Sat 23 Dec 1961 Falkirk 0 Hearts 2

<- Team <- Date <- Comp -> Comp -> Date -> Team

Discipline Scoring Seq Streaks Table Team Opponents Statistics Games played

Sat 23 Dec 1961
Division 1
Falkirk 0
Hearts 2

Scorers Willie Wallace 54 ;Bobby Ross 83

Opp Scorers -----

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

1961-62 Sat 23 Dec 1961 15:00:00 Falkirk
Brockville Park Falkirk Scotland

2-0
0-0
Division 1
5897

Manager /Competitive
Games in Charge Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = 4
Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = 3

Tommy Walker 477

Discipline

Referee
JRP Gordon

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
1-0
Wallace Willie Heart of Midlothian 54

2
2-0
Ross Bobby Heart of Midlothian 83

League Tables
Before - Saturday 16 Dec 1961 After - Saturday 23 Dec 1961

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

1 Dundee 15 13 1 1 49 24 25 2.0417 27

2 Celtic 15 9 2 4 40 19 21 2.1053 20

3 Kilmarnock 15 8 4 3 39 30 9 1.3000 20

4 Rangers 13 8 3 2 35 15 20 2.3333 19

5 Motherwell 15 7 3 5 37 26 11 1.4231 17

6 Partick Thistle 15 8 1 6 31 29 2 1.0690 17

7 Third Lanark 14 7 2 5 31 23 8 1.3478 16

8 Dunfermline Athletic 15 6 4 5 28 21 7 1.3333 16

9 Heart Of Midlothian 13 7 2 4 26 22 4 1.1818 16

10 Dundee United 15 7 2 6 31 29 2 1.0690 16

11 Aberdeen 15 5 2 8 25 33 -8 .7576 12

12 St Mirren 15 5 2 8 26 37 -11 .7027 12

13 Raith Rovers 15 4 3 8 27 32 -5 .8438 11

14 Hibernian 15 4 3 8 25 41 -16 .6098 11

15 St Johnstone 16 4 3 9 12 28 -16 .4286 11

16 Falkirk 15 4 2 9 15 27 -12 .5556 10

17 Airdrieonians 15 3 3 9 29 43 -14 .6744 9

18 Stirling Albion 15 2 2 11 14 41 -27 .3415 6

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

1 0 Dundee 16 13 2 1 50 25 25 2.0000 28

2 0 Celtic 16 10 2 4 44 19 25 2.3158 22

3 0 Kilmarnock 16 8 4 4 40 32 8 1.2500 20

4 0 Rangers 14 8 3 3 37 19 18 1.9474 19

5 0 Motherwell 16 8 3 5 39 27 12 1.4444 19

6 0 Partick Thistle 16 9 1 6 36 32 4 1.1250 19

7 0 Third Lanark 15 8 2 5 33 24 9 1.3750 18

8 0 Dunfermline Athletic 16 7 4 5 30 22 8 1.3636 18

9 0 Heart Of Midlothian 14 8 2 4 28 22 6 1.2727 18

10 0 Dundee United 16 7 2 7 34 34 0 1.0000 16

11 0 Aberdeen 16 6 2 8 29 35 -6 .8286 14

12 0 St Mirren 16 5 3 8 27 38 -11 .7105 13

13 0 Raith Rovers 16 4 3 9 27 36 -9 .7500 11

14 0 Hibernian 16 4 3 9 26 43 -17 .6047 11

15 0 St Johnstone 17 4 3 10 13 30 -17 .4333 11

16 0 Falkirk 16 4 2 10 15 29 -14 .5172 10

17 0 Airdrieonians 15 3 3 9 29 43 -14 .6744 9

18 0 Stirling Albion 15 2 2 11 14 41 -27 .3415 6

Type Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
1

1

2700

1341

535

824

5847

4052

L only
1

2

2252

1097

449

706

4746

3436

Type Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Competitive
5

18

114

53

28

33

265

184

L only
5

14

105

48

26

31

241

174

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 Gordon Marshall 211 22y 5 m 21d /

2 Bobby Kirk 275 34y 4 m 11d /

3 David Holt 53 25y 11m 20d /

4 John Cumming 392 31y 9 m 6 d / 1

5 Willie Polland 30 27y 4 m 25d /

6 Billy Higgins 84 21y 9 m 8 d / 1

7 Danny Ferguson 37 22y 10m 18d / 1

8 Willie Wallace 25 21y 6 m 0 d 10 1 / 10

9 Norrie Davidson 14 27y 1 m 28d / 4

10 Alan Gordon 6 17y 7 m 9 d / 2

11 Bobby Ross 15 19y 7 m 13d 3 1 / 1

Total Starting App->> 1142 24.78 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

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

24.78 <<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents
Manager Alex Macrae
Team Managed 01 of 11
Total Managed 02 of 12

