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53y, 3m, 1d			Davie Meiklejohn		George Stevenson
Joe McInnes
Davie McParland
Joe McInnes (1-0, 40 mins)					John Hunter (1-1, 90 mins)
31y, 0m, 18d			Tommy Ledgerwood		John Johnston
37y, 9m, 3d			Jimmy McGowan		Willie Kilmarnock
22y, 8m, 12d			Andy Kerr		Archie Shaw
21y, 1m, 20d			John Harvey		Charlie Cox
28y, 4m, 5d			Jimmy Davidson		Andy Paton
22y, 4m, 16d			Davie Mathers		Willie Redpath
28y, 6m, 9d			Johnny MacKenzie		Tommy Sloan
23y, 3m, 2d			Alex Wright		Jim Forrest
31y, 9m, 16d			Willie Sharp		John Hunter
			Willie Crawford		Wilson Humphries
21y, 3m, 4d			Joe McInnes		Johnny Aitkenhead
26y, 9m, 26d

TTA report

36,200 saw plenty of goalmouth incidents in an exciting cup tie. Motherwell (top of Div 2) hit the bar, Thistle had a shot kicked off the line. McInnes scored from a scramble (40) but Motherwell got a equaliser their performance deserved (90). Thistle's wingers were in fine form but were underused.

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Glasgow Herald, 15th March, 1954

● The crowd of 36,200 stands today as the record for any Thistle vs. Motherwell match.

● Thistle appear in their sixteenth Scottish Cup Quarter Final. It's the third of these to go to a replay.

ongoing sequences:

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy McGowan, 11th Apr 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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