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52y, 8m, 17d			Davie Meiklejohn		George Anderson
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Bobby Howitt (1-0, 31 mins); Joe McInnes (2-0, 35 mins); Willie Sharp (3-0, 87 mins); Alex Wright (4-1, 89 mins)
30y, 6m, 6d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Bill Brown
37y, 2m, 19d			Jimmy McGowan		Gerry Follon
31y, 6m, 24d			Bobby Gibb		Gordon Frew
24y, 6m, 11d			Bert Thomson		Tommy Gallacher
27y, 9m, 21d			Jimmy Davidson		Doug Cowie
21y, 10m, 4d			Davie Mathers		Ken Ziesing
27y, 11m, 25d			Johnny MacKenzie		George Hill
24y, 1m, 14d			Bobby Howitt		Ronnie Turnbull
22y, 8m, 18d			Alex Wright		Bert Henderson
31y, 3m, 4d			Willie Sharp		Billy Steel
20y, 8m, 20d			Joe McInnes		George Christie
27y, 3m, 18d

notes

The OH credits Thistle's second as an o.g. (by process of elimination) but GH/ET both credit Joe McInnes (“Frew helped McInnes' shot into the net trying to prevent it from doing so”) and we go with them.

TTA report

A brilliant performance as Thistle qualified at Dundee's expense by +0.4 goal average. Howitt scored (31) then McInnes made it 2-0 (35). Dundee's time-wasting began but Sharp swept in a glorious shot through a ruck of players (84) and Firhill went wild then Wright converted a Howitt cross to make certain (89).

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Glasgow Herald, 31st August, 1953

● Thistle play their 50th match in the League Cup.

● Thistle win the second of their eight League Cup groups to date.

● Thistle progress to their second League Cup Quarter Final.

ongoing sequences:

● 37 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy Davidson, 20th Sep 1952 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Willie Sharp - 47 games, 8th Sep 1951 to 18th Oct 1952. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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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