31st Oct 1891 Sunderland Albion 3 Partick Thistle 0 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					William Proudfoot; John Cameron [ii]; Robert Murray
					David Freebairn; A. Moffat; Sam Clark
J. Strachan (0-1, 25 mins); R. Buchanan (0-2, 51 mins); P. McCracken (0-3, 2nd half)
			W. Kirtley		John McCorkindale			24y, 2m, 1d
			J. Dewar		William Proudfoot			25y, 9m, 4d
			J. Rae		Peter Rodger			19y, 0m, 26d
			G. King		Jacky Smith
			W. Crozier		John Cameron [ii]
			P. McCracken		David Bruce
			J. Gillespie		John Gilchrist			20y, 1m, 7d
			R. Buchanan		Watty Keay			20y, 9m, 15d
			J. Mackie		Willie Paul			25y, 8m, 24d
			J. Burns		James Henry Davie			19y, 1m, 15d
			J. Strachan		Robert Murray
								22y, 1m, 6d

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Match Report

TTA report

The home team went ahead (25). They were the better team after half-time and went well ahead from a McCorkindale fist-out (51) and when ball and keeper were bundled into the net. They also had 3 goals disallowed for offside, Thistle once. “Davie and Gilchrist were the most prominent…speedy…but poorly supported“ (SDE).

Media report

02-Nov-1891, Glasgow Herald

The Sunderland Albion, on their own ground at Sunderland, obtained a decisive victory over Partick Thistle, whom they beat by 3 goals to 0. During the first half the play was fast and fairly even, the Albion putting on the only goal twenty minutes before the interval. Six minutes after crossing over the Albion team put on a second goal, and subsequently they obtained a third. The Albion had three goals disallowed for off-side and the visitors one.

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Sunderland Daily Echo, 2nd November, 1891

Stats Watch

● Robert Murray makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

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

● 31 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John McCorkindale, 29th Aug 1888 to date. (A new 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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