Sat 06 Oct 1928 Hearts 6 Falkirk 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928
Division A
Hearts 6
Falkirk 2

Discipline
Scoring Sequence
Streaks
League Table
Team
Opponents
Match Statistics
Games played this week

Season Date Team Venue FT HT Agg Comp Round Crowd LiveTV

1928-29 Sat 06 Oct 1928 Falkirk
Tynecastle

6-2
1-0
Division A
22500

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

William McCartney 386 "Only a goal down at half-time Falkirk seemed to have still a good stake in the game, but their challenge faded out quickly after resuming."

Reports

Scorers McNeil 22 ;McNeil ;Barney Battles Jnr pen ;Jimmy Smith ;Willie Murray ;Willie Murray

Opp Scorers Houston ;Morrison

Referee

Hearts Falkirk

Sending Offs

Sending Offs

Bookings

Bookings

Scoring Sequence

Score Scorer Scores For Time

1-0
McNeil Heart of Midlothian 22

2-0
McNeil Heart of Midlothian

3-0
Battles(1 pen) Heart of Midlothian

3-1
Houston Falkirk

4-1
Smith Heart of Midlothian

5-1
Murray Heart of Midlothian

5-2
Morrison Falkirk

6-2
Murray Heart of Midlothian

Scorers

No Scorer Goals Time

1 McNeil 1 22

2 McNeil 1

3 Barney Battles Jnr 1

4 Jimmy Smith 1

5 Willie Murray 1

6 Willie Murray 1

Opposition Scorers

No Scorer Goals Pen Time

1 Houston 1

2 Morrison 1

League Tables
Before - Monday 01 Oct 1928 After - Saturday 06 Oct 1928

Pos Team G W D L F A Diff Avg Pts

1 Aberdeen 9 7 0 2 21 14 7 1.5000 14

2 Rangers 7 6 1 0 23 7 16 3.2857 13

3 Third Lanark 8 5 2 1 23 12 11 1.9167 12

4 Motherwell 8 5 2 1 14 10 4 1.4000 12

5 Celtic 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 2.4000 11

6 Heart Of Midlothian 8 4 2 2 22 12 10 1.8333 10

7 Hibernian 8 4 2 2 14 10 4 1.4000 10

8 St Mirren 8 4 2 2 16 16 0 1.0000 10

9 Hamilton Academical 8 4 1 3 11 15 -4 .7333 9

10 Partick Thistle 7 3 1 3 22 18 4 1.2222 7

11 Kilmarnock 9 3 1 5 12 14 -2 .8571 7

12 St Johnstone 8 3 1 4 13 18 -5 .7222 7

13 Queens Park 7 3 0 4 14 10 4 1.4000 6

14 Clyde 8 2 2 4 7 11 -4 .6364 6

15 Ayr United 9 2 2 5 15 24 -9 .6250 6

16 Falkirk 8 2 1 5 16 20 -4 .8000 5

17 Airdrieonians 8 2 1 5 7 17 -10 .4118 5

18 Dundee 8 2 0 6 15 19 -4 .7895 4

19 Cowdenbeath 8 1 1 6 8 14 -6 .5714 3

20 Raith Rovers 9 1 1 7 10 29 -19 .3448 3

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

1 1 Rangers 8 7 1 0 28 9 19 3.1111 15

2 2 Motherwell 9 6 2 1 15 10 5 1.5000 14

3 -2 Aberdeen 10 7 0 3 21 15 6 1.4000 14

4 2 Heart Of Midlothian 9 5 2 2 28 14 14 2.0000 12

5 2 Hibernian 9 5 2 2 16 10 6 1.6000 12

6 -3 Third Lanark 9 5 2 2 25 17 8 1.4706 12

7 1 St Mirren 9 5 2 2 17 16 1 1.0625 12

8 -3 Celtic 7 5 1 1 12 5 7 2.4000 11

9 1 Partick Thistle 8 4 1 3 30 18 12 1.6667 9

10 2 St Johnstone 9 4 1 4 14 18 -4 .7778 9

11 -2 Hamilton Academical 9 4 1 4 11 23 -12 .4783 9

12 3 Ayr United 10 3 2 5 18 25 -7 .7200 8

13 -2 Kilmarnock 10 3 1 6 12 15 -3 .8000 7

14 -1 Queens Park 7 3 0 4 14 10 4 1.4000 6

15 3 Dundee 9 3 0 6 18 19 -1 .9474 6

16 -2 Clyde 9 2 2 5 7 12 -5 .5833 6

17 -1 Falkirk 9 2 1 6 18 26 -8 .6923 5

18 -1 Airdrieonians 9 2 1 6 7 19 -12 .3684 5

19 0 Cowdenbeath 9 1 1 7 9 17 -8 .5294 3

20 0 Raith Rovers 10 1 1 8 10 32 -22 .3125 3

Streaks by Date Cumulative by Date Streaks by Team Cumulative by Team

W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A W D L Unb NoW G W D L F A

