David Hogg Ness (15 August 1902 – 1974) was a Scottish

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who played as an

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; his only club at the professional level was Partick Thistle, where he spent twelve seasons (all in the top division), making 423 appearances for the ''Jags'' in all competitions and scoring 97 goals. After gradually ousting the 1921 Scottish Cup Final goalscorer John Blair from the position, he went on to play for the club in the 1930 Scottish Cup Final which they lost to Rangers after a replay, but did manage to claim winner's medals in the

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in 1927 and the one-off Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup in 1928, both against the same opponents. Towards the end of his spell, a replacement was signed in the shape of Alex McSpadyen, who went on to become a Scotland international within a few years. Ness was selected once for the

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, scoring in that match against the

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in 1934, and played in three editions of the

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's annual challenge match against

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.Player Representative Honours
Partick Thistle History Archive

References

1902 births 1974 deaths Date of death missing Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire Scottish men's footballers Men's association football outside forwards Scottish Junior Football Association players Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Nithsdale Wanderers F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scotland men's junior international footballers Scottish Football League representative players {{Scotland-footy-forward-1900s-stub