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			George Anderson		Davie Meiklejohn			53y, 4m, 5d
					Jimmy Henderson
					Joe McInnes
George Merchant (0-1, 2 mins); Bert Henderson (0-2, 13 mins); Bert Henderson (0-3, 17 mins); George Hill (0-4, 36 mins); Andy Walker (0-5, 80 mins); Bert Henderson (0-6 mins, 88 mins)
			Bill Brown		Willie Smith			21y, 6m, 8d
			Gerry Follon		Andy Kerr			22y, 9m, 19d
			Andy Irvine		Bobby Gibb			32y, 2m, 12d
			Tommy Gallacher		Bert Thomson			25y, 1m, 30d
			Danny Malloy		Jimmy Davidson			28y, 5m, 9d
			Doug Cowie		Davie Mathers			22y, 5m, 23d
			George Hill		Johnny MacKenzie			28y, 7m, 13d
			Bert Henderson		Bobby Howitt			24y, 9m, 2d
			George Merchant		Willie Sharp			31y, 10m, 23d
			Billy Steel		Alex Wright			23y, 4m, 6d
			Andy Walker		Jimmy Henderson			18y, 11m, 9d
								25y, 5m, 19d

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One to forget against 4th top Dundee. 3 goals in the 1st 17 minutes set the home team on their way. A Howitt shot was deflected on to the post but he hit the sprawling goalkeeper with the rebound. Trailing 4-0 at half-time, 2 more goals rubbed salt in the wounds.

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Evening Times, 17th April, 1954

● Thistle's joint-record margin of defeat against Dundee.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Sharp, 19th Dec 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Jimmy McGowan - 42 games, 11th Apr 1953 to 20th Mar 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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