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Son of James Hynd (brassfinisher) and Elizabeth Hynd (née Urquhart).

Forward James joined Thistle from Pollock in late November 1913, and made his scoring debut against Hamilton Academical away a week later, although the Jags lost the SFL match 2-1. In a Scottish Football Historical Association booklet published in the Evening Times in the 1930s his acquisition was described as follows “Partick Thistle got James Hynd and Alex Lockhart together for a by no means hefty sum, but one which Pollock were told by Thistle was “all that ever would be given- even for anyone of the Jimmy Quinn standard.” James played on 20 occasions during the 1913-14 season. He only played on 9 occasions in the 1914-15 season, with his final match against Clyde at Firhill, a 3-2 defeat in an SFL match in April 1916.

He played in the Alec Raisbeck benefit match at Firhill against an international XI in January 1914. With the International XI winning 7-5 the 10,000 crowd certainly got their money’s worth. We know that James joined up for military service because he is included in the SFL Secretary McAndrew’s list of footballers who volunteered early in the war. James in included in that list, prepared in 1915. On further research we know that James was an early volunteer for Locheil’s Highlanders, and he also served in the Royal Engineers. It is likely that his lack of game time in the 1914-15 season was due to his military service. He also played for Vale of Leven (1915-16 on loan), Reading (1918-19) and King’s Park (from February 1920). He "threw his lot in" with Banknock Juniors in September 1920. James and his wife Mary had at least one son named Robert, and James died on 7 June 1936 aged 45. Coronary arteritis was the cause of his premature demise.

On account of his service during WWI, James is included in our feature piece, The Partick Thistle returned →.

1914 - GLASGOW CUP