 
 
| 1952-53 | 
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| Seasons Latest First | 
| Summary | ||||||||||||||
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| Comp | Venue | G | W | D | L | W% | D% | L% | F | A | Diff | Tot Crowd | Avg Crowd | |
| O | H | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 5 | 70000 | 35000 | |
| O | A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 37500 | 18750 | |
| O | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 11 | 5 | 6 | 107500 | 26875 | ||
| H | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 5 | 70000 | 35000 | ||
| A | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | 0% | 50% | 5 | 4 | 1 | 37500 | 18750 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% | 0% | 25% | 11 | 5 | 6 | 107500 | 26875 | |||
| Summary by Team | ||||||||||||||
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| Team | G | W | D | L | W% | D% | L% | F | A | Diff | Tot Crowd | Avg Crowd | ||
|  | English Football League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60000 | 60000 | |
|  | Irish League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 4 | 26000 | 26000 | |
|  | League Of Ireland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10000 | 10000 | |
|  | Welsh League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0 | 3 | -3 | 11500 | 11500 | |
| Players making Debut. Total = 13 | ||||||
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| Player | Club | Date | Comp | V | Team | Score | 
| Doug Sharpe | Queen of the South | Wed 03 Sep 1952 | O | A | Irish League | 5-1 | 
| Jackie Stewart | East Fife | Wed 03 Sep 1952 | O | A | Irish League | 5-1 | 
| James Anderson Davidson | Partick Thistle | Wed 03 Sep 1952 | O | A | Irish League | 5-1 | 
| John Livingstone (Ian) McMillan | Airdrieonians | Wed 03 Sep 1952 | O | A | Irish League | 5-1 | 
| Tommy Ledgerwood | Partick Thistle | Wed 03 Sep 1952 | O | A | Irish League | 5-1 | 
| Alec Boden | Celtic | Wed 24 Sep 1952 | O | A | Welsh League | 0-3 | 
| Fred Martin | Aberdeen | Wed 24 Sep 1952 | O | A | Welsh League | 0-3 | 
| John Paterson | Hibernian | Wed 24 Sep 1952 | O | A | Welsh League | 0-3 | 
| Willie Sharp | Partick Thistle | Wed 24 Sep 1952 | O | A | Welsh League | 0-3 | 
| Wilson Humphries | Motherwell | Wed 24 Sep 1952 | O | A | Welsh League | 0-3 | 
| Douglas Cowie | Dundee | Wed 25 Mar 1953 | O | H | English Football League | 1-0 | 
| Thomas Ring | Clyde | Wed 25 Mar 1953 | O | H | English Football League | 1-0 | 
| William Fernie | Celtic | Wed 25 Mar 1953 | O | H | English Football League | 1-0 | 
| Players scoring their first goal. Total = 0 | |||||||
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| Scorers | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Caps by Club | ||||||
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| Rank | Club | Caps | Goals | Debut | Players | |
| 1 |  | Hibernian | 13 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 
| 2 |  | Celtic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 
| 2 |  | Rangers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 
| 4 |  | Partick Thistle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 
| 5 |  | Heart Of Midlothian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 
| 6 |  | Aberdeen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 6 |  | Dundee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 
| 6 |  | East Fife | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Airdrieonians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Clyde | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Morton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Motherwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Queen of the South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 9 |  | Raith Rovers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| Results click on links for details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Streaks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M No | Date | Co | V | Team | Sc | W | D | L | U | NW | Crowd | Scorers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 111 | Wed 03 Sep 1952 |  | O | A |  | Irish League | 2 | 
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 | 26000 | Ormond; Lawrence Reilly; Ormond; Reilly; McColl | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McGarry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 112 | Wed 24 Sep 1952 |  | O | A |  | Welsh League | 
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| I Allchurch; Parker; I Allchurch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 113 | Wed 08 Oct 1952 |  | O | H |  | League of Ireland | 1 | 
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 | 10000 | Reilly; Reilly; Steel; Reilly; Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| O'Callaghan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 114 | Wed 25 Mar 1953 |  | O | H |  | English Football League | 2 | 
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 | 60000 | Reilly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||