30th Apr 1887 Partick Thistle 5 Rangers 1 (Friendly)

matches:1886-87: ← 37game 3839 →

Match Information

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John Marshall (1-0, 1st half); Andrew Johnston (2-0, 1st half); Jerry Suter (3-1, 2nd half); Jerry Suter (4-1, 2nd half); John Marshall (5-1, 89 mins)					Matthew Lawrie (2-1, 2nd half)
28y, 0m, 20d			Andrew Duff		Willie Chalmers
			John Hendry		Donald Gow
24y, 0m, 21d			John Caldwell		John McCartney
21y, 11m, 8d			Bob Robertson		John Cameron
			Alexander [i]		James McIntyre
24y, 10m, 13d			Robert Middleton		Johnny Muir
37y, 0m, 30d			John Marshall		Robert Fraser
			McEwan [i]		Andrew Peacock
21y, 2m, 23d			Willie Paul		Joe Lindsay
23y, 10m, 27d			Jerry Suter		John Gow
21y, 6m, 18d			Andrew Johnston		Matthew Lawrie
25y, 4m, 1d

notes

EC only lists 10 for Rangers, omitting John Cameron. The EC (who only quote 2 of Thistle's 5 scorers) credits McEwan with scoring Thistle's first and second goals, but we stick with Marshall and Johnston as per the OH/GH, the latter of which has a written account of all 6 goals in the match. We take a side note that the SC reckons it was 4-1.

Match Report

TTA report

Following 2 draws, this was a “friendly decider”. Marshall and Johnston scored in quick succession and it was 2-0 at half-time. Rangers pulled one back in the second half but 2 from Suter and another from Marshall gave Thistle the emphatic win “to the surprise of all” (DA).

Stats Watch

● Alexander [i] makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

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.)

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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