22nd Sep 1888 Partick Thistle 4 Hibernian 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

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McBride (1-0, 4 mins); Willie Paul (2-0, 20 mins); David Hislop (3-0, 21 mins); Willie Paul (4-1, 2nd half)					George Smith (3-1, 1st half); ? (4-2, 90 mins)
21y, 0m, 23d			John McCorkindale		Docherty
			Thomas Campbell		McPhee
22y, 7m, 26d			William Proudfoot		Daniel Doyle
23y, 4m, 0d			Bob Robertson		Hugh Clifford
25y, 0m, 14d			George Ward		Peter McGinn
24y, 8m, 23d			Andrew Milliken		Charles McGhee
23y, 10m, 23d			Bob Marshall		Philip Clark
			McBride		Michael Mulvey
22y, 7m, 15d			Willie Paul		Patrick Mack
22y, 11m, 10d			Andrew Johnston		George Smith
20y, 10m, 20d			David Hislop		J. Cox
23y, 0m, 7d

notes

Scheduled 4.00pm kick-off was delayed due to Hibs late arrival.

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Match Report

TTA report

The game kicked of half an hour late owing to the late arrival of Hibs. McBride made it 1-0 (4). Paul (20, fine sweeping move) then Hislop (21, goalmouth scramble) made it 3-0 in quick time but soon it was 3-1. There was a delay until a new ball could be found. Paul scored in the second half as did Hibs (90).

Stats Watch

● 24-year-old Andrew Milliken makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

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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