
L only	1			5		1989	936	399	654	4054	3067

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No	Sq No	Player	Pic	Nat	Tot App	Age	G	P	Tot Gls	Yel	Red	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp
1		Jimmy Watters			71	26y 4 m 0 d									/
2		Bobby Parker			222	28y 9 m 26d									/ 1
3		Jock Adie			36	23y 9 m 10d									/
4		Davie Laing			241	28y 9 m 22d									/ 4
5		Freddie Glidden			55	26y 3 m 5 d									/
6		John Cumming			68	23y 8 m 25d									/ 1
7		Eddie Rutherford			49	32y 10m 4 d									/
8		Alfie Conn Snr			201	27y 2 m 10d			110						6 / 13
9		Willie Bauld			195	26y 10m 18d									/ 18
10		Jimmy Wardhaugh			205	24y 8 m 21d			116						7 / 19
11		Johnny Urquhart			133	28y 10m 9 d			36						1 / 1
Total Starting App->>				1476	27.11	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
n/a		No Subs		n/a	n/a		n/a								/
					27.11	<<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents Manager Bob Shankly Team Managed 05 of 15 Total Managed 05 of 42
No	Player	Age	Team Apps	Total Apps	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time
1	Archibald McFeat	29y 10m 19d	02 of 03	04 of 05
2	Joe McDonald	24y 10m 02d	03 of 04	03 of 04
3	Ian Johnstone Rae	20y 10m 23d	03 of 22	03 of 22
4	Jimmy Gallacher	Not Known	08 of 08	08 of 11
5	Peter Ralston	24y 10m 12d	02 of 05	02 of 05
6	James Gordon Black	32y 05m 04d	01 of 06	01 of 12
7	William Mearns Sinclair	19y 01m 28d	01 of 07	01 of 09
8	Alexander Hershaw Parker	18y 04m 10d	01 of 11	01 of 11
9	Jimmy Delaney	39y 03m 09d	02 of 02	05 of 05
10	George [4] Brown	Not Known	01 of 01	01 of 01
11	James [1] Barclay	Not Known	01 of 01	03 of 03
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a of n/a	n/a of n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Hearts	What	Opponents
0	Goal Attempts	0
0	On Target	0
0	Off Target	0
0	Woodwork	0
0	Corners	0
0	Fouls	0
0	Offside	0

SortDate	Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A	Crowd
19531208	Tue 08 Dec 1953	British Championship		Rangers	1	Arsenal	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Celtic	4	St Mirren	0	18000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Dundee	1	East Fife	1	15000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Falkirk	1	Heart Of Midlothian	3	12500
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Hamilton Academical	3	Aberdeen	2	7000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Hibernian	1	Stirling Albion	2	20000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Partick Thistle	9	Airdrieonians	0	12000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Queen of the South	2	Rangers	1	18500
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L1		Raith Rovers	3	Clyde	4	7000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Albion Rovers	3	Dundee United	3	2000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Alloa Athletic	1	Ayr United	1	2000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Arbroath	1	Motherwell	4	2800
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Dunfermline Athletic	1	Forfar Athletic	1	3000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Kilmarnock	6	Stenhousemuir	2	10287
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Morton	0	Queens Park	3	4500
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		St Johnstone	6	Cowdenbeath	1	5500
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	L2		Third Lanark	2	Dumbarton	1	5000
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Arsenal	2	West Bromwich Albion	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Aston Villa	1	Tottenham Hotspur	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Blackpool	1	Newcastle United	3
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Cardiff City	1	Middlesbrough	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Chelsea	3	Manchester United	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Huddersfield Town	2	Preston North End	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Manchester City	3	Sheffield Wednesday	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Portsmouth	5	Liverpool	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Sheffield United	3	Bolton Wanderers	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Sunderland	2	Charlton Athletic	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 1		Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Burnley	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Blackburn Rovers	3	Rotherham United	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Brentford	0	Stoke City	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Bristol Rovers	2	Fulham	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Bury	3	Plymouth Argyle	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Derby County	2	Leicester City	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Doncaster Rovers	1	Swansea City	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Everton	3	Nottingham Forest	3
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Hull City	3	Birmingham City	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Lincoln City	1	West Ham United	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Notts County	2	Leeds United	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div 2		Oldham Athletic	1	Luton Town	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div3N		Chester City	2	Rochdale	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div3N		Gateshead	4	Halifax Town	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div3N		Mansfield Town	6	Darlington	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div3S		Gillingham	0	Newport County	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	E Div3S		Torquay United	2	Shrewsbury Town	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Accrington Stanley	2	Tranmere Rovers	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Barrow	5	Great Yarmouth Town	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Cambridge United	1	Bradford Park Avenue	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Hastings United	4	Swindon Town	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Ipswich Town	2	Walthamstow Avenue	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Leyton Orient	4	Weymouth	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Millwall	3	Headington United	3
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Northampton Town	1	Hartlepools United	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Norwich City	2	Barnsley	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Peterborough United	2	Aldershot	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Queens Park Rangers	1	Nuneaton Borough	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Rhyl	0	Bristol City	3
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Scunthorpe United	1	Bournemouth	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Southend United	1	Chesterfield	2
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Southport	1	Port Vale	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Stockport County	2	Workington	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Walsall	3	Crewe Alexandra	0
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Wigan Athletic	4	Hereford United	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Witton Albion	1	Grimsby Town	1
19531212	Sat 12 Dec 1953	FA Cup	R2	Wrexham	1	Brighton and Hove Albion	1