# David Ness

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{{short description|Scottish footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name= David Ness
| image= 
| fullname= David Hogg Ness<ref name="TTA">[http://www.thethistlearchive.net/davie-ness Davie Ness], The Thistle Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2021</ref>
| position= [Outside right](/source/Forward_(association_football))
| birth_date= 15 August 1902<ref name=lhsfl>[https://www.londonhearts.com/SFL/players/davieness.html (SFL player) Davie Ness], London Hearts Supporters Club</ref>
| birth_place= [Irvine](/source/Irvine%2C_North_Ayrshire), Scotland
| death_date= 1974
| death_place= [Saltcoats](/source/Saltcoats), Scotland 
| height = 5ft 8in<ref name="TTA"/>
| youthyears1= 
| youthclubs1= 
| years1= –
| clubs1= [Irvine Meadow](/source/Irvine_Meadow_XI_F.C.)
| caps1= | goals1= 
| years2= 1923
| clubs2= [Nithsdale Wanderers](/source/Nithsdale_Wanderers_F.C.)
| caps2=  | goals2= 
| years3= 1923–1935
| clubs3= [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.)
| caps3= 340 | goals3= 76
| totalcaps= | totalgoals =
| nationalyears1= 1934
| nationalteam1= [Scottish League XI](/source/Scottish_League_XI)
| nationalcaps1= 1
| nationalgoals1= 1
}}
'''David Hogg Ness''' (15 August 1902 – 1974) was a Scottish [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as an [outside right](/source/Forward_(association_football)); his [only club at the professional level](/source/List_of_one-club_men_in_association_football) was [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.), where he spent twelve seasons (all in the top division),<ref name=litsterprewar/> making 423 appearances for the ''Jags'' in all competitions and scoring 97 goals.<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Players+N Players N], Partick Thistle History Archive</ref>

After gradually ousting the [1921 Scottish Cup Final](/source/1921_Scottish_Cup_Final) goalscorer [John Blair](/source/John_Blair_(footballer%2C_born_1898)) from the position, he went on to play for the club in the [1930 Scottish Cup Final](/source/1930_Scottish_Cup_Final) which they lost to [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.) after a replay,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O_49AAAAIBAJ&sjid=XUkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3094%2C2730488 The Cup Final {{!}} Rangers Win Replay at Hampden], The Glasgow Herald, 17 April 1930</ref> but did manage to claim winner's medals in the [Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup](/source/Glasgow_Merchants_Charity_Cup) in 1927<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/v+Rangers+GCC+Final+1927 Rout of the Rangers in the Charity Cup Final] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503224146/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/v+Rangers+GCC+Final+1927 |date=3 May 2015 }}, The Sunday Post, 15 May 1927, via Partick Thistle History Archive</ref> and the one-off [Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup](/source/Glasgow_Dental_Hospital_Cup) in 1928, both against the same opponents.<ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1928-29+-+Glasgow+Dental+Cup Football {{!}} Partick Thistle, 2; Rangers, 0 {{!}} Glasgow Dental Hospital Cup–Final Tie] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503230729/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/1928-29+-+Glasgow+Dental+Cup |date=3 May 2015 }}, The Glasgow Herald, 11 December 1928, via Partick Thistle History Archive</ref> Towards the end of his spell, a replacement was signed in the shape of [Alex McSpadyen](/source/Alex_McSpadyen), who went on to become a [Scotland international](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) within a few years.

Ness was selected once for the [Scottish Football League XI](/source/Scottish_Football_League_XI), scoring in that match against the [Irish League XI](/source/Irish_League_representative_team) in 1934,<ref name=lhsfl/> and played in three editions of the [Glasgow Football Association](/source/Glasgow_Football_Association)'s annual challenge match against [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield_FA).<ref name=litsterprewar>{{cite magazine|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|magazine=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}}</ref><ref>[http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Player+Representative+Honours Player Representative Honours] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121132610/http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/Player+Representative+Honours |date=21 January 2019 }}, Partick Thistle History Archive</ref>

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Category:1902 births
Category:1974 deaths
Category:Date of death missing
Category:Footballers from Irvine, North Ayrshire
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football outside forwards
Category:Scottish Junior Football Association players
Category:Irvine Meadow XI F.C. players
Category:Partick Thistle F.C. players
Category:Nithsdale Wanderers F.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Scotland men's junior international footballers
Category:Scottish Football League representative players
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen

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