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			David Pratt		Donald Turner			54y, 6m, 10d
					George Cummings; Alex Stevenson; Eddie McLeod; Sandy MacLennan
					Alex Prior; George Sutherland; Hugh Baigrie; Peter Bain
David McCulloch (0-1, 8 mins); Charlie Wipfler (0-2, 34 mins)
			former Jag Jack Harkness		Bobby Johnstone			23y, 9m, 4d
			Andy Anderson		Stewart Calderwood			29y, 8m, 7d
			Duncan McClure		George Cummings			22y, 2m, 5d
			Alex Massie		Alex Elliott			30y, 7m, 0d
			William Reid		Alex Stevenson
			Andrew Herd		Eddie McLeod			28y, 0m, 13d
			Alex Munro		Alex McSpadyen			20y, 7m, 22d
			Tommy Walker		John Wyllie
			David McCulloch		Sandy MacLennan			26y, 7m, 3d
			Pat McGill		Archie Hastie			20y, 1m, 19d
			Charlie Wipfler		Robert Regan			19y, 11m, 20d
								24y, 7m, 13d

TTA report

A hard-fought win for Hearts who were good, but not that good. They made the most of their chances (8 and 34) - the 1st looking well off-side. There was some good defensive and midfield play but Thistle's forwards could make nothing of the Hearts defence. Johnstone had a fine game.

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Glasgow Herald, 12th August, 1935

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• Published 12th August 1935. (SC)

● The opening game of the 61st season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Alex Stevenson makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive away League defeats; 20th Mar 1935 to date. (Longest run since: 7 defeats; 28th Apr 1934 to 3rd Nov 1934. Club-record: 14 defeats; 6th Apr 1912 to 25th Jan 1913.)

● 46 consecutive competitive appearances for Stewart Calderwood, 11th Aug 1934 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Miller - 64 games, 2nd Jan 1934 to 6th May 1935. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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