3rd Feb 1883 Rangers 3 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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? (0-1, 1st half); ? (0-2, 2nd half); ? (0-3, 2nd half)
			future Jag George Gillespie		Andrew Duff			23y, 9m, 24d
			Fred Gordon		Bobby Brown			21y, 1m, 28d
			Jimmy Duncan		John Hendry
			Charlie Heggie		Jack Beattie			23y, 5m, 7d
			James McIntyre		George Leckie			22y, 7m, 26d
			James Gossland		George Cochrane
			Willie Pringle		R. C. Campbell
			future Jag Hugh McHardy		James Erskine
			Billy McGregor		John Cameron [i]			22y, 5m, 8d
			former Jag Jock Inglis		Jerry Suter			19y, 8m, 0d
			William Corbett		Hugh Beaton			24y, 4m, 4d
								22y, 6m, 2d

notes

Having turned up late with only 9 men, 2 players from within the Rangers ranks (Cameron & Campbell) played for Thistle. 2 x 30 minutes were played. 3.15pm was the scheduled kick-off, but we'd guess it was probably closer to 4pm when it kicked-off.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle were late in arriving and the match was restricted to an hour. “A fast and exciting game” (SC). Rangers had most of the play but good defending restricted Rangers to one goal approaching half-time. Duff could only parry the 2nd and a scramble leading to a shot through a ruck of players made it 3-0.

Stats Watch

● James Erskine makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● 22-year-old John Cameron [i] registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● R. C. Campbell registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

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

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without defeat, 28th Jan 1882 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 6 games, 19th Oct 1878 to 2nd Oct 1880.)

● 7 competitive home games without defeat; 5th Feb 1881 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 11 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for George Leckie, 5th Apr 1879 to date. (A new 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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