5th Mar 1887 Partick Thistle 2 Abercorn 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

Bob Robertson
Andrew Milliken
Willie Paul (1-0, 1st half); ? (2-2, og 2nd half)					? (1-1, 15 mins); James Johnston (1-2, 1st half); ? (2-3, 2nd half)
27y, 10m, 23d			Andrew Duff		Clark
			John Hendry		John McIntyre
23y, 10m, 24d			John Caldwell		David Brodie
21y, 9m, 11d			Bob Robertson		James Johnston
20y, 7m, 8d			William Flannelly		White
			William McDonald [i]		Gorman
23y, 9m, 2d			Jerry Suter		Alex McLardie
21y, 4m, 21d			Andrew Johnston		Wright
21y, 0m, 26d			Willie Paul		T. Johnston
24y, 0m, 9d			John Young [ii]		James Johnston
36y, 11m, 2d			John Marshall		Robert Buchanan
24y, 7m, 5d

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Match Report

TTA report

Both teams went all out from the start. Thistle forced a few corners before Paul scored from close in. Duff let a shot through his hands (15) then Abercorn made it 2-1 at half-time (another soft goal). Thistle were better after half-time and an OG levelled things but Abercorn got the winner. “Thistle had hard lines” (LEP).

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 11 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.)

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