12th Nov 1881 Glasgow Thistle 0 Partick Thistle 1 (Scottish Cup 4th Round)

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Match Information

					Robertson [i]; Hugh McColl
					George Cochrane; John Burleigh
					Jack Beattie (1-0, 45 mins)
			?		Andrew Duff			22y, 7m, 2d
			?		Robertson [i]
			?		Bobby Brown			19y, 11m, 6d
			?		Jack Beattie			22y, 2m, 16d
			?		George Leckie			21y, 5m, 4d
			?		Hugh Beaton			23y, 1m, 13d
			?		Fred MacKay			25y, 7m, 10d
			?		Hugh McColl			23y, 3m, 21d
			?		John Inglis
			?		Peter Ewing			23y, 6m, 25d
			?		John Young [i]
								22y, 8m, 20d

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Match Report

TTA report

A goal on the stroke of half-time by Beattie from a corner separated the teams in this cup tie. A subsequent appeal by Thistle was thrown out (reason not known). “The Partick Thistle have my fullest sympathy” (if Glasgow Thistle appeal) (AN).

Stats Watch

● Robertson [i] registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive home wins; 5th Feb 1881 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 7 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Duff & George Leckie, 5th Apr 1879 to date. (Longest run since: John Burleigh - 7 games, 28th Dec 1878 to 5th Nov 1881. Now a joint club-record.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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