| Davies |
 Davies (forename unknown) was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The midfielder appeared for Thistle in February, 1898. He made his only known appearance on Saturday, 19th February, 1898, in a 5-4 friendly defeat away to Clyde. There were no goals for Davies in his only known appearance for Thistle. His known club-list included Skelmorlie and Partick Thistle. We don't know where or when Davies died. *
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 This North Ayrshire junior played at centre-half in his only trial game for Thistle, a 5-4 defeat at Barrowfield Park. Spence in the Thistle goal had a magnificent save in the 1st minute. Clyde scored 2 scrappy goals from scrambles. Lindsay pulled 1 back but it was 3-1 at h-t. Clyde made it 4-1 then Alan scored but Clyde made it 5-2. 2 late goals from McDiarmid and Lindsay put a better complexion on things, but defences were certainly not on top. Davies, a product of Skelmorlie, didn't quite prove the acquisition he was expected to be, according to the Scottish Referee, two days after his debut. |
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