25th Apr 1891 Kilbirnie 4 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					David Freebairn; McFarlane; Brownlie [i]
					William Proudfoot; McKinnon [ii]; Sam Clark
Hood (0-1, 37 mins); Martin (0-2, 1st half); Hood (0-3, 1st half); Martin (1-4, 2nd half)					John Gilchrist (1-3, 49 mins)
			McLelland		John McCorkindale			23y, 7m, 26d
			H. Tod		David Freebairn			19y, 8m, 21d
			J. Watt		John Herd			23y, 3m, 23d
			Reid		Jacky Smith
			Low		John Cameron
			Wilson		McFarlane
			F. Watt		John Gilchrist			19y, 7m, 1d
			Hood		Brownlie [i]
			Martin		Watty Keay			20y, 3m, 9d
			Ballantyne		Billy Fleming			19y, 4m, 14d
			G. Tod		James Henry Davie			18y, 7m, 9d
								20y, 7m, 22d

notes

Venue derived from BM's club list. We note this differs from the “Milton Park” which was quoted in the Ayr Observer for the April 1888 game.

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Match Report

TTA report

Kilbirnie played a weakened side but were still too good on the day. Thistle arrived with 10 men and played with Brownlie (Lochwinnoch). McCorkindale was a busy keeper and they found themselves 3-down at half-time Kilbirnie being “fairly in scoring mood” (AP). Gilchrist pulled one back but the home team scored again.

Stats Watch

● 19-year-old David Freebairn makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● McFarlane registers his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Brownlie [i] makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive competitive away defeats; 2nd Nov 1889 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 15 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 8th Dec 1888 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 16 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 14th May 1887 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 20 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.)

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

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