24th Mar 1900 Partick Thistle 5 Abercorn 3 (SFL Second Division - game 17)

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Match Information

William Goudie
Jackie Johnston
William McDonald [i] (1-0, 5 mins); Willie Freebairn (2-3, 46 mins); Willie Paul (3-3, 75 mins); Willie Freebairn (4-3, 2nd half); Willie Paul (5-3, 2nd half)					Peter Ward (1-1, 1st half); William Campbell (1-2, 1st half); Robert McIntyre (1-3, 1st half)
24y, 5m, 8d			William Wallace		Lawson Crichton
18y, 10m, 8d			Robert Campbell		William McCrone
24y, 7m, 27d			Andy Wilson		David Moir
			William McDonald [i]		Andrew McLean
27y, 11m, 23d			David Proudfoot		Alex McCallum
21y, 0m, 5d			William Goudie		James McIntosh
			David Fairbairn		Matthew Robertson
25y, 2m, 15d			Willie Freebairn		William Campbell
22y, 6m, 21d			John Blackwood		Robert McIntyre
34y, 1m, 17d			Willie Paul		Walter McDonald
21y, 3m, 21d			Davy McDougall		Peter Ward
24y, 5m, 15d

notes

There's a fair bit of contradiction in this one. NK/OH have David Fairbairn for the first, but GH/SC/SR all say it was William McDonald, and we're compelled to go with that majority contemporary view. NK/OH/GH/SR say Willie Paul made it 3-3, but SC says it was Willie Freebairn. Again, the majority view is most convincing, the SR editorial being persuasive. SC says Willie Paul made it 4-3, but NK/OH/GH/SR say it was Willie Freebairn and, again, we go with the majority. JL's non-sequential summary of McDonald (1), Paul (2), Freebairn (1) and Fairbairn (1) is impossible to square in any press report that we've seen and is probably best ignored on this occasion. Simplifying all the confusion, in the final analysis we've largely gone with the NK/OH report which gives a full account of the events, changing only the first scorer from Fairbairn to McDonald.

Match Report

TTA report

2,000 paid £44 and saw a real cracker. McDonald gave Thistle an early lead but Abercorn took a 3-1 lead into half-time. Freebairn, Paul “a beauty“ (SR), Freebairn “straight as a die way out on the left“ and Paul scored 4 second half goals to take the points to the delight of the rapturous support.

Stats Watch

● William McDonald [i] scores his last goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 League games without defeat, 28th Oct 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 10 games; 16th Jan 1897 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 9 consecutive home League wins; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 9 home League games without defeat; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 22nd Aug 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 15 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 29th Apr 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 22 games; 23rd Nov 1895 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 17 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 26 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn & Davy McDougall (new personal best), 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Duncan - 27 games, 1st Oct 1898 to 13th May 1899. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 26 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

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