7th Apr 1883 Blackburn Olympic 3 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

matches:1882-83: ← 23game 2425 →

Match Information

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John Yates (0-1, 13 mins); Thomas Dewhurst (0-2, 50 mins); George Wilson (0-3, 85 mins)
			Thomas Hacking		Andrew Duff			23y, 11m, 28d
			Albert Warburton		Walsh
			James Ward		Bobby Brown			21y, 4m, 1d
			William Astley		Jack Beattie			23y, 7m, 11d
			Thomas Gibson		George Leckie			22y, 9m, 30d
			Jack Hunter		Martin
			John Yates		Hugh Beaton			24y, 6m, 8d
			Jimmy Costley		John Young [i]
			Arthur Matthews		Peter Ewing			24y, 11m, 20d
			Thomas Dewhurst		James Erskine
			George Wilson		John Gardiner
								23y, 6m, 16d

notes

The inverted commas for “Walsh” and “Martin” suggest trialists / guests. The SL report refers to the latter as Martens. We've presumed the AN's (otherwise unheard of) 'Brackell' & 'Crossley' to be mis-heard 'Hacking' & 'Costley' as per their players of the day. The scheduled 2pm kick-off was delayed by 15 minutes. 2 x 35 minutes were played. The AN credits George Wilson with the third goal, whilst the SL reckons it was Jimmy Costley. We'll never know for sure, but we stick with the former as our teamlines supplier.

Match Report

TTA report

FA cup winners the previous Saturday, Olympic were reported to be sluggish due to the “convivial meetings” (AN) they had had to attend. Even so, 1-up at half-time and with 2 more goals towards the end, they were too good for Thistle who had their moments - especially playing downhill in the second half.

Stats Watch

● Martin registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Walsh registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 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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