1st Jan 1886 Everton 0 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					George McKay; Andy Leckie
					Robert Middleton; Bob Marshall
					Andrew Johnston (1-0, 1st half); Jerry Suter (2-0, 1st half); Jerry Suter (3-0, 1st half)
			Charles Joliffe		Thomas Burns
			Tom Marriott		Alexander Brown
			Joe Pickering		John Hendry
			Mike Higgins		George McKay			25y, 0m, 14d
			Tom Fayer		H. Eadie
			A. Welsh		Andy Leckie			23y, 10m, 13d
			Charlie McGoldrick		Jerry Suter			22y, 6m, 29d
			William Powell		Andrew Johnston			20y, 2m, 20d
			Walter Richards		Bob Robertson			20y, 7m, 10d
			Robert Gourley		John Marshall			35y, 9m, 1d
			William Finlay		James Miller
								24y, 8m, 4d

notes

2.30pm kick-off delayed by 10 mins. The LIM of Saturday 2nd January 1886 reports that Thistle had 2 goals disallowed.

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Match Report

TTA report

Everton played without professionals, as did Stoke on the 2nd. Thistle booked the wind and scored 3 times (Johnston with a low shot, Suter a free-kick and Suter from a corner). “Partick displayed some capital dodging and were warmly applauded“ (GH). They also had 2 goals disallowed.

Media report

04-Jan-1886, Liverpool Mercury

Matters have been very lively in Association circles during the past week. More than local interest centred in the match between Everton and Partick Thistle. The latter is one of the best Scotch clubs, and is the only one which has been on tour in England at the Christmas and New Year festivities. It was a matter of interesting speculation as to what sort of team Everton would put into the field, and when it was seen that Dobson, Wilding, Farmer, Corey and Fleming were absent, there was small hope the home team would make a decent fight of it. However, the scratch team which had been got together for the occasion by no means disgraced the club, and the match furnished the Everton committee with several suggestions which may be of use in the future when arranging the team. Richards disclosed a penchant for centre forward play which came as a surprise for those who have only seen him as a wing player. Fayer, too, once again demonstrated a fact which has been patent to many for some time, that as centre half-back he has no superior in the club. Pickering was a failure at full back, and Powell in the forward ranks did not come up to expectation.

The Partick players were a very evenly-balanced team, and one or two of their players showed brilliant form. Suter, brother to famous back of the Blackburn Rovers, was ever on the ball, in conjunction with Johnstone, whilst Robertson, in the centre, played a dashing game. McKie [sic], the half-back who was enticed to Burnley, but who was found to be non eat [?] after a week’s sojourn in the East Lancashire town, played with the Thistle for the first time after a two months’ suspension, and was in fine form. The backs Brown and Hendry held the opposing forwards in check with apparent ease. The Thistle won somewhat easily by 3 goals to nil, and appeared to have a good deal in hand.

Stats Watch

● Goalie Thomas Burns registers his first-known clean-sheet for Thistle.

● Thistle and Everton meet for the first time.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Duff & John Hendry, 10th Nov 1883 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Robertson - 6 games, 29th Sep 1883 to 31st Oct 1885. Joint club-record: Jack Beattie, 17 games - 5th Apr 1879 to 13th Sep 1884 & George Leckie, 17 games - 5th Apr 1879 to 10th Nov 1883.)

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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