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51y			George Easton		Hugh Spence
Denis O'Hare; Stewart Calderwood; Jimmy Gibson
Bob Paton; Charlie McKendrick; Bobby Neil
Sandy Hair (1-0, 2 mins); Sandy Hair (2-0, 4 mins); Jimmy Gibson (3-0, pen 10 mins); Sandy Hair (4-0, 67 mins); John Torbet (5-0, 87 mins)
20y, 9m, 20d			Johnny Jackson		Sam Clemie
26y, 7m, 28d			Denis O'Hare		James Hood
20y, 9m, 15d			Stewart Calderwood		Joe Nibloe
22y, 9m, 6d			Jimmy Richmond		Thomas Marshall
25y, 3m, 13d			Jimmy Gibson		James McLeod
19y, 1m, 21d			Eddie McLeod		John McEwan
24y, 1m, 3d			Davie Ness		William Wishart
23y, 10m, 8d			Bobby Grove		Harry Cunningham
28y, 6m, 9d			Sandy Hair		James Weir
			William Fraser		James McCall
22y, 11m, 24d			John Torbet		William Reilly
23y, 5m, 27d

notes

The OH has William Fraser for Thistle's fifth (by process of elimination) but SC/SP/GH/JL all say it was John Torbet and we go with them.

TTA report

“Thistle forwards dazzle” (SP). Rampant Thistle went 3 goals up through Hair (2 and 4) then a Gibson pen (10) after Hair had hit the post. Kilmarnock missed a few chances then Hair fired home a spectacular left foot shot for his 3rd (67). Torbet scored (87) to give Thistle a convincing win.

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

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Kilmarnock in competitive action.

ongoing sequences:

● 11 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Grove, 13th Apr 1926 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Paton - 11 games, 5th Apr 1926 to 11th Sep 1926. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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