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			Fred Denovan		Donald Turner			62y, 11m, 15d
					John Hammill; James Colgan; Willie Sharp; Billy Millar
					Jackie Husband; Alex Gourlay; Maurice Candlin; Stewart McLean
John Milne (2-1, pen 60 mins); Jackie Milne (2-2, 79 mins)					Willie Newall (1-0, 32 mins); Alex Glover (2-0, 52 mins)
			Brendan Bell		Bobby Henderson			26y, 3m, 11d
			Andy Cheyne		Jimmy McGowan			27y, 7m, 5d
			Tom Brawley		Peter Curran
			John Milne		Bill Shankly			30y, 4m, 13d
			Andrew McAlpine		Bobby Parker			19y, 10m, 30d
			Willie Reid		John Hammill			20y, 0m, 7d
			Junior		Alex Glover			21y, 10m, 18d
			John Brooks		James Colgan			19y, 4m, 19d
			Jackie Milne		Willie Newall			23y, 2m, 21d
			former Jag Angus Stead		Willie Sharp			21y, 7m, 21d
			Frank Douglas		Billy Millar			19y, 5m, 22d
								22y, 11m, 22d

notes

ET lists Colgan for Thistle and Jackie Milne (a scorer for Dumbarton) as “Junior”. One other Dumbarton player remains unidentified as “Junior”. OH has Bill Shankly for Thistle's second, but both SC/GH credit Alex Glover and we go with them.

TTA report

“Weak finishing cost Thistle a point in a match they generally dominated“ (GH). Newall (32, making it 21 goals in 25 consecutive games) and Glover (a drive from out near the touchline, 52) gave Thistle 2-0 lead but Dumbarton fought back to take a point with a pen (60) and a leveller (79).

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Evening Times, 15th January, 1944

● 19-year-old James Colgan makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 10th Apr 1943 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 22nd Apr 1941 to 17th Oct 1942. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 64 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Henderson, 22nd Aug 1942 to date. (Longest run since: Bobby Henderson - 70 games, 9th Dec 1939 to 16th Aug 1941. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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