4th Sep 1954 Partick Thistle 9 Stirling Albion 1 (League Cup Division A, Section C - game 6)

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Match Information

53y, 8m, 23d			Davie Meiklejohn		Tom Fergusson
George Smith; Matt Crowe
Bobby Howitt; Jimmy Henderson
George Smith (1-0, 9 mins); Alex Wright (2-1, 50 mins); Jimmy Davidson (3-1, 52 mins); George Smith (4-1, 57 mins); Johnny MacKenzie (5-1, 61 mins); George Smith (6-1, 80 mins); George Smith (7-1, 84 mins); Willie Crawford (8-1, 87 mins); Willie Crawford (9-1, 88 mins)					Alex Paterson (1-1, 15 mins)
31y, 6m, 12d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Harry Jenkins
23y, 2m, 6d			Andy Kerr		Alex Gibson
32y, 6m, 30d			Bobby Gibb		Dick Whitehead
21y, 7m, 14d			John Harvey		Ian Bain
28y, 9m, 27d			Jimmy Davidson		bob Milligan
22y, 10m, 10d			Davie Mathers		John Smith
29y, 0m, 0d			Johnny MacKenzie		Ian Jackson
			Willie Crawford		Peter Rattray
19y, 3m, 3d			George Smith		Jim Chalmers
23y, 8m, 24d			Alex Wright		Alex Paterson
22y, 2m, 0d			Matt Crowe		Frank Joyner
25y, 5m, 21d

notes

ET) is explicit with an Ian Bain o.g. for the 7th goal and has no mention of any deflected shot, and the SC backs this indirectly by remarking that “Smith with three goals made a promising debut”. The SP explains that “Smith's fourth grazed Bain on the way in.” GH credits Smith with 4 in their resuts table, and this is certainly the OH position, so we're happy to go along with the “haul of four” for George.

Match Report

TTA report

Smith netted a cut-back from 8 yards (9) but a blunder by Ledgerwood led to an equaliser (15). Wright (close in, 50), Davidson (25-yard free-kick (52), Smith (from a narrow angle (57), MacKenzie (61), Smith (80 and 84) and Crawford (87 and 88) all scored but goal average didn't matter. Rangers won the section.

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Evening Times, 4th September, 1954

Stats Watch

● Thistle win a fifth consecutive competitive game versus Stirling Albion, the H2H record.

● Thistle's record margin of victory over Stirling Albion.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 31st Mar 1954 to date. (Longest run since: Alex Wright - 21 games, 16th Jan 1954 to 18th Aug 1954. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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