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MIDDLESBROUGH (ASSOCIATION) V GLASGOW (PARTICK THISTLE). This important match between the above clubs was played at the Cricket Field, Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough, on Saturday afternoon last, and resulted in a victory for the visitors by four goals to one. The Scotch team is known as one of the best across the border, and therefore, before the match commenced, it was generally thought that the Middlesbrough men would have to play second fiddle to their more practised opponents, but the home team made a good bout of it, and had they played with a little more tact and coolness they might have been able to have made a drawn game of it. The first goal was secured for Glasgow soon after the game commenced, owing to the bungling of Rowland, the Middlesbrough goal- keeper. The home team, however, got possession of the globe, but were unfortunate, as, after some capital runs, a couple of shots at goal went over the crossbar, and the visitors regaining possession, never left the globe until they had scored a second goal. From a scrimmage, the Scotchmen scored goal No.3, and then half time was called. Middlesbrough, in the second half of the game, played much better together, but they were unable to prevent their opponents from securing the fourth goal. The rest of the play was entirely in favour of Middlesbrough, Borrie scoring the first and only goal secured by the home team, who missed several good chances of scoring.

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