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

1 William Murdoch Morrison Whigham 22y 02m 14d 01 of 12 01 of 12

2 Ian Johnstone Rae 28y 11m 04d 15 of 22 15 of 22

3 John Hunter Not Known 02 of 18 02 of 18

4 Jim Pierson Not Known 01 of 09 07 of 16

5 Les Grant Thomson 25y 03m 08d 03 of 08 03 of 16

6 Jim McIntosh Not Known 06 of 08 06 of 08

7 Thomas S Lowry Not Known 01 of 04 01 of 04

8 James Murray 28y 10m 19d 01 of 01 01 of 02

9 James Robert Oliver 20y 00m 20d 02 of 03 02 of 03

10 Norrie Innes Not Known 01 of 01 05 of 05

11 William Esplin Ormond 34y 10m 00d 01 of 02 30 of 31

–––––– 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

19611218 Mon 18 Dec 1961 League Cup F Rangers 3 Heart Of Midlothian 1 47552

19611218 Mon 18 Dec 1961 E Div 1 West Ham United 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2

19611219 Tue 19 Dec 1961 ECWC R1 Alliance Dudelange 2 Motor Jena 2

19611220 Wed 20 Dec 1961 ICFC R2 Dinamo Zagreb 2 Barcelona 2

19611222 Fri 22 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Sheffield United 2 Nottingham Forest 0

19611222 Fri 22 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Bristol Rovers 4 Rotherham United 2

19611222 Fri 22 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Scunthorpe United 1 Bury 2

19611222 Fri 22 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Torquay United 2 Bournemouth 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Dundee United 3 Partick Thistle 5 7349

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Falkirk 0 Heart Of Midlothian 2 5897

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Hibernian 1 Dunfermline Athletic 2 11259

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Kilmarnock 1 Motherwell 2 11525

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Raith Rovers 0 Celtic 4 8804

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 Rangers 2 Aberdeen 4 28530

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 St Johnstone 1 Third Lanark 2 5592

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L1 St Mirren 1 Dundee 1 8991

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Alloa Athletic 2 Montrose 0 1139

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Brechin City 0 Stenhousemuir 3 419

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Clyde 4 East Stirlingshire 1 2148

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Cowdenbeath 1 Stranraer 1 320

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Forfar Athletic 5 Albion Rovers 1 465

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Hamilton Academical 5 Arbroath 0 1401

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Morton 1 Berwick Rangers 0 5212

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Queen of the South 3 East Fife 1 3656

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 L2 Queens Park 3 Dumbarton 0 1357

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Arsenal 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Birmingham City 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Blackpool 3 Cardiff City 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Everton 3 Fulham 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 Manchester City 3 Ipswich Town 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 1 West Bromwich Albion 2 Leicester City 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Leeds United 1 Liverpool 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Luton Town 0 Plymouth Argyle 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Middlesbrough 2 Leyton Orient 3

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Newcastle United 0 Preston North End 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Norwich City 2 Charlton Athletic 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Southampton 3 Huddersfield Town 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Stoke City 1 Sunderland 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Swansea City 3 Brighton and Hove Albion 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 2 Walsall 2 Derby County 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Halifax Town 0 Portsmouth 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Lincoln City 0 Watford 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Newport County 1 Coventry City 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Northampton Town 2 Hull City 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Notts County 4 Bradford Park Avenue 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Peterborough United 1 Port Vale 3

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Reading 4 Brentford 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Shrewsbury Town 2 Bristol City 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Southend United 2 Grimsby Town 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div 3 Swindon Town 5 Crystal Palace 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Barrow 3 Exeter City 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Carlisle United 1 Stockport County 0

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Chesterfield 1 York City 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Colchester United 5 Oldham Athletic 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Gillingham 4 Workington Town 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Mansfield Town 1 Wrexham 2

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 E Div4 Southport 0 Hartlepool United 1

19611223 Sat 23 Dec 1961 ICFC R2 Valencia 4 Lausanne-Sports 3

Hearts			Falkirk
Referee	JRP Gordon
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	1-0	Wallace Willie	Heart of Midlothian	54
2	2-0	Ross Bobby	Heart of Midlothian	83

Type	Streaks by Date					Cumulative by Date
Type	W	D	L	Unb	NoW	G	W	D	L	F	A
Competitive	1			1		2700	1341	535	824	5847	4052
L only	1			2		2252	1097	449	706	4746	3436

