3rd May 1956 Nairn County 3 Partick Thistle 6 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Eric Geddes		Davie Meiklejohn			55y, 4m, 21d
					Tommy Ledgerwood; Jimmy McGowan; Jimmy Mallon
					Willie Smith; Bert Thomson; Joe Hogan
Wallace (1-1, 16 mins); Wright (5-2, 76 mins); Wallace (5-3, 83 mins)					Matt Crowe (1-0, 5 mins); Jimmy Mallon (2-1, 20 mins); George Smith (3-1, 26 mins); Matt Crowe (4-1, 1st half); Jimmy Mallon (5-1, 75 mins); Jimmy Mallon (6-3, 87 mins)
			?		Tommy Ledgerwood			33y, 2m, 10d
			?		Jimmy McGowan			39y, 10m, 23d
			?		Dougie Baird			20y, 5m, 7d
			?		Andy Kerr			24y, 10m, 4d
			?		Tom McNab			22y, 9m, 18d
			?		Bobby Gibb			34y, 2m, 28d
			Wilson		George Smith			20y, 11m, 2d
			Wright		Matt Crowe			23y, 9m, 29d
			Wallace		Jimmy Mallon			17y, 8m, 5d
			?		Alex Wright			25y, 4m, 22d
			?		Tommy Ewing			19y, 0m, 1d
								25y, 7m, 27d

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Match Report

TTA report

Last appearance of Jimmy McGowan. Crowe put Thistle ahead with a pile driver (5) then County levelled with a well-taken header (16). Mallon restored the lead with a ball off the crossbar (20). Smith, Crowe and Mallon all scored and Thistle eased off. The locals had more of the ball and they scored twice before Mallon completed his hat-trick (87).

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Unknown report, May, 1956

Stats Watch

● 17-year-old Jimmy Mallon makes his Thistle debut, joining our scoring debutants club and bagging a hat-trick on the night!

● 39-year-old Jimmy McGowan plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 33 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Kerr, 15th Oct 1955 to date, a new personal best. (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.)

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