27th Sep 1884 Port Glasgow Athletic 1 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					Alexander Brown; Tom Maley; W. Boyle
					Aitken [i]; Hugh Beaton; Peter Ewing
Hunter (0-1, 30 mins)					Bob Robertson (1-1, 40 mins)
			McLuskey		Andrew Duff			25y, 5m, 17d
			Ritchie		Alexander Brown
			Stewart		John Hendry
			McKenzie		Jack Beattie			25y, 1m, 0d
			James McGarry		George McKay			23y, 9m, 9d
			Hunter		Tom Maley			19y, 10m, 19d
			McCartney		Bob Robertson			19y, 4m, 5d
			Graham		Thomas Paterson			27y, 7m, 1d
			McKerrol		W. Boyle
			Hannah		Jerry Suter			21y, 3m, 24d
			future Jag Raglan Brown		James Miller
								23y, 2m, 17d

notes

Some Thistle players were late in arriving, so the advertised kick-off (3.30pm) was delayed by 45 minutes. OH credits Bob Robertson as a scorer but according to the GH teamline he wasn't playing! Despite this, we stick with Robertson as per the supplier of our teamlines, GH.

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Match Report

TTA report

Things were even on a sodden pitch until Port took the lead when Duff failed to hold a greasy ball from the wing (30). “A wonderfully soft goal“ (GT). A defensive error let Thistle in to level (40) most probably by Robertson. Port hit the bar but once the players tired in the mud “kicking became a little wild“.

Stats Watch

● A new record attendance for a Thistle away match of 2,500.

● 19-year-old Tom Maley makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Tom Maley becomes the first-known Englishman to play for Thistle.

● England becomes the fourth country/territory to birth a Jag.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Jack Beattie, 5th Apr 1879 to date. (Longest run since: George Leckie - 17 games, 5th Apr 1879 to 10th Nov 1883. Now a joint 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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