2nd Apr 1887 Partick Thistle 3 Cowlairs 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

John Caldwell; John Hendry; Robert Middleton; John Marshall
Raglan Brown; McLaughlin; Chisholm; Clark
Bob Robertson (1-1, 15 mins); John Hendry (2-1, 1st half); John Marshall (3-1, 1st half)					Michael Dunbar (0-1, 5 mins)
27y, 11m, 23d			Andrew Duff		Carfin
23y, 11m, 24d			John Caldwell		A. Clelland
			John Hendry		McLaughlin
21y, 10m, 11d			Bob Robertson		Patrick Gallacher
			William McDonald [i]		McLelland
23y, 3m, 3d			Andrew Milliken		J. Clelland
24y, 9m, 16d			Robert Middleton		Andrew Bishop
37y, 0m, 2d			John Marshall		Mailey
21y, 1m, 26d			Willie Paul		D. McCluggage
23y, 9m, 30d			Jerry Suter		Calderwood
21y, 5m, 21d			Andrew Johnston		Michael Dunbar
25y, 0m, 12d

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Match Report

TTA report

An unstoppable shot gave Cowlairs' the opener (5) but Robertson equalised from a breakaway (15) and Hendry scored while Cowlairs were down to 10 men. Marshall then scored “a beautiful goal” (GEP). In a rowdy second half a foul on a Cowlairs player led to a pitch invasion. The match ended 3 minutes short.

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Glasgow Evening News, 2nd April, 1887

Stats Watch

● John Hendry scores his only known goal for Thistle.

● John Hendry becomes the first Northern Irishman to score for Thistle.

● Northern Ireland becomes the third country to be represented in the Thistle goal-scoring charts.

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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