2nd Dec 1953 Derby County 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Jack Barker		Davie Meiklejohn			52y, 11m, 20d
					Bobby Gibb; John Harvey; Ian McIntosh; Joe McInnes
					Andy Kerr; Willie Crawford; Willie Sharp; Jimmy Walker
Jimmy Dunn (0-1, 10 mins)					Bobby Howitt (1-1, 49 mins); Alex Wright (2-1, 58 mins); Alex Wright (3-1, 87 mins)
			Ray Middleton		Willie Smith			21y, 1m, 23d
			Geoff Barrowcliffe		Jimmy McGowan			37y, 5m, 22d
			Keith Savin		Bobby Gibb			31y, 9m, 27d
			Albert Mays		John Harvey			20y, 10m, 11d
			Norman Nielson		Jimmy Davidson			28y, 0m, 24d
			Chick Musson		Davie Mathers			22y, 1m, 7d
			Reg Harrison		Johnny MacKenzie			28y, 2m, 28d
			Jimmy Dunn		Bobby Howitt			24y, 4m, 17d
			Ray Wilkins		Alex Wright			22y, 11m, 21d
			Tommy Powell		Ian McIntosh			20y, 2m, 18d
			Hugh McLaren		Joe McInnes			20y, 11m, 23d
								25y, 3m, 18d

Match Report

TTA report

Derby took the lead (10) but Thistle improved after half-time and Howitt levelled. Alex Wright, playing at centre-forward, scored twice (58 and 87, set up by McInnes). Thistle were “fitter, faster and with more football ideas” (ET). It was the first chance to play under floodlights for many of the players.

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Dundee Courier, 3rd December, 1953

Derby Evening Telegraph, 3rd December, 1953

Derby Evening Telegraph, 3rd December, 1953

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old Ian McIntosh makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 24 consecutive competitive appearances for Jimmy McGowan & Willie Sharp, 11th Apr 1953 to date. (Longest run since: Tommy Ledgerwood - 25 games, 4th Apr 1953 to 21st Nov 1953. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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