| Hamilton |
 Hamilton (forename unknown) was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. * The forward appeared for Thistle in January, 1881. He made his only known appearance on Saturday, 1st January, 1881, in a 6-0 friendly win away to Brechin. There were no known goals for Hamilton in that game. His known club-list included only Partick Thistle. We don't know where or when Hamilton died. *
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 Hamilton registered only one official appearance for the Partick Thistle first team when he turned out at inside right in a New Years Day friendly at Brechin in 1881. At that time, it was easily the furthest that Thistle had ever travelled for a game, the previous record having been set at Helensburgh just weeks before. The story goes that two Thistle members (brothers) originally hailed from Brechin and were keen to spread "the Association Football gospel" as it were. The Earl of Dalhousie gave up his fields at Brechin Castle Park for the occasion and a large and curious crowd turned out. The ground was in good condition, although the players had to contend with a strong wind. During the game (!) the Brechin Brass Band played "a choice selection of music". Thistle won six nil but, alas, no goalscorers were reported. It's likely Hamilton turned out for a second game which - even if we knew the score - will never be official since it was very much a bounce game whereby the two teams were split in half, the defenders of Brechin teaming up with the forwards of Thistle and vice-versa! |
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