Sunday, 2 February 2014

M.M. Frame / Sport Photos, Glasgow - FRA-060/ZB9-47 Smashers


1948
FRA-060/ZB9-47 "Smashers"
M.M. Frame / Sport Photos, Glasgow
Scotland
96 card

These cards were stapled into little booklets, 32 cards in each. I believe it is possible to find all the cards with each of the three different back designs, as shown above. Only the players surnames appear on the fronts of the cards. Some players are missing details about their clubs, these are rare cards that are difficult to track down.
UPDATE (22-06-2015):  Robert Muat has been in touch with some amendments and alterations. All the changes have been noted to make them easy to find.
UPDATE (28-06-2022):  Date amended from 1950 to 1948, see comment below from Davy McB.

FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers - "Smashers" 20mm long
FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers - "Smashers" 22mm long - team name in brackets
FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers - "Smashers" 25mm long

FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers (booklet 1)

1.  Watters (Celtic)   -   amended
2.  Miller (Celtic)
3.  Baird (Aberdeen)
4.  Mason (Third Lanark)
5.  Staroscik (Third Lanark)
6.  Ormond (Hibernian)
7.  Govan (Hibernian)
8.  Whitelaw (Falkirk)
9.  Aikman (Falkirk)
10.  Dawson (Falkirk)
11.  Johnston (Clyde)
12.  Campbell (Morton)
13.  Cupples (Morton)
14.  Divers (Morton)
15.  Dougan (Hearts)
16.  Waddell (Rangers)
17.  Woodburn (Rangers)
18.  Cox (Rangers)
19.  Walker (Chelsea)
20.  Evans (Celtic)
21.  Jack (St. Mirren)
22.  Mitchell (Third Lanark)
23.  Stephen (Bradford)
24.  Mathews (Blackpool)   -   amended (sic)
25.  Lawton (Notts County)
26.  Ancell (Dundee)
27.  Pattillo (Dundee)    -   amended - typo
28.  Farquhar (Queesn Park)
29.  Letham (Queens Park)
30.  Simpson (Queens Park)
31.  Telfer (St. Mirren)
32.  McClure (Hearts)

FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers (booklet 2)

33.  Whyte (Falkirk)
34.  Redpath (Motherwell)
35.  Husband (Partick Thistle)
36.  Shaw (Rangers)   -   altered
37.  O'Donnell (Partick Thistle)
38.  Paton (Celtic)
39.  Gallacher (Celtic)
40.  Gullan (Clyde)
41.  McGowan (Partick Thistle)
42.  Hamilton (Aberdeen)
43.  Wright (Partick Thistle)   -   amended
44.  Findlay (Rangers)
45.  Ayton (Third Lanark)   -   amended
46.  Milligan (Clyde)
47.  Johnston (Motherwell)
48.  Aitken (Queens Park)
49.  Rutherford (Rangers)   -    amended
50.  Fleck (Falkirk)
51.  White (Morton)
52.  Turnbull (Hibernian)
53.  Cooper (Aberdeen)
54.  Thornton (Rangers)
55.  McCulloch (Third Lanark)
56.  Paton (Motherwell)   -   amended
57.  Young (Third Lanark)
58.  Liddell (Morton)
59.  Bremner (Motherwell)
60.  McPhail (Clyde)
61.  Smith (St. Mirren)   -   amended
62.  Kiddie (Aberdeen)
63.  Smith (Hibernian)
64.  Young (Rangers)

FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers (booklet 3)

65.  Mortensen (Blackpool)
66.  McKenzie (Hearts)   -   amended
67.  Black (Southampton)
68.  Williamson (Rangers)   -   amended
69.  Brown (Hearts)   -   amended
70.  Bogan (Celtic)   -   amended
71.  Fitzsimmons (Clyde)   -   amended
72.  Cowan (Morton)
73.  Kilmarnock (Motherwell)   -   amended
74.  Kelly (Third Lanark)   -   amended
75.  Swift (Manchester City)   -   amended
76.  Balunas (Third Lanark)
77.  Hewitt (Partick Thistle)   -   amended
78.  Mathie (Hibernian)   -   amended
79.  Sloan (Hearts)   -   amended
80.  Aitkenhead (Hibernian)   -   amended 28-01-2021  -  thanks to Iain MurrayRobert Muat
81.  Steel (Derby County)   -   amended
82.  Kinnell (Partick Thistle)
83.  Houliston (Queen of the South)
84.  Liddell (Liverpool)
85.  Lesz (St. Mirren)
86.  Milne (St. Mirren)   -   amended
87.  Inglis (Falkirk)
88.  Johnstone (Aberdeen)
89.  McLaughlin (Aberdeen)   -   amended
90.  Galletly (Clyde)   -   amended
91.  McKenna (Aberdeen)   -   amended
92.  Rae (Rangers)   -   amended
93.  Deans (Clyde)   -   amended
94.  Alexander (Morton)   -   amended
95.  Hogg (Celtic)
96.  Hepburn (Morton)

FRA-060 / ZB9-47 Smashers - errors/varieties

8.  Whitelaw (Falkirk) - mentions 1948
8.  Whitelaw (Falkirk) - doesn't mention 1948

6 comments:

  1. Hello
    I have 2 of card no 36. Both of them don't have quotation marks after Smashers, is this therefore another variant?
    regards
    LindsayH

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    1. Hi Lindsay,

      Fascinating - any chance of scans or photos?

      Thanks,

      Alan

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  2. Hi Alan
    I tried to insert scans but couldn't find a way to do it, any advice?
    LindsayH

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    1. Hi Lindsay,

      You can send them to me, my e-mail address is alanjenkins1899@gmail.com.

      Kind regards,

      Alan

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  3. These cards are from 1948. The John Shaw card (no. 36) refers to him being "capped this season against Ireland". John (Jock) Shaw only played 6 times for Scotland and his one and only cap against Ireland was on the 4th October 1947.

    Davy McB.

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