5th May 1956 Elgin City 1 Partick Thistle 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Ian Rae		Davie Meiklejohn			55y, 4m, 23d
					Willie Smith; John Harvey; Laurie Thomson; Joe Hogan; Willie Crawford
					Tommy Ledgerwood; Jimmy McGowan; George Smith; Jimmy Mallon; Alex Wright
George Andrews (1-1, 28 mins)					Laurie Thomson (1-0, 13 mins); Willie Crawford (2-1, 40 mins); Willie Crawford (3-1, 43 mins); Willie Crawford (4-1, 2nd half)
			Alex Jenkins		Willie Smith			23y, 6m, 26d
			Billy Cumming		Andy Kerr			24y, 10m, 6d
			Stewart McLachlan		Bobby Gibb			34y, 3m, 0d
			George McCutcheon		John Harvey			23y, 3m, 14d
			Ian Hector		Tom McNab			22y, 9m, 20d
			John Milton		Dougie Baird			20y, 5m, 9d
			Richard MacDonald		Laurie Thomson			19y, 8m, 9d
			Ian Rae		Matt Crowe			23y, 10m, 1d
			George Andrews		Joe Hogan			18y, 2m, 11d
			Phil Gammack		Willie Crawford
			Bill Alexander		Tommy Ewing			19y, 0m, 3d
								22y, 11m, 28d

notes

HA credits Willie Crawford with all four of Thistle's goals, but the ET report credits Thomson (who we presume to be Laurie as he was outside right) for the first, and we go with the latter.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thomson prodded home following a corner (13) but Elgin, playing well early on, equalised (28). Crawford nodded home a Baird free-kick (40) then he scored again from a poor clearance by the keeper (43). He completed his hat-trick in the second half for an easy win as Elgin faded.

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Stats Watch

● Laurie Thomson scores his first goal 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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