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			Willie Waddell		Willie Thornton			39y, 11m, 3d
					Jimmy Davidson
					John Harvey
Vernon Wentzell (0-1, pen 11 mins); Jackie McInally (0-2, 22 mins); Billy Muir (0-3, 43 mins); Jackie McInally (1-4, 69 mins); Jackie McInally (1-5, 72 mins)					Archie Nimmo (1-3, 64 mins)
			Jimmy Brown		John Freebairn			22y, 1m, 5d
			Jim Richmond		Joe Hogan			21y, 11m, 13d
			Matt Watson		Dougie Baird			24y, 2m, 11d
			Frank Beattie		Alex Wright			29y, 1m, 26d
			Willie Toner		Jimmy Davidson			34y, 2m, 29d
			Bobby Kennedy		Frank Donlevy			27y, 1m, 21d
			Vernon Wentzel		Jim Fleming			18y, 0m, 30d
			Jackie McInally		George Smith			24y, 8m, 5d
			former Jag Andy Kerr		Archie Nimmo			19y, 5m, 25d
			Bertie Black		Davie McParland			24y, 9m, 1d
			Billy Muir		Willie Devine			26y, 5m, 15d
								24y, 8m, 30d

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A pen (11) set Kilmarnock (1 defeat in 24) on their way and they led 3-0 at half-time. Thistle enjoyed their best spell early in the second half and Davidson and Fleming both hit the woodwork before Nimmo scored (64) but 2 goals (69, a blunder by Freebairn - who was both brilliant and incompetent -(72) emphasised it was all too easy.

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Evening Times, 6th February, 1960

ongoing sequences:

● 19 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 21 games; 14th Sep 1957 to 18th Oct 1958. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 61 consecutive competitive appearances for Dougie Baird, 15th Nov 1958 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Frank Donlevy - 70 games, 11th Nov 1957 to 18th Mar 1959. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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