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51y			George Easton		Bob Cochrane
Jimmy Gibson
Stewart Calderwood
Sandy Hair (1-0, 20 mins); Jimmy Gibson (2-1, 30 mins); John Torbet (3-1, 40 mins); Sandy Hair (4-1, 59 mins)					Henry Dunlop (1-1, 25 mins); John Brown (4-2, 62 mins); Andrew Haddow (4-3, 64 mins); Andrew Haddow (4-4, 2nd half); Andrew Haddow (4-5, 88 mins)
23y, 11m, 14d			Tommy Gibbs		Willie Fotheringham
25y, 1m, 12d			Bob Paton		John Kelso
			Charlie McKendrick		David Archibald
25y, 2m, 16d			Jimmy Gibson		John Buchanan
			Bobby Neil		George Hunter
19y, 0m, 24d			Eddie McLeod		James Jessiman
24y, 0m, 6d			Davie Ness		John Brown
23y, 9m, 11d			Bobby Grove		Henry Dunlop
28y, 5m, 12d			Sandy Hair		Andrew Haddow
			William Fraser		George Graham
22y, 10m, 27d			John Torbet		Charles McCartney
24y, 0m, 22d

TTA report

12,000 saw Thistle score through Hair (20) but Morton equalised (35). Gibson scored from a corner and the lead was extended to 3-1 by half-time (Torbet). Hair scored again (60) but Morton scored 4 goals - 2 of them due to poor defending - to shock Thistle and test the resolve of their fans.

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Glasgow Herald, 23rd August, 1926

● 23-year-old Tommy Gibbs plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a win, 17th Apr 1926 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games, 17th Oct 1925 to 21st Nov 1925. Club-record: 26 games, 28th Nov 1908 to 28th Aug 1909.)

● 8 consecutive competitive appearances for Bob Paton, 5th Apr 1926 to date. (Longest run since: Denis O'Hare - 8 games, 20th Mar 1926 to 1st May 1926. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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