9th Apr 1887 Partick Thistle 7 Greenock Rangers 1 (Greenock Charity Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

W. Auld
Willie Paul
Jerry Suter (1-0, 5 mins); Jerry Suter (2-0, 10 mins); W. Auld (3-0, 20 mins); W. Auld (4-0, 40 mins); ? (5-1, 2nd half); ? (6-1, 2nd half); ? (7-1, 2nd half)					? (4-1, 2nd half)
27y, 11m, 30d			Andrew Duff		J. Campbell
24y, 0m, 0d			John Caldwell		M. Campbell
			John Hendry		W. Forbes
21y, 10m, 18d			Bob Robertson		P. Dowling
			William McDonald [i]		T. Watson
23y, 3m, 10d			Andrew Milliken		M. Dowling
37y, 0m, 9d			John Marshall		McCrae
24y, 9m, 23d			Robert Middleton		Fleming
			W. Auld		J. Forbes
21y, 5m, 28d			Andrew Johnston		Stewart
23y, 10m, 6d			Jerry Suter		Devlin
25y, 6m, 15d

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Match Report

TTA report

Cappielow. Thistle took early control. Suter open the scoring (5) then goals 10 (Suter), 20 and 40 (both by Auld) gave them a big lead at half-time. Greenock Rangers played better with the wind and scored once but Thistle scored 3 more. If they “had cared to turn a hair or two, they might have doubled the score“ (GT).

Stats Watch

● W. Auld registers his only-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club, netting a brace on the day.

● Greenock Rangers become the 34th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

● Thistle play their first match in the Greenock Charity Cup, their seventh competition.

ongoing sequences:

● 12 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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