6th Mar 1897 Partick Thistle 6 Airdrieonians 2 (Friendly)


Sam Donaldson mh-in.png
Andrew Mailer mh-out.png
William Lawson (1-0, 20 mins); James Lamb (2-0, 1st half); Willie Paul (3-0, 1st half); Willie Paul (4-1, 2nd half); William Lawson (5-1, pen 2nd half); William Lawson (6-2, 89 mins) mh-goal.png Robert Scott (3-1, 1st half); Robert Scott (5-2, 2nd half)
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23y, 2m, 6d England john-c-spence.jpg John C. Spence mh-01.png Edward Devlin
23y, 11m, 3d Scotland jamie-auchincloss.jpg Jamie Auchincloss mh-02.png McNab
22y, 0m, 12d Scotland abe-morrison.jpg Abe Morrison mh-03.png Matthew Scott
24y, 5m, 5d Scotland james-lamont.jpg James Lamont mh-04.png Alex Goldie
Scotland robert-currie.jpg Robert Currie mh-05.png James Fraser
Scotland william-mcdonald-i.jpg William McDonald [i] mh-06.png George Henderson
Scotland william-lawson.jpg William Lawson mh-07.png Robert Scott
Scotland mh-ptfc-player.jpg Sam Donaldson mh-08.png John Kyle
31y, 0m, 27d Scotland willie-paul.jpg Willie Paul mh-09.png John Dick
Scotland john-ferguson.jpg John Ferguson mh-10.png John Morland
Scotland james-lamb.jpg James Lamb mh-11.png Robert King
24y, 11m, 4d Age

notes
  • The OH credits Paul (2), Lawson (2) and Lamb (2) but we've been unable to match up with that in any of the detailed reports that we've seen, namely the SR, CE and the DR. There's consensus in the SR/CE with goals 1, 2, 5 and 6 being credited to Lawson (3) and Lamb (1), and all three papers talk of scrimmages for goals 3 and 4, with the DR contending that the 5th was also a scrimmage and that the 6th (not 5th) was the Lawson penalty. We've decided to fall in line with the OH that Willie Paul got 2, and therefore take a punt that he was involved in the stramashes for goals 3 and 4. We're further encouraged in this decision by the comment in Monday's SR that “Paul was on great form, the handsome recognition of THAT goal at Linthouse having cheered him up, no doubt.” In comparison to the OH therefore, we've ultimately applied +1 for Lawson and -1 for Lamb as far as things stand.
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