4th Feb 1893 Partick Thistle 1 Northern 2 (Scottish Alliance - game 7)

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Match Information

John McMoreland; Walter Edgar
Peter Rodger; Jacky Robertson
Tom McInnes (1-0, 8 mins)					Reilly (1-1, 1st half); ? (1-2, 87 mins)
			Archibald Brown		Purvis
25y, 7m, 7d			Bob Campbell		Alex Sinclair
			John McMoreland		Alex Gossland
			Walter Edgar		John Lindsay
21y, 2m, 0d			John M. Harvey		William Edgar
			David Bruce		Alex Mathieson
			Robert Currie		Archie Gossland
21y, 4m, 9d			Andrew Stewart		John Kyle
26y, 11m, 28d			Willie Paul		Mortimer
21y, 4m, 11d			John Gilchrist		James Fraser
			Tom McInnes		Reilly
23y, 3m, 19d

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle scored through McInnes (8) but Northern equalised soon afterwards. In the second half it was mostly Thistle but their attempts at goal proved fruitless and the visitors got their winner just before the end.

Media report

06-Feb-1893, Glasgow Herald

These teams met at Inchview Park, Whiteinch, in their first Alliance engagement. Northern kicked off. Some mid-field play ensued. The Thistle then took the ball downfield but Harvie [sic] shot past. A foul against Stewart gave the Northern a chance of getting away. Paul however soon returned and transferring the ball to McInnes, that player scored for the Thistle eight minutes from the start. Following this Reilly was given a chance, and he piloted the ball past the home custodian, thus equalising the game. Half-time result - 1 goal each. On resuming the Northern quickly forced a corner which went outside. A neat, combined run by the Thistle forwards was cut short by Sincalir and Gossland. Led on by Paul, the Thistle again attacked and although the Partick men continued to have the best of it, did not succeed in adding to their score. Shortly before the whistle sounded, the Northern again scored. Result:- Northern, 2 goals; Partick Thistle, 1 goal.

Stats Watch

● The crowd of 4,000 stands today as the record for any Thistle vs. Northern match.

● John McMoreland makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

● Tom McInnes makes his last-known appearance and marks the occasion by scoring his last-known goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for John M. Harvey, 20th Aug 1892 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: David Bruce - 23 games, 5th Sep 1891 to 23rd Apr 1892. Club-record: John McCorkindale - 36 games, 29th Aug 1888 to 12th Dec 1891.)

● 20 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 12th Mar 1892 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 22 games; 8th Dec 1888 to 26th Sep 1891.)

● 43 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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