11th Aug 1951 Partick Thistle 4 Hibernian 2 (League Cup Division A, Section B - game 1)

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Match Information

50y, 7m, 30d			Davie Meiklejohn		Hugh Shaw
Bert Kinnell; Alex Stott
Adam Forsyth; Bobby Howitt
Alex Stott (1-1, 41 mins); Alex Stott (2-1, 42 mins); Jimmy Walker (3-1, 44 mins); Willie Crawford (4-2, 73 mins)					Eddie Turnbull (0-1, 13 mins); Eddie Turnbull (3-2, pen 67 mins)
28y, 5m, 19d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Jimmy Kerr
35y, 2m, 1d			Jimmy McGowan		Jock Govan
29y, 6m, 6d			Bobby Gibb		Jimmy Cairns
22y, 5m, 24d			Bert Thomson		Archie Buchanan
28y, 3m, 21d			Bert Kinnell		Jock Paterson
25y, 9m, 3d			Jimmy Davidson		Bobby Combe
25y, 11m, 7d			Johnny MacKenzie		Gordon Smith
			Willie Crawford		Bobby Johnstone
26y, 3m, 23d			Alex Stott		Lawrie Reilly
29y, 2m, 17d			Willie Sharp		Eddie Turnbull
25y, 11m, 12d			Jimmy Walker		Willie Ormond
27y, 8m, 15d

Match Report

TTA report

Hibs scored (13) with a cheeky, quickly taken 25-yard free-kick as the defenders were retreating but Stott scored twice (a short free-kick from Davidson, 41 and a header, 42) then Walker scored from close in (44). Hibs scored (soft penalty, 67) but Crawford hooked home a long Thomson throw-in (73). A fine win.

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Sunday Mail, 12th August, 1951

Stats Watch

● Thistle's sixth League Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 12 competitive home games without defeat; 16th Dec 1950 to date. (Longest run since: 14 games; 18th Dec 1948 to 1st Oct 1949. Club-record: 16 games; 14th Sep 1935 to 11th Apr 1936.)

● 42 consecutive competitive appearances for Tommy Ledgerwood, 6th Sep 1950 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Jimmy Walker - 47 games, 10th Sep 1949 to 9th Sep 1950. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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