11th May 1896 Partick Thistle 2 Rangers 2 (Friendly)

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Match Information

A. H. Cunningham; William McDonald [i]; Thomson [i]
James Sinclair; Robert Currie; John Campbell
James Lamont (1-0, 1st half); Thomson [i] (2-2, 2nd half)					Peter Turnbull (1-1, 2nd half); Thomas Miller (1-2, 2nd half)
22y, 4m, 13d			John C. Spence		Matthew Dickie
			A. H. Cunningham		Nicol Smith
21y, 2m, 19d			Abe Morrison		Jock Drummond
			William McDonald [i]		Neilly Gibson future Jag
24y, 1m, 10d			David Proudfoot		James Jackson
23y, 5m, 7d			Paddy Gray		Davy Mitchell
			William Lawson		Robert Crawford
22y, 2m, 14d			John Proudfoot		Thomas Miller
			D. Fraser		Peter Turnbull
			Thomson [i]		Tom Hyslop future Jag
23y, 7m, 10d			James Lamont		Alec Smith
22y, 9m, 27d

notes

The GH lists “Fraser” in inverted commas for Thistle. GH credits R. Lamont with both of Thistle's goals but HA/NK say Thomson [i] got the second and we stick with them in the meantime, pending further clarification.

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Match Report

TTA report

Thistle kicked off with the evening sun in their eyes and were soon under pressure. In a breakaway they forced a corner and Lamont scored. In the second half there were chances at both ends before Rangers scored twice but Thomson (Lamont?) scored again to make it 2-2 in a well-contested friendly.

Stats Watch

● Thomson [i] registers his only-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club.

● D. Fraser plays his last game for Thistle.

● 24-year-old Robert Lamont makes his last-known appearance.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 5th Oct 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 18 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 17th Aug 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

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

● 39 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Campbell, 10th Nov 1894 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 83 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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