6th Oct 1894 Partick Thistle 4 Dykehead 4 (Friendly)

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Match Information

Jacky Robertson; John Campbell
Daniel Devine; William McDonald [i]
John Wilkie (1-1, 1st half); ? (2-2, 1st half); John Wilkie (3-4, 2nd half); ? (4-4, 2nd half)					Osbourne (0-1, 1st half); McKie (1-2, 1st half); ? (2-3, 55 mins); ? (2-4, 2nd half)
			Pat Smith		William Watson
26y, 1m, 28d			James Barry		William McMillan
27y, 3m, 8d			Bob Campbell		Robert Davidson
25y, 7m, 5d			Jacky Robertson		Murray
			David Bruce		Russell
21y, 10m, 2d			Paddy Gray		O'Donnell
19y, 8m, 27d			Willie Freebairn		J. Douther
20y, 7m, 9d			John Proudfoot		McLaren
28y, 7m, 29d			Willie Paul		McKie
18y, 1m, 21d			John Wilkie		Osbourne
17y, 0m, 4d			John Campbell		D. Douther
22y, 9m, 11d

notes

Strangely, and somewhat annoyingly, the SR has a few differences to the HH in terms of scorers and sequence, reckoning that it was Willie Freebairn who scored the games' opening goal and that Dykehead equalized for a 1-1 HT scoreline. Both papers agree that Thistle fought back from 2-4 down in the second half. The supplier of our teamlines (HH) has the better report, and we stick with them in terms of both the sequence and that the scorer of Thistle's first was John Wilkie.

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Match Report

TTA report

This exciting match saw chances at both end before Dykehead went ahead. Wilkie levelled however then Thistle's tough play was ignored by the ref. They were soon behind but they capitalised on poor defending for 2-2 by half-time. 2 more goals saw Dykehead get complacent and Thistle fought back to salvage a draw.

Stats Watch

● 26-year-old James Barry makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 competitive home games without a clean-sheet; 26th Aug 1893 to date. (A new club-record.)

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

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

● 31 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.)

● 63 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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