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31y			George Easton		George Morell
Willie Howden; Tom Harvey; John Lyon; Neilly Gibson; George Allan [ii]; Sam Kennedy
Lee Massey; Harry Wilson; Andy Wilson; James Docherty; James Sommen; Robert Gray
Sam Kennedy (1-0, 10 mins); Alex McGregor (2-0, 2nd half); James Wilkie (3-0, 2nd half); Alex McGregor (4-0, 2nd half); Alex McGregor (5-0, 85 mins)
26y, 9m, 14d			Willie Howden		Robert Robertson
26y, 3m, 10d			Tom Harvey		Robert Stewart
24y, 1m, 17d			John Lyon		Thomas Thomson
33y, 6m, 2d			Neilly Gibson		Bernard Gallagher
			David C. Walker		Thomas Rae
			George Allan [ii]		James McIntosh
28y, 10m, 23d			John Campbell		Tom Low
19y, 3m, 4d			Wattie Aitkenhead		Alex McCubbin
25y, 4m, 17d			Sam Kennedy		John McInnes
			Alex McGregor		James Dart
21y, 2m, 25d			Jim Wilkie		James Gillies
26y, 3m, 25d

TTA report

Wilkie and Campbell set up Kennedy for the opener and McGregor got the 2nd not long after half-time. Campbell missed a pen but Wilkie got the 3rd soon after. McGregor completed his hat-trick with 2 more for an emphatic win. Morton only showed in the first half and were well beaten by the end. “Disaster” (GT).

● Alex McGregor scores his first THREE goals for Thistle!

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over Morton.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 6th Jan 1906 to date. (Longest run since: 23 games; 19th Aug 1899 to 22nd Sep 1900. Club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for John Lyon, 9th Dec 1905 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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