15th Sep 1888 Maryhill 3 Partick Thistle 5 (Glasgow Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

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Peter Lennie (1-1, 1st half); Peter Lennie (1-2, 2nd half); Reid (2-3, 2nd half)					Andrew Johnston (1-0, 1st half); ? (2-2, 2nd half); Bob Marshall (3-3, 2nd half); ? (4-3, 2nd half); ? (5-3, 2nd half)
			John Coutts		John McCorkindale			21y, 0m, 16d
			future Jag William Hay		William Proudfoot			22y, 7m, 19d
			Thomas Scanlon		Thomas Campbell
			James Carlyle		Bob Robertson			23y, 3m, 24d
			Robert McPherson		Andrew Milliken			24y, 8m, 16d
			Robert Black		McGoohan
			Walter Munn		Bob Marshall			23y, 10m, 16d
			Reid		McBride
			Smith		Andrew Johnston			22y, 11m, 3d
			Robert McClair		David Hislop			20y, 10m, 13d
			Peter Lennie		?
								22y, 9m, 7d

notes

Mysteriously, the GEP lists Thistle's #11 as “and another”. Thistle received a 2nd Round bye after this victory.

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Match Report

TTA report

Johnston opened the scoring but it was 1-1 at half-time. Maryhill then took the lead but Thistle equalised. They had most of the pressure but went 3-2 down. They equalised through Marshall and went on to score twice more. A much tougher game than might have been expected.

Stats Watch

● McGoohan registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Maryhill become the 41st club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for Andrew Johnston, 24th Oct 1885 to date. (Longest run since: John Hendry, 19 games - 10th Nov 1883 to 26th Nov 1887. Now a joint 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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