4th Apr 1892 The Wednesday 9 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

					David Freebairn
					J. McKenzie
Fred Spiksley (0-1, 6 mins); Fred Spiksley (0-2, 25 mins); Fred Spiksley (0-3, 30 mins); Duncan Gemmell (0-4, 1st half); Fred Spiksley (0-5, 1st half); Albert Mumford (0-6, 1st half); Ingram (0-7, 49 mins); Ingram (0-8, 50 mins); Ingram (0-9, 55 mins)					Billy Fleming (1-9, 83 mins)
					James Miller (J. McKenzie, 15 mins)
			William Allan		James Marshall
			Albert Mumford		J. Willis
			Tom Brandon		Thomas Campbell
			Alex Hall		Jacky Smith
			Billy Betts		David Freebairn			20y, 8m, 0d
			Harry Brandon		David Bruce
			Fred Spiksley		James Miller
			Robert Richardson		Peter Bennett
			Gavin Thomson		Lawrence Proudfoot			21y, 11m, 26d
			Ingram		Billy Fleming			20y, 3m, 24d
			Duncan Gemmell		John Gilchrist			20y, 6m, 11d
								20y, 10m, 14d
			n-a		J. McKenzie
			n-a		J. McKenzie

notes

The SDT (alone) of 5th April contends that the oncoming McKenzie in this game was a Wednesday player, but have they got it right? We can find no McKenzie who played for Wednesday at this time and our J. McKenzie was involved at Bootle just 2 days earlier. The chances of 2 different McKenzies 2 days apart on an English tour seem unlikely. Why would we not use our own McKenzie as sub if he was in the party? The Sheffield Independent frames it as "by permission of the home club" and that seems more like it.

Match Report

TTA report

Another heavy defeat in England. It was 6-0 at half-time. Miller retired hurt after just 2 minutes, came back on, then soon retired again (see notes.) A sub was allowed (McKenzie, score at 0-1). Wednesday also lost 2 players but didn't replace them. Thistle did slightly better in the second half but Wednesday's Ingram scored 3 in 11 minutes for 9-1. Fleming scored (85).

Media report

06-Apr-1892, Glasgow Herald

In grand weather at Olive Grove, Sheffield before 2,000 spectators. Thistle won the toss and had the wind and sun; but Wedneday scored 6 goals to 0 in the first half. Prior to the interval, Miller and Thompson had to retire hurt. In the second half, Ingram scored thrice in eleven minutes, Wednesday winning in the easiest possible fashion.

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Sheffield & Rotherham Independent, 5th April, 1892

Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 5th April, 1892

Stats Watch

● J. McKenzie makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

● Billy Fleming scores his last-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 21 consecutive competitive appearances for David Bruce, 5th Sep 1891 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: John McCorkindale - 36 games, 29th Aug 1888 to 12th Dec 1891.)

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

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

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