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		Gordon Marshall			211	22y 5 m 21d									/
2		Bobby Kirk			275	34y 4 m 11d									/
3		David Holt			53	25y 11m 20d									/
4		John Cumming			392	31y 9 m 6 d									/ 1
5		Willie Polland			30	27y 4 m 25d									/
6		Billy Higgins			84	21y 9 m 8 d									/ 1
7		Danny Ferguson			37	22y 10m 18d									/ 1
8		Willie Wallace			25	21y 6 m 0 d			10						1 / 10
9		Norrie Davidson			14	27y 1 m 28d									/ 4
10		Alan Gordon			6	17y 7 m 9 d									/ 2
11		Bobby Ross			15	19y 7 m 13d			3						1 / 1
Total Starting App->>				1142	24.78	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
n/a		No Subs		n/a	n/a		n/a								/
					24.78	<<-Average Age of Players who played

Opponents Manager Alex Macrae Team Managed 01 of 11 Total Managed 02 of 12
No	Player	Age	Team Apps	Total Apps	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time
1	William Murdoch Morrison Whigham	22y 02m 14d	01 of 12	01 of 12
2	Ian Johnstone Rae	28y 11m 04d	15 of 22	15 of 22
3	John Hunter	Not Known	02 of 18	02 of 18
4	Jim Pierson	Not Known	01 of 09	07 of 16
5	Les Grant Thomson	25y 03m 08d	03 of 08	03 of 16
6	Jim McIntosh	Not Known	06 of 08	06 of 08
7	Thomas S Lowry	Not Known	01 of 04	01 of 04
8	James Murray	28y 10m 19d	01 of 01	01 of 02
9	James Robert Oliver	20y 00m 20d	02 of 03	02 of 03
10	Norrie Innes	Not Known	01 of 01	05 of 05
11	William Esplin Ormond	34y 10m 00d	01 of 02	30 of 31
–––––– 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
19611218	Mon 18 Dec 1961	League Cup	F	Rangers	3	Heart Of Midlothian	1	47552
19611218	Mon 18 Dec 1961	E Div 1		West Ham United	4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2
19611219	Tue 19 Dec 1961	ECWC	R1	Alliance Dudelange	2	Motor Jena	2
19611220	Wed 20 Dec 1961	ICFC	R2	Dinamo Zagreb	2	Barcelona	2
19611222	Fri 22 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Sheffield United	2	Nottingham Forest	0
19611222	Fri 22 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Bristol Rovers	4	Rotherham United	2
19611222	Fri 22 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Scunthorpe United	1	Bury	2
19611222	Fri 22 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Torquay United	2	Bournemouth	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Dundee United	3	Partick Thistle	5	7349
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Falkirk	0	Heart Of Midlothian	2	5897
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Hibernian	1	Dunfermline Athletic	2	11259
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Kilmarnock	1	Motherwell	2	11525
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Raith Rovers	0	Celtic	4	8804
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		Rangers	2	Aberdeen	4	28530
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		St Johnstone	1	Third Lanark	2	5592
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L1		St Mirren	1	Dundee	1	8991
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Alloa Athletic	2	Montrose	0	1139
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Brechin City	0	Stenhousemuir	3	419
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Clyde	4	East Stirlingshire	1	2148
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Cowdenbeath	1	Stranraer	1	320
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Forfar Athletic	5	Albion Rovers	1	465
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Hamilton Academical	5	Arbroath	0	1401
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Morton	1	Berwick Rangers	0	5212
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Queen of the South	3	East Fife	1	3656
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	L2		Queens Park	3	Dumbarton	0	1357
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Arsenal	2	Tottenham Hotspur	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Birmingham City	1	Sheffield Wednesday	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Blackpool	3	Cardiff City	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Chelsea	1	Aston Villa	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Everton	3	Fulham	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		Manchester City	3	Ipswich Town	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 1		West Bromwich Albion	2	Leicester City	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Leeds United	1	Liverpool	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Luton Town	0	Plymouth Argyle	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Middlesbrough	2	Leyton Orient	3
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Newcastle United	0	Preston North End	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Norwich City	2	Charlton Athletic	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Southampton	3	Huddersfield Town	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Stoke City	1	Sunderland	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Swansea City	3	Brighton and Hove Albion	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 2		Walsall	2	Derby County	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Halifax Town	0	Portsmouth	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Lincoln City	0	Watford	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Newport County	1	Coventry City	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Northampton Town	2	Hull City	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Notts County	4	Bradford Park Avenue	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Peterborough United	1	Port Vale	3
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Reading	4	Brentford	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Shrewsbury Town	2	Bristol City	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Southend United	2	Grimsby Town	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div 3		Swindon Town	5	Crystal Palace	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Barrow	3	Exeter City	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Carlisle United	1	Stockport County	0
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Chesterfield	1	York City	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Colchester United	5	Oldham Athletic	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Gillingham	4	Workington Town	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Mansfield Town	1	Wrexham	2
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	E Div4		Southport	0	Hartlepool United	1
19611223	Sat 23 Dec 1961	ICFC	R2	Valencia	4	Lausanne-Sports	3