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55y, 5m, 0d			Davie Meiklejohn		Bill Hiddelston
Willie Sharp
Matt Crowe
Jimmy Davidson (1-1, 33 mins); Willie Sharp (2-1, 36 mins)					Bobby Mitchell (0-1, 18 mins); Peter Dallas (2-2, 60 mins); Tommy Wark (2-3, 70 mins); Robert Craig (2-4, 77 mins)
23y, 7m, 3d			Willie Smith		Jocky Robertson
24y, 10m, 13d			Andy Kerr		Hugh Smith
34y, 3m, 7d			Bobby Gibb		Ian Gordon
23y, 3m, 21d			John Harvey		Bobby Kennedy
30y, 6m, 4d			Jimmy Davidson		Bobby Brown
			Ken Brodie		Tommy Docherty
19y, 8m, 16d			Laurie Thomson		Peter Dallas
25y, 5m, 1d			Alex Wright		Robert Craig
33y, 11m, 17d			Willie Sharp		Tommy Wark
			Willie Crawford		Ivor Broadis
19y, 0m, 10d			Tommy Ewing		Bobby Mitchell
26y, 0m, 26d

notes

Thirds featured Bobby Brown (trialist, ex Motherwell), Tommy Docherty (guest, Preston North End), Ivor Broadis (trialist, Carlisle United) and Bobby Mitchell (guest Newcastle United).

TTA report

Thirds (mid-table in Div 2) played 3 Scottish internationalists from England as guest players. They took the lead (18) but Davidson (free-kick, 33) and Sharp (36) scored. Thistle played poorly and adopted crude tactics whereas Thirds played some fine football and deserved to win with three second half goals.

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Sunday Mail, 13th May, 1956

Glasgow Herald, 14th May, 1956

● The closing game of the 81st season of Partick Thistle F.C.

● Thistle appear in their 40th Cup Final, their ninth in the Glasgow Charity Cup.

● Thistle are Cup runners-up for the 22nd time (sixth time in the Glasgow Charity Cup).

ongoing sequences:

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Kerr, 15th Oct 1955 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Davie McParland - 45 games, 9th Sep 1954 to 24th Sep 1955. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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