15th Mar 1890 Linthouse 1 Partick Thistle 3 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					William Proudfoot; Willie Paul
					Duncan Brown; Lawrence Proudfoot
John Barker (2-1, 2nd half)					Archie Freebairn (1-0, 15 mins); Gold (2-0, og 1st half); John Drummond (3-1, 2nd half)
			?		John McCorkindale			22y, 6m, 13d
			?		William Proudfoot			24y, 1m, 16d
			Gold		Thomas McCulloch			23y, 7m, 7d
			?		George Gorham			23y, 0m, 6d
			?		Archie Freebairn			20y, 7m, 13d
			?		Bob Robertson			24y, 9m, 21d
			?		David Hislop			22y, 4m, 13d
			?		Roddy McLeod			19y, 3m, 2d
			?		Willie Paul			24y, 1m, 8d
			?		John Drummond			21y, 0m, 0d
			future Jag John Barker		Andrew Johnston			24y, 5m, 3d
								22y, 8m, 17d

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Match Report

TTA report

A long range effort by Freebairn gave Thistle the lead (15). A 2nd was scored off a Linthouse defender. In the second half Linthouse pressed but although McCulloch and Proudfoot were outstanding, Linthouse scored but Drummond scored after a brilliant run for a comfortable win.

Stats Watch

● Archie Freebairn scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

● John Drummond scores his last-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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