14th Dec 1889 Partick Thistle 4 Battlefield 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

Sam Clark
Andrew Johnston
Archie Freebairn (1-0, 1st half); John Drummond (2-0, 1st half); Sam Clark (3-0, 1st half); William Proudfoot (4-0, 1st half)
22y, 3m, 14d			John McCorkindale		McKenzie
23y, 10m, 17d			William Proudfoot		Donald Sillars
24y, 6m, 22d			Bob Robertson		James Hall
			James Killin		Woody Gray
20y, 4m, 12d			Archie Freebairn		Thomas Hardie
22y, 9m, 5d			George Gorham		Robert Neill
22y, 1m, 12d			David Hislop		Robb
			Sam Clark		Anderson
23y, 10m, 7d			Willie Paul		John Cunningham
19y, 0m, 1d			Roddy McLeod		Walton
20y, 8m, 29d			John Drummond		Thomas Hendry
22y, 2m, 5d

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle hit the bar after a few minutes but when Freebairn scored the 1st goal the scene was set for a comfortable win. Goals by Drummond, Clark (on his debut) from a goalmouth scramble and Proudfoot from a free-kick made it 4-0 at half-time. The visitors pressed to no avail against a solid defence.

Stats Watch

● Sam Clark scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

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

● 17 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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