10th Sep 1881 Mavisbank 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

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R. McLeish (3-1, 2nd half)					John Inglis (1-0, 1st half); Fred MacKay (2-0, 1st half); John Young [i] (3-0, 2nd half)
			J. Goldie		Andrew Duff			22y, 5m, 0d
			William Hamilton		George Cochrane
			J. Wilson		John Hendry
			R. Jack		Jack Beattie			22y, 0m, 14d
			W. Peacock		George Leckie			21y, 3m, 2d
			J. Dunn		John Young [i]
			R. McLeish		Fred MacKay			25y, 5m, 8d
			T. Kay		John Inglis
			R. Stobo		John Burleigh			22y, 8m, 19d
			J. Smith		Hugh Beaton			22y, 11m, 11d
			J. MacPherson		J. Shankland
								22y, 9m, 20d

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle had most of the play in the first half and they went a goal up through Inglis. MacKay then scored with a fine header. In the second half Young scored after goalmouth scramble. Towards the end a long shot took the Thistle goalkeeper by surprise.

Stats Watch

● George Cochrane makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● J. Shankland makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● 25-year-old Fred MacKay makes his first-known appearance and scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

● Mavisbank become the fourteenth club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● Thistle's second Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Burleigh, 28th Dec 1878 to date. (A new club-record.)

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