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			future PT manager Scot Symon		Willie Thornton			40y, 5m, 21d
					Sandy Brown
					Archie Nimmo
Sandy Brown (0-1, og 10 mins); Davie Wilson (1-2, 19 mins); Eric Caldow (2-3, pen 33 mins); Harold Davis (2-4, 63 mins); Davie Wilson (2-5, 65 mins); Jimmy Millar (2-6, 71 mins)					Frank Donlevy (1-1, pen 18 mins); George Smith (2-2, 28 mins); Joe Hogan (3-6, 73 mins)
			future Jag Billy Ritchie		John Freebairn			22y, 7m, 23d
			Bobby Shearer		Sandy Brown			21y, 5m, 0d
			Eric Caldow		Dougie Baird			24y, 8m, 29d
			future Jag Harold Davis		Alex Wright			29y, 8m, 13d
			Bill Paterson		John Harvey			27y, 7m, 3d
			Jim Baxter		Frank Donlevy			27y, 8m, 8d
			Alex Scott		George Smith			25y, 2m, 23d
			Ian McMillan		Davie McParland			25y, 3m, 19d
			Jimmy Millar		Joe Hogan			22y, 6m, 0d
			Ralph Brand		Gavin Fletcher			18y, 9m, 25d
			Davie Wilson		Jim Fleming			18y, 7m, 17d
								24y, 0m, 9d

notes

GH credits Ralph Brand with Rangers 4th, saying he deflected Davis's shot past Freebairn. However, the majority of sources (TRA/DR/SC/SM) credit Harold Davis and we go with that flow.

TTA report

Brown gifted Rangers an OG (10) but Donlevy equalised from the spot (Smith fouled, 18). Smith equalised Rangers' 2nd goal (28) with a header but a pen (trip, 33) made it 3-2 at half-time. Thistle had no answer to Rangers' rampant forwards after half-time and the game was over at 6-2 before Hogan scored (73).

● Frank Donlevy scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 12th Mar 1960 to date. (Longest run since: 17 games; 20th Jan 1959 to 2nd May 1959. Club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 25 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 24th Jan 1959 to date. (Longest run since: 25 games; 23rd Oct 1937 to 2nd Jan 1939. Club-record: 40 games; 1st Feb 1908 to 17th Sep 1910.)

● 40 consecutive competitive appearances for Jim Fleming, 10th Oct 1959 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Dougie Baird - 73 games, 15th Nov 1958 to 16th Apr 1960. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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