17th Nov 1883 Partick Thistle 1 Northern 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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? (1-3, 2nd half)					? (0-1, 1st half); ? (0-2, 1st half); ? (0-3, 2nd half)
24y, 7m, 7d			Andrew Duff		?
21y, 11m, 11d			Bobby Brown		?
			John Hendry		?
24y, 2m, 21d			Jack Beattie		?
23y, 5m, 9d			George Leckie		?
			John Young [i]		?
25y, 6m, 30d			Peter Ewing		?
26y, 8m, 22d			Thomas Paterson		?
25y, 1m, 18d			Hugh Beaton		?
20y, 5m, 14d			Jerry Suter		?
			n-a		n-a
24y, 0m, 5d

notes

GH report confirms that there were only 10-per-side in this match. OH has 2 Ewings (7 & 8) in a strange latter-day attempt to compensate!

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Match Report

TTA report

“The ground was of the most wretched description owing to rain…The teams were composed of ten men each and after an hour's play the Northern obtained the victory by 3 goals to 1” (GH). Northern led 2-0 at half-time and after they had gone 3-up Thistle pulled one back from “a bully” in front of goal (SL).

Media report

19-Nov-1883, Glasgow Herald

Played at Muirpark. The ground was of the most wretched description owing to rain, rendering good play impossible. The teams were composed of ten men each, and after an hour’s play the Northern obtained the victory by 3 goals to 1.

Stats Watch

● Thistle and Northern meet for the first time.

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.)

● 17 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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