14th Nov 1896 Partick Thistle 6 Dumbarton 1 (SFL Second Division - game 5)

matches:1896-97: ← 12game 1314 →

Match Information

John C. Spence; William McDonald [i]; Sam Donaldson
Pat Smith; Paddy Gray; Robert Currie
Sam Donaldson (1-0, 1st half); James Lamont (2-0, 2nd half); Sam Donaldson (3-0, 2nd half); William Lawson; Willie Paul; Willie Paul					John Fraser (3-1, 2nd half)
22y, 10m, 17d			John C. Spence		John Docherty
23y, 7m, 11d			Jamie Auchincloss		Samuel Skinner
21y, 8m, 23d			Abe Morrison		Daniel Thomson
24y, 1m, 13d			James Lamont		Albert Saunderson
24y, 7m, 13d			David Proudfoot		Quinn
			William McDonald [i]		Munro
			William Lawson		Henry Malloy
22y, 8m, 18d			John Proudfoot		William Thomson
30y, 9m, 7d			Willie Paul		Robert Hendry
			John Ferguson		McBirnie
			Sam Donaldson		John Fraser
24y, 4m, 6d

Match Report

TTA report

Thistle only led 1-0 at half-time thanks to a goal by Donaldson (his first of two) but it proved to be a one-sided match against winless Dumbarton. The second half was dominated by Thistle, restricting the visitors to the occasional run up field. “Donaldson, Paul and Lawson bulked largely in the spectators' eye“ (DR).

Stats Watch

ongoing sequences:

● 6 League games without defeat, 11th Apr 1896 to date. (A new club-record.)

● 14 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 14 games; 30th Sep 1893 to 10th Mar 1894.)

● 15 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 23rd Nov 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 18 games; 14th Nov 1891 to 22nd Apr 1893.)

● 21 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 11th Jan 1896 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 22 consecutive competitive appearances for David Proudfoot, 14th Dec 1895 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Robert Currie - 34 games, 24th Aug 1895 to 7th Nov 1896. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 23 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.)

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

● 86 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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