31st Mar 1900 Hamilton Academical 2 Partick Thistle 4 (SFL Second Division - game 18)

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Match Information

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Dugald Eglinton (0-1, 20 mins); James Brydson (4-2, 2nd half)					John Blackwood (1-1, 1st half); John Blackwood (2-1, 1st half); John Blackwood (3-1, 1st half); Willie Paul (4-1, 2nd half)
			Thomas Henderson		William Wallace			24y, 5m, 15d
			John Neal		Robert Campbell			18y, 10m, 15d
			former Jag John Buchan		Andy Wilson			24y, 8m, 6d
			former Jag George Allan [i]		William McDonald [i]
			Charles Clark		David Proudfoot			27y, 11m, 30d
			Alexander Cowan		William Goudie			21y, 0m, 12d
			former Jag James Brydson		David Fairbairn
			Daniel McDonald		Willie Freebairn			25y, 2m, 22d
			Dugald Eglinton		John Blackwood			22y, 7m, 0d
			John McDonald		Willie Paul			34y, 1m, 24d
			William Kerr		Davy McDougall			21y, 3m, 28d
								24y, 5m, 22d

notes

Some sources list Kerr for the first Hamilton goal. We stick with JL because he at least has both scorers.

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Match Report

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Special trains took 1,500 fans to see Hamilton open the scoring (20) then an off-side flag robbed them of a 2nd before Blackwood scored a hat-trick before half-time. Paul made it 4 with “the best goal of the game” (GH) before Accies scored late on. Champions. Elected to Div 1 on 16 May.

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Scottish Referee, 2nd April, 1900

Scottish Referee, 2nd April, 1900

Dundee Evening Telegraph, 2nd April, 1900

Stats Watch

● The 18th and final game of this League season, which stands today as a joint club-record in terms of fewest games played.

● 24-year-old William Wallace plays his last game for Thistle.

● John Blackwood scores his last goals for Thistle, signing off with a hat-trick!

● Thistle win their seventh trophy, their second League title.

ongoing sequences:

● 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.)

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

● 18 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.)

● 27 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.)

● 27 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.)

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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