1st Sep 1894 Partick Thistle 6 Royal Albert 1 (Scottish Cup 1st Preliminary Round)

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Match Information

Paddy Gray; Willie Paul
Henry Ross; Williams [ii]
Willie Paul (1-1, 1st half); John Campbell (2-1, 1st half); John Campbell (3-1, 1st half); John Wilkie (4-1, 2nd half); John Proudfoot (5-1, 2nd half); John Proudfoot (6-1, 2nd half)					Low (0-1, 2 mins)
			Pat Smith		J. Rundell
28y, 0m, 24d			Thomas McCulloch		Guthrie
27y, 2m, 4d			Bob Campbell		Archibald Clelland
26y, 0m, 11d			Daniel Devine		Hamilton
21y, 8m, 28d			Paddy Gray		John Clelland
			David Bruce		Low
19y, 7m, 23d			Willie Freebairn		McMaster
20y, 6m, 5d			John Proudfoot		Charles Rendell
28y, 6m, 25d			Willie Paul		Stewart
18y, 0m, 17d			John Wilkie		Love
16y, 10m, 30d			John Campbell		Moreland
22y, 11m, 18d

notes

The GH lists Royal Albert's “Love” in inverted commas.

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle got a fright when the visitors from the Scottish Alliance league scored in 2 minutes with a free-kick in front of goal but by half-time it was 3-1 with goals from Paul and Campbell (2) . After the break Wilkie and Proudfoot (2) emphasised the gulf in class.

Stats Watch

● John Wilkie scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

● Royal Albert become the 63rd club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 5 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

● Thistle's fifteenth Scottish Cup campaign gets underway.

ongoing sequences:

● 15 consecutive competitive away games in which Thistle have scored; 29th Apr 1893 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 28 games; 14th May 1887 to 23rd Apr 1892.)

● 20 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 19th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 27 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 27th May 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 27 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 27th May 1893 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: John McCorkindale - 36 games, 29th Aug 1888 to 12th Dec 1891.)

● 61 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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