7th Sep 1889 3rd L.R.V. 3 Partick Thistle 2 (Scottish Cup 1st Round)

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Match Information

					John Hendry; Bob Robertson; Matthew Ferguson
					Robert Allison; James Killin; McPherson [i]
John Marshall (0-1, 3 mins); John Marshall (1-2, 15 mins); ? (1-3, 70 mins)					William McDonald [i] (1-1, 13 mins); Andrew Johnston (2-3, 90 mins)
			Robert Downie		John McCorkindale			22y, 0m, 8d
			Andrew Thomson		William Proudfoot			23y, 7m, 11d
			James Rae		John Hendry
			Robert McFarlane		George Gorham			22y, 5m, 29d
			Alexander Lochhead		William McDonald [i]
			William Love		Bob Robertson			24y, 3m, 16d
			John Marshall		John Drummond			20y, 5m, 23d
			William Thomson		Archie Freebairn			20y, 1m, 5d
			William Lapsley		Willie Paul			23y, 7m, 0d
			William Johnston		Andrew Johnston			23y, 10m, 26d
			James Burke		Matthew Ferguson			21y, 7m, 10d
								22y, 5m, 15d

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Match Report

TTA report

The cup holders took the lead (3) but McDonald levelled (13). It was 2-1 at half-time. Thistle enjoyed no luck at all before it went to 3-1. Proudfoot was injured (76) but Thirds played on. Enraged, the crowd invaded the pitch. The police cleared it and play resumed after 18 minutes and Johnstone made it 3-2.

Stats Watch

● William McDonald [i] scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

● Thistle's tenth Scottish Cup campaign begins and ends on the same day, for the fourth time.

ongoing sequences:

● 10 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John McCorkindale & William Proudfoot, 29th Aug 1888 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: Andrew Johnston - 24 games, 24th Oct 1885 to 27th May 1889.)

● 15 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 31st Oct 1885 to date. (An extension of the 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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