2nd Nov 1957 Partick Thistle 2 Third Lanark 3 (SFL First Division - game 8)

matches:1957-58: ← 17game 1819 →

Match Information

56y, 10m, 21d			Davie Meiklejohn		Bob Shankly
Tommy Ledgerwood; Jimmy Davidson
Davie Thomson; Sandy Brown
Tommy Ewing (1-0, 26 mins); Dougie Baird (2-1, 35 mins)					Jimmy Welsh (1-1, 33 mins); Hugh Smith (2-2, pen 52 mins); George Carmichael (2-3, 88 mins)
34y, 8m, 10d			Tommy Ledgerwood		Jocky Robertson
26y, 4m, 4d			Andy Kerr		Hugh Smith
21y, 11m, 7d			Dougie Baird		John Brown
26y, 10m, 22d			Alex Wright		John Kelly
31y, 11m, 25d			Jimmy Davidson		Owen Cosker
26y, 0m, 8d			Davie Mathers		Geoff Slingsby
32y, 1m, 29d			Johnny MacKenzie		George Carmichael
17y, 10m, 30d			Ian Wilson		Robert Craig
19y, 2m, 5d			Jimmy Mallon		John Allan
22y, 5m, 28d			Davie McParland		Jimmy Welsh
20y, 6m, 0d			Tommy Ewing		Joe McInnes former Jag
25y, 5m, 18d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle, in blue and back to full strength, scored through Ewing from a corner (26). Wright beat 3 men but hit the post then Thirds soon equalised. Baird scored (35) with a lob from 50 yards that deceived the keeper. Thirds scored from the spot (foul, 52). Mallon hit the post but the winner came from Thirds (88).

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Evening Times, 2nd November, 1957

Stats Watch

● Dougie Baird scores his only goal for Thistle.

● Thistle lose a fifth consecutive competitive game versus Third Lanark, the H2H joint-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Kerr, 26th Jan 1957 to date. (Longest run since: Andy Kerr - 67 games, 15th Oct 1955 to 12th Jan 1957. Club-record: Johnny Jackson - 313 games, 28th Aug 1926 to 25th Mar 1933.)

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