Comp. Games
1

1

1329

618

280

431

2567

1869

3

3

50

15

14

21

77

80

L
1

1

1146

521

237

388

2135

1646

3

3

47

14

14

19

74

77

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

1 Jack Harkness 9 21y 0 m 9 d /

2 McNeil 14 Not Known 20 3 / 3

3 Willie Murray 28 Not Known 42 2 / 3

5 Jimmy Smith 24 Not Known 29 3 / 6

9 Barney Battles Jnr 9 22y 11m 24d 1 13 1 / 6

Total Starting App->> 84 .00 <<-Average Starting Age

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

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

.00 <<-Average Age of Players who played

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Opponents Line Up
Manager
No Player Sub
Mrk Substitued by Sub
Time

1 Team Not Available

–––––– Substitutes ––––––

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

Date Comp Rd Home F Away A

Mon 01 Oct 1928 L1 Raith Rovers 4 Ayr United 2

Mon 01 Oct 1928 L2 Dundee United 3 St Bernards 1

Mon 01 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Manchester City 2 Portsmouth 1

Tue 02 Oct 1928 E Div3N Nelson 2 Doncaster Rovers 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Airdrieonians 0 Hibernian 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Ayr United 3 Cowdenbeath 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Heart Of Midlothian 6 Falkirk 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Motherwell 1 Aberdeen 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Partick Thistle 8 Hamilton Academical 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Raith Rovers 0 Dundee 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 St Johnstone 1 Kilmarnock 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 St Mirren 1 Clyde 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L1 Third Lanark 2 Rangers 5

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Arbroath 1 St Bernards 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Arthurlie 3 Armadale 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Boness 4 Forfar Athletic 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Clydebank(1) 3 Queen of the South 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Dundee United 3 Morton 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Dunfermline Athletic 2 Kings Park 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 East Stirlingshire 5 Albion Rovers 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Leith Athletic 5 East Fife 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 L2 Stenhousemuir 3 Alloa Athletic 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Birmingham City 1 Derby County 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Bolton Wanderers 0 Bury 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Burnley 3 Manchester United 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Cardiff City 1 Leicester City 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Everton 4 Arsenal 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Huddersfield Town 0 Blackburn Rovers 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Manchester City 5 Sunderland 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Newcastle United 3 Leeds United 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Portsmouth 3 Sheffield Wednesday 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 Sheffield United 1 Aston Villa 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 1 West Ham United 1 Liverpool 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Bristol City 1 Southampton 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Grimsby Town 4 Bradford Park Avenue 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Leyton Orient 2 Blackpool 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Middlesbrough 3 Notts County 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Nottingham Forest 1 Barnsley 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Oldham Athletic 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Preston North End 3 Millwall 4

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Reading 2 Port Vale 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Stoke City 5 Swansea City 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 Tottenham Hotspur 4 Hull City 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div 2 West Bromwich Albion 3 Chelsea 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Accrington Stanley 1 Halifax Town 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Barrow 1 South Shields 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Bradford City 2 Lincoln City 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Carlisle United 4 Tranmere Rovers 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Chesterfield 3 Nelson 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Doncaster Rovers 2 Ashington 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Hartlepool United 1 Stockport County 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N New Brighton 3 Southport 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Rochdale 0 Wigan Borough 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Rotherham United 1 Crewe Alexandra 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3N Wrexham 4 Darlington 3

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Brighton and Hove Albion 3 Exeter City 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Charlton Athletic 2 Merthyr Town 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Coventry City 1 Brentford 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Fulham 5 Walsall 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Gillingham 0 Crystal Palace 1

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Luton Town 4 Bristol Rovers 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Northampton Town 2 Bournemouth 0

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Norwich City 2 Southend United 5

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Plymouth Argyle 5 Newport County 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Queens Park Rangers 3 Watford 2

Sat 06 Oct 1928 E Div3S Torquay United 2 Swindon Town 4

Manager /Competitive Games in Charge			Number of Team Changes (Competitive Games Only) = - Team Changes Compared to Last League Team (League Games Only) = -
William McCartney		386	"Only a goal down at half-time Falkirk seemed to have still a good stake in the game, but their challenge faded out quickly after resuming."
Reports

Scorers	McNeil 22 ;McNeil ;Barney Battles Jnr pen ;Jimmy Smith ;Willie Murray ;Willie Murray
Opp Scorers	Houston ;Morrison

