4th Feb 1956 Partick Thistle 2 Alloa Athletic 0 (Scottish Cup 5th Round)

matches:1955-56: ← 29game 3031 →

Match Information

55y, 1m, 23d			Davie Meiklejohn		Jerry Kerr
Laurie Thomson; Matt Crowe
John Harvey; Jimmy Walker
Matt Crowe (1-0, 51 mins); Matt Crowe (2-0, 57 mins)
23y, 3m, 26d			Willie Smith		Willie Nimmo former Jag
39y, 7m, 25d			Jimmy McGowan		Erskine Kidd
33y, 11m, 30d			Bobby Gibb		Bobby Kerr
24y, 7m, 6d			Andy Kerr		Jack Wishart
30y, 2m, 27d			Jimmy Davidson		Jock Wilson
25y, 1m, 24d			Alex Wright		Mick McGovern
30y, 5m, 0d			Johnny MacKenzie		Jimmy Docherty
19y, 5m, 9d			Laurie Thomson		Alex Miller
17y, 11m, 11d			Joe Hogan		Joe Dignam
23y, 7m, 0d			Matt Crowe		Eddie Wales
18y, 9m, 2d			Tommy Ewing		Dave Ferguson
26y, 1m, 5d

notes

Thistle were not involved in Rounds 1 to 4. The OH credits Bert Thomson and Matt Crowe with the Thistle goals, but GH/ET both say that Matt Crowe got both and we go with them.

Match Report

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Fog, drizzle, mud and puddles all over the pitch. Thistle were far from impressive in beating Alloa (2nd bottom of Div 2). It was only their second half stamina that saw them through. Crowe scored with 2 headers (51 and 57) the first from a Wright flick from a Ewing corner and the 2nd from a Kerr 30-yard free-kick.

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Evening Times, 4th February, 1956

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old Laurie Thomson makes his Thistle debut.

● Thistle's 64th Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 28 consecutive competitive appearances for Bobby Gibb, 13th Aug 1955 to date. (Longest run since: Davie McParland - 45 games, 9th Sep 1954 to 24th Sep 1955. 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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