9th Apr 1885 Arbroath 6 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					Kerr [i]; William McDonald [i]; John Caldwell; Tom Maley; Evans
					Andrew Duff; Alexander Brown; Jerry Suter; Peter Ewing; James Miller
Jim Buick (0-1, 1st half); Jim Buick (0-2, 1st half); Jim Milne (0-3, 1st half); Jim Milne (0-4, 1st half); David Crawford (0-5, 1st half); Jim Milne (1-6, 2nd half)					? (1-5, 2nd half)
			John Addison		Kerr [i]
			Tom Salmond		John Hendry
			Wilson		George McKay			24y, 3m, 22d
			Dyken Bruce		Peter Miller			27y, 2m, 7d
			Henry Rennie		William McDonald [i]
			Jim Milne		John Marshall			35y, 0m, 9d
			Jim Buick		John Caldwell			22y, 0m, 0d
			Johnny Tackett		Bob Robertson			19y, 10m, 18d
			Jim Marshall		Andrew Johnston			19y, 5m, 28d
			David Crawford		Tom Maley			20y, 5m, 1d
			John Robertson		Evans
								24y, 0m, 15d

notes

We've deduced that the 'Maillie' listed at #10 is a mis-spelled 'Maley' and note that the DET (20/1/1885) mentions “Mailley of Partick Thistle, a player now well known in Dundee, had a place in the Glasgow team”, referring to the Glasgow v Birmingham fixture on 17/1/1885. We presume Kerr and Evans (one-off appearances) to be the guests from Renton and Old Boys as mentioned in the DA. As confirmed by Arbroath historian Simon Reynolds, the player listed as 'Munro' was one and the same as 'Jim Buick', which he settled on for the majority of his career.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle were on the back foot from the start. Occasional attacks were all they could muster and they trailed 5-0 at half-time. A quieter second half saw them pull one back then Arbroath lost a player to injury (65). A goal from a scrimmage restored the 5-goal lead. Thistle had guests from Renton and Dundee Old Boys. 2x40 minutes were played.

Stats Watch

● Evans registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

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

● 20-year-old Tom Maley makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

● Thistle's record margin of defeat against Arbroath.

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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