Scoring Sequence
Score	Scorer	Scores For	Time
1-0	McNeil	Heart of Midlothian	22
2-0	McNeil	Heart of Midlothian
3-0	Battles(1 pen)	Heart of Midlothian
3-1	Houston	Falkirk
4-1	Smith	Heart of Midlothian
5-1	Murray	Heart of Midlothian
5-2	Morrison	Falkirk
6-2	Murray	Heart of Midlothian

Scorers
No	Scorer	Goals	Time
1	McNeil	1	22
2	McNeil	1
3	Barney Battles Jnr	1
4	Jimmy Smith	1
5	Willie Murray	1
6	Willie Murray	1

	W	Unb	G	W	D	L	F	A	W	Unb	G	W	D	L	F	A
	Streaks by Date		Cumulative by Date						Streaks by Team		Cumulative by Team
Comp. Games	1	1	1329	618	280	431	2567	1869	3	3	50	15	14	21	77	80
L	1	1	1146	521	237	388	2135	1646	3	3	47	14	14	19	74	77

Hearts Line Up - NB Average ages only shown where there are 8 or more 'known' ages
No	Player		Nat	Tot App	Age	G	P	Tot Gls	S Off	Sub Mrk	Substitued by	Sub Time	Goals vs Opp
1	Jack Harkness			9	21y 0 m 9 d								/
2	McNeil			14	Not Known			20					3 / 3
3	Willie Murray			28	Not Known			42					2 / 3
5	Jimmy Smith			24	Not Known			29					3 / 6
9	Barney Battles Jnr			9	22y 11m 24d		1	13					1 / 6
Total Starting App->>				84	.00	<<-Average Starting Age
–––––– Substitutes ––––––
12	No Subs	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a							n/a / n/a
					.00	<<-Average Age of Players who played

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
Date	Comp	Rd	Home	F	Away	A
Mon 01 Oct 1928	L1		Raith Rovers	4	Ayr United	2
Mon 01 Oct 1928	L2		Dundee United	3	St Bernards	1
Mon 01 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Manchester City	2	Portsmouth	1
Tue 02 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Nelson	2	Doncaster Rovers	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Airdrieonians	0	Hibernian	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Ayr United	3	Cowdenbeath	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Heart Of Midlothian	6	Falkirk	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Motherwell	1	Aberdeen	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Partick Thistle	8	Hamilton Academical	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Raith Rovers	0	Dundee	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		St Johnstone	1	Kilmarnock	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		St Mirren	1	Clyde	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L1		Third Lanark	2	Rangers	5
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Arbroath	1	St Bernards	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Arthurlie	3	Armadale	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Boness	4	Forfar Athletic	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Clydebank(1)	3	Queen of the South	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Dundee United	3	Morton	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Dunfermline Athletic	2	Kings Park	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		East Stirlingshire	5	Albion Rovers	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Leith Athletic	5	East Fife	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	L2		Stenhousemuir	3	Alloa Athletic	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Birmingham City	1	Derby County	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Bolton Wanderers	0	Bury	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Burnley	3	Manchester United	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Cardiff City	1	Leicester City	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Everton	4	Arsenal	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Huddersfield Town	0	Blackburn Rovers	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Manchester City	5	Sunderland	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Newcastle United	3	Leeds United	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Portsmouth	3	Sheffield Wednesday	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		Sheffield United	1	Aston Villa	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 1		West Ham United	1	Liverpool	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Bristol City	1	Southampton	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Grimsby Town	4	Bradford Park Avenue	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Leyton Orient	2	Blackpool	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Middlesbrough	3	Notts County	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Nottingham Forest	1	Barnsley	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Oldham Athletic	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Preston North End	3	Millwall	4
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Reading	2	Port Vale	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Stoke City	5	Swansea City	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		Tottenham Hotspur	4	Hull City	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div 2		West Bromwich Albion	3	Chelsea	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Accrington Stanley	1	Halifax Town	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Barrow	1	South Shields	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Bradford City	2	Lincoln City	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Carlisle United	4	Tranmere Rovers	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Chesterfield	3	Nelson	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Doncaster Rovers	2	Ashington	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Hartlepool United	1	Stockport County	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		New Brighton	3	Southport	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Rochdale	0	Wigan Borough	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Rotherham United	1	Crewe Alexandra	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3N		Wrexham	4	Darlington	3
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Brighton and Hove Albion	3	Exeter City	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Charlton Athletic	2	Merthyr Town	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Coventry City	1	Brentford	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Fulham	5	Walsall	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Gillingham	0	Crystal Palace	1
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Luton Town	4	Bristol Rovers	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Northampton Town	2	Bournemouth	0
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Norwich City	2	Southend United	5
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Plymouth Argyle	5	Newport County	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Queens Park Rangers	3	Watford	2
Sat 06 Oct 1928	E Div3S		Torquay United	2	Swindon Town	4