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			William Reid		George Easton			48y
					Jock Wilkinson; Dan Templeton
					Albert Ferguson; Jimmy Kinloch
					Jimmy Gibson (1-0, 6 mins)
James Geddes (@ 1-0, 40 mins)
			John Britton		Jock Wilkinson			33y, 3m, 25d
			Robert Penman		Denis O'Hare			23y, 3m, 7d
			John McColgan		Tom Crichton			29y, 10m, 0d
			James Geddes		Matt Wilson			21y, 8m, 6d
			James Cameron		Alex Lambie			26y, 0m, 13d
			Murdoch Walls		Jimmy Gibson			21y, 10m, 23d
			Peter Bennie		John Blair			25y, 10m, 1d
			Sam Fleming		Dan Templeton			25y, 7m, 12d
			David Christie		Bob McFarlane			26y, 3m, 11d
			John Sharp		Johnny Ballantyne			23y, 6m, 1d
			Robert Kirk		Willie Salisbury			24y, 2m, 5d
								25y, 6m, 30d

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TTA report

A 30-yard free-kick by Gibson (6) proved to be the winner. Nearing half-time Rovers were reduced to 10 men when a player laid hands on the ref, protesting that his team should have had a penalty and there were ugly crowd scenes with the police called. Luckless Rovers hit the post twice. Defeat relegated them.

● 25-year-old Dan Templeton plays his last game for Thistle.

● 33-year-old goalie Jock Wilkinson plays his last game for Thistle and marks the occasion by keeping his final clean-sheet for the club.

ongoing sequences:

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Johnny Ballantyne, 4th Nov 1922 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Willie Salisbury - 39 games, 8th Apr 1922 to 3rd Mar 1923. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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