17th Dec 1887 Partick Thistle 1 3rd L.R.V. 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

John Hendry; Bob Marshall; Jerry Suter
Andy Leckie; Charles McQuarrie; James Miller
Andrew Johnston (1-2, 30 mins)					William Johnston (0-1, 1st half); Willie Maley (0-2, 15 mins); William Thomson (1-3, 32 mins)
			Thomas Burns		Chalmers
			John Munro		James Rae
			John Hendry		Robert McFarlane
21y, 6m, 0d			John Stewart		Alex Ferguson
25y, 6m, 0d			Robert Middleton		Lithgow
22y, 6m, 25d			Bob Robertson		Barbour
23y, 1m, 17d			Bob Marshall		William Thomson
			Jim Buchanan		Culley
21y, 10m, 10d			Willie Paul		Willie Maley
22y, 2m, 5d			Andrew Johnston		William Johnston
24y, 6m, 14d			Jerry Suter		John Oswald
23y, 0m, 14d

notes

The 3pm kick-off was later than scheduled, according to the GH.

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Match Report

TTA report

2 x 35 minutes were played because the game kicked off late. Thistle were 2-down after 15 minutes -the first goal looking suspiciously off-side. Johnston made it 2-1 on the half-hour mark but Thirds scored soon after and the game became “quite uninteresting” (GH).

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Hendry, 10th Nov 1883 to date. (A new club-record.)

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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