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52y, 9m, 14d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jimmy McKinnell Jr.
Norrie McCredie
Bobby Gibb
Jimmy Walker (1-2, 71 mins)					Jim Patterson (0-1, 30 mins); Jimmy Greenock (0-2, 59 mins)
30y, 7m, 3d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Roy Henderson
37y, 3m, 16d			Jimmy McGowan		Doug Sharpe
25y, 4m, 9d			Norrie McCredie		Jimmy Binning
20y, 8m, 5d			John Harvey		Doug McBain
			Willie Crawford		Alec Smith
21y, 11m, 1d			Davie Mathers		Jimmy Greenock
28y, 0m, 22d			Johnny MacKenzie		Bobby Black
24y, 2m, 11d			Bobby Howitt		Austin McGill
22y, 9m, 15d			Alex Wright		Jim Patterson
31y, 4m, 1d			Willie Sharp		Wattie Rothera
28y, 0m, 27d			Jimmy Walker		Jackie Oakes
27y, 0m, 11d

TTA report

Playing excellent football and sitting top of the league, Queens took the lead (30) then Thistle were denied a stonewall penalty (hand ball). Thistle drove forward but Queens went 2-up with a 20-yard shot (59). Walker pulled one back (71) when he connected with a MacKenzie shot going wide. Queens were too good.

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Evening Times, 26th September, 1953

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Davie Mathers, 21st Mar 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy Davidson - 41 games, 20th Sep 1952 to 16th Sep 1953. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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