26th Mar 1887 Port Glasgow Athletic 1 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					Raglan Brown; McLaughlin; Chisholm; Clark
					Robert Middleton; John Caldwell; John Young [ii]; John Marshall
Alexander Neil (0-1, 55 mins)
			Goff		Andrew Duff			27y, 11m, 16d
			?		Raglan Brown
			?		McLaughlin
			McFarlane		Bob Robertson			21y, 10m, 4d
			?		William McDonald [i]
			?		Andrew Milliken			23y, 2m, 24d
			Graham		Chisholm
			?		Clark
			Alexander Neil		Willie Paul			21y, 1m, 19d
			Birkmyre		Jerry Suter			23y, 9m, 23d
			McMinn		Andrew Johnston			21y, 5m, 14d
								23y, 2m, 27d

notes

Unfortunately, the OH eleven is contradicted by both the GT and GH, both of which clearly state Thistle turned up light and that 4 Port players (confirmed as Raglan Brown, Chisholm, Clark and McLaughlin in the GT) made up the Thistle numbers. With the local paper being closest to the scene, we can be fairly certain the OH line-up can't be correct. Port's team line-ups of the time are scarce, but we've made a rudimentary stab at placing the 4 players in question. OH lists 'Brown' at #2, interpreted here as 'Raglan Brown' of PGA. OH lists 'Caldwell' at #3, interpreted here as 'McLaughlin' of PGA, who played in that position against Thistle in October 1887 and January 1888. OH lists 'John Young' at #7, interpreted here as 'Chisholm' of PGA. Chisholm is the only one that we can't establish for a guessed position, and we place him there on the flimsy basis that Young never played for the club again. OH lists 'John Marshall' at #8, interpreted here as 'Clark' who played there against Thistle a couple of seasons earlier and in a recent PGA press report.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle arrived 4 players short, Port were 3 players light. Port reserves played for Thistle to make up the 11. There was nothing between the teams who both had their share of attacking but Port scored the winner with a header from a corner in the second half. “The match was only passable” (GT).

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Glasgow Herald, 28th March, 1887

Stats Watch

● Chisholm registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Clark registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● McLaughlin registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Raglan Brown registers his only-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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