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			Committee		George Easton			49y
					Jimmy McMullan; Johnny Ballantyne
					Alex Donald; Sandy Hair
James Scullion (0-1, 75 mins)					Thomas Craig (1-1, og 80 mins)
			David Currie		Joe Ramsay			23y, 1m, 15d
			William Livingstone		Denis O'Hare			24y, 3m, 23d
			Thomas Craig		Matt Wilson			22y, 8m, 22d
			Archie Waugh		Jimmy Gibson			22y, 11m, 9d
			Robert Lawson		Harry Chatton			25y, 0m, 21d
			Hugh Wheelan		Jimmy McMullan			30y, 3m, 7d
			Charlie Stanners		Davie Ness			21y, 8m, 29d
			James Scullion		Bobby Grove			21y, 6m, 4d
			Robert Dodds		Hugh Collins			24y, 0m, 16d
			Richard Dempster		Johnny Ballantyne			24y, 6m, 17d
			James Lamond		Willie Salisbury			25y, 2m, 21d
								24y, 1m, 18d

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TTA report

1,500 spectators paid £65 and saw an even match (the cup last competed for in 1897). The opening goal came for King's Park with a shot on the run (75) but when a defender tried to clear a Salisbury cross (the keeper had it covered) the ball spun off his boot (80). The PT players got gold badges.

Media report

15-May-1924, Glasgow Herald

King's Park 1 goal 1 corner; Partick Thistle 1 goal 4 corners. At Stirling for the Charity Cup in aid of Stirling Royal Infirmary.

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Bridge of Allan Gazette, 10th May, 1924

Callander Advertiser, 17th May, 1924

Callander Advertiser, 17th May, 1924

● The closing game of the 49th season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● 22-year-old Matt Wilson plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle play their first match in the Stirling Charity Cup, their 26th competition.

● Thistle appear in their eighteenth Cup Final, their first in the Stirling Charity Cup.

● Thistle win their ninth trophy.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Grove, 18th Mar 1924 to date. (Longest run since: Sandy Hair - 20 games, 31st Dec 1923 to 5th Apr 1924. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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