16th Aug 1890 Port Glasgow Athletic 6 Partick Thistle 9 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					John Herd; Jacky Smith; John Gilchrist; Ramsay; John Kerr
					Bob Robertson; Sam Clark; Willie Paul; Andrew Johnston; John Stewart
Graham (1-1, 1st half); ? (1-2, 1st half); ? (1-3, 1st half); Archibald McAffer (7-4, 2nd half); McKinnon (7-5, 2nd half); ? (2nd half)					? (1-0, 8 mins); ? (2-3, 1st half); ? (3-3, 1st half); ? (4-3, 1st half); ? (5-3, 1st half); ? (6-3, 1st half); William Proudfoot (7-3, 2nd half); ? (2nd half); ? (2nd half)
			Dugald Connell		John McCorkindale			22y, 11m, 17d
			Meechan		Thomas McCulloch			24y, 0m, 8d
			McInnes		John Herd			22y, 7m, 14d
			Daniel McNeill		George Gorham			23y, 5m, 7d
			Robert Martin		Holmes
			James McGarry		Jacky Smith
			Archibald McAffer		John Gilchrist			18y, 10m, 23d
			William Smith		Ramsay
			McKinnon		John Kerr
			Graham		Roddy McLeod			19y, 8m, 3d
			Alexander Neil		William Proudfoot			24y, 6m, 20d
								22y, 3m, 22d

notes

The GT lists Smith and Ramsay at the expense of the OH's Andrew Johnston and Young [i]. Port's “Meechan” is listed in inverted commas in the GT.

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Match Report

TTA report

Defences certainly weren't on top in this friendly. Thistle took the lead (8) but Port went 3-1 up. Thistle hit back to lead 6-3 at half-time. They had a goal disallowed just after half-time then Proudfoot made it 7-3. Soon it was 7-5 then 3 more goals were scored (sequence unknown). Kerr may have scored quite a few (GT).

Stats Watch

● 18-year-old John Gilchrist makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● 22-year-old John Herd makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● John Kerr makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Ramsay registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Thistle concede 6 goals and win, a joint club-record which stands today. (W7-6 26-Jan-1889; W9-6 16-Aug-1890)

ongoing sequences:

● 14 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.)

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

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