20th Oct 1883 Partick Thistle 6 East Stirlingshire 0 (Scottish Cup 3rd Round)

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Match Information

A. Gemmill; Mossman; Williams [i]
Andrew Duff; John Gardiner; John Hendry
Peter Ewing (1-0, 3 mins); Thomas Paterson (2-0, 1st half); Hugh Beaton (3-0, 1st half); Peter Ewing (2nd half); Bob Robertson (2nd half); ? (2nd half)
			A. Gemmill		Cockburn
			Mossman		Mitchell
			Williams [i]		Anderson
24y, 1m, 23d			Jack Beattie		McKenzie
23y, 4m, 12d			George Leckie		Andrew Inch
			John Young [i]		Neil
25y, 6m, 2d			Peter Ewing		McGregor
26y, 7m, 24d			Thomas Paterson		Inch
18y, 4m, 28d			Bob Robertson		Stewart
25y, 0m, 20d			Hugh Beaton		Lawrence McLaughlan
20y, 4m, 17d			Jerry Suter		Dunn
23y, 4m, 10d

notes

Inverted commas are used for “Williams” of Thistle, possibly suggesting a trialist and/or a psuedonym.

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Match Report

TTA report

“The Thistle hemmed them in during the whole game“ (GH). On a sodden pitch Ewing scored inside 3 minutes and goals by Paterson and Beaton gave them a comfortable half-time lead. Ewing and Robertson scored three goals between them after half-time but reports don't say who got two. Shire's keeper had a fine game despite the score.

Stats Watch

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

● Bob Robertson scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

● East Stirlingshire become the 24th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● Thistle's joint-record margin of victory over East Stirlingshire.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 10th Mar 1883 to date. (Longest run since: 4 wins, 28th Jan 1882 to 30th Sep 1882. A new joint club-record.)

● 16 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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