11th Aug 1888 Partick Thistle 4 Kilbirnie 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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David Hislop (1-0, 1st half); ? (2-0, 1st half); David Hislop (3-1, 65 mins); McBride (4-1, 68 mins)					? (2-1, 55 mins); ? (4-2, 2nd half)
20y, 11m, 12d			John McCorkindale		?
			Thomas Campbell		?
			John Hendry		?
23y, 2m, 20d			Bob Robertson		?
22y, 6m, 15d			William Proudfoot		?
24y, 7m, 12d			Andrew Milliken		?
20y, 9m, 9d			David Hislop		?
23y, 9m, 12d			Bob Marshall		?
			Sam Clark		?
22y, 9m, 30d			Andrew Johnston		?
			McBride		?
22y, 8m, 2d

notes

Amazingly, the Kilbirnie lads played 2 games in the one afternoon. After defeating Kilmarnock 1-0 in the Exhibition Cup at Glasgow University, they hopped over to Inchview to fulfil their fixture obligation with Thistle.

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Match Report

TTA report

Kilbirnie beat Kilmarnock 1-0 in an Exhibition Cup tie earlier the same day. They started strongly but soon fell back into defence. Thistle went 2-up, the 1st through Hislop. The second half saw Kilbirnie make it 2-1 (55) but Hislop scored again then McBride made it 3 before Kilbirnie scored late on.

Stats Watch

● 20-year-old David Hislop makes his first-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club, netting a brace on the day.

● Sam Clark makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● McBride makes his first-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club.

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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