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53y, 3m, 15d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jerry Dawson
Alex Bell
Tommy Ledgerwood
					Jimmy Bonthrone (0-1, 90 mins)
23y, 0m, 14d			Alex Bell		Johnny Curran
25y, 1m, 9d			Bert Thomson		Don Emery
22y, 8m, 26d			Andy Kerr		Sammy Stewart
21y, 2m, 6d			John Harvey		Tom Liddell
28y, 4m, 19d			Jimmy Davidson		Willie Finlay
22y, 5m, 2d			Davie Mathers		Danny McLennan
28y, 6m, 23d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jackie Stewart
24y, 8m, 12d			Bobby Howitt		Charlie Fleming
31y, 10m, 2d			Willie Sharp		Ian Gardiner
23y, 3m, 16d			Alex Wright		Jimmy Bonthrone
21y, 3m, 18d			Joe McInnes		Andy Matthew
24y, 9m, 9d

TTA report

More trouble with East Fife, although Thistle had the better of the play from the off. The defence was solid but the forwards shared missed chances and were ineffective. Inevitably they paid the price. East Fife proved to be a bogey team once more and scored in the last minute with a “banana bender“ (SP). A steal! Stayed 9th.

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Evening Times, 27th March, 1954

● 23-year-old Alex Bell plays his last game for Thistle.

● Thistle lose a third consecutive competitive game versus East Fife, the H2H joint-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Sharp, 19th Dec 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Tommy Ledgerwood - 18 games, 12th Dec 1953 to 24th Mar 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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