25th Sep 1886 Partick Thistle 1 Cambuslang 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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Willie Paul (1-3, 2nd half)					James Plenderleith (0-1, 10 mins); J. McPherson (0-2, 1st half); James Gourlay (0-3, 1st half)
27y, 5m, 15d			Andrew Duff		James Dunn
30y, 9m, 21d			John W. Holm		W. Williamson
			John Hendry		Andrew Jackson
21y, 4m, 3d			Bob Robertson		T. McKay
20y, 7m, 18d			Willie Paul		James Buchanan
22y, 8m, 26d			Andrew Milliken		James Buchanan
21y, 10m, 26d			Bob Marshall		James Low
23y, 7m, 1d			John Young [ii]		James Plenderleith
36y, 5m, 25d			John Marshall		J. McPherson
20y, 11m, 13d			Andrew Johnston		James Gourlay
23y, 3m, 22d			Jerry Suter		James M. Gourlay
24y, 11m, 1d

notes

There are two J. Gourlay's in the Cambuslang described as J. Gourlay (1) at no.10 and J. Gourlay (2) at no.11. It's J. Gourlay (1) at no.10 who scores.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle played well but Cambuslang were better and took the lead (10). Down 3-0 at half-time Thistle rallied and Paul scored with a long shot. Further pressure came to nothing because “Cambuslang's backs and goalkeeper were too smart for them” (GH). A bad-tempered game with several disputes over fouls.

Stats Watch

● 30-year-old John W. Holm makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 7 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Duff & John Hendry, 10th Nov 1883 to date. (Longest run since: Jerry Suter - 12 games, 9th Sep 1882 to 24th 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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