19th Mar 1887 Partick Thistle 4 Thornliebank 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

Andrew Duff; John Marshall
Thomas Burns; John Hendry
Andrew Johnston (1-2, 42 mins); UNPLACED (2-2, 50 mins); UNPLACED (3-2, 2nd half); UNPLACED (4-2, 2nd half) | UNPLACED: Willie Paul; Bob Robertson; ?					? (0-1, 15 mins); James Deans (0-2, 35 mins)
27y, 11m, 9d			Andrew Duff		Downie
24y, 9m, 2d			Robert Middleton		Campbell
23y, 11m, 10d			John Caldwell		William McPherson
21y, 9m, 25d			Bob Robertson		Robert Scott
			William McDonald [i]		David Wham
23y, 2m, 17d			Andrew Milliken		Joseph McGill
23y, 9m, 16d			Jerry Suter		Love
21y, 5m, 7d			Andrew Johnston		James Deans
21y, 1m, 12d			Willie Paul		Caldow
24y, 0m, 23d			John Young [ii]		Frank McCabe
36y, 11m, 16d			John Marshall		John McInnes
24y, 10m, 25d

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Match Report

TTA report

Thornliebank wasted a free-kick just outside the box then Thistle had a goal chalked off (off-side). The visitors went 2-up (15 and 35) before Thistle scored 3 minutes from half-time (Johnston). After the break they were the better team, levelled (50) and ran out the winners. “Runs and counter runs were mostly indulged in“ (LEP).

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old John Young [ii] makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

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.)

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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