25th Aug 1900 St Mirren 5 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL First Division - game 3)

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Match Information

					William Hagart
					Andy Wilson
James McNeilly (0-1, 1 min); William Cowden (0-2, 30 mins); Ronald Orr (2-3, 2nd half); David Lindsay (2-4, 2nd half); David Lindsay (2-5, 2nd half)					Tom Hyslop (1-2, 44 mins); Tom Atherton (2-2, 2nd half)
			John Patrick		Tom Wilkie			23y, 4m, 26d
			Thomas Jackson		Alec Kay			20y, 9m, 16d
			Robert Bennie		William Hagart			23y, 4m, 21d
			Harry Houston		William Goudie			21y, 5m, 6d
			Walter Bruce		Billy Dunlop			31y, 0m, 9d
			Michael McAvoy		Robert Campbell			19y, 3m, 9d
			David Lindsay		Tom Atherton			21y, 7m, 17d
			William Cowden		Tom Hyslop			29y, 0m, 5d
			James McNeilly		James Henderson
			Ronald Orr		Willie Freebairn			25y, 7m, 16d
			James Wilson		Tom Gibbons			24y, 0m, 28d
								23y, 11m, 18d

notes

We go with the SC for the 5 Saints goals. However, JL says Saints goals were: Wilson; McNeilly (2); Orr; Lindsay. GH almost concurs with JL but only talks of 4 scorers, omitting Wilson.

Match Report

TTA report

St Mirren went 1-up (1) and 2-up before Hyslop scored just on half-time. The second half was mostly Saints although Atherton equalised with a shot the keeper couldn't hold. They rattled in another 3. “Partick Thistle…seem determined to drift thus early in the season” (GH). Prophetic! Thistle also missed a pen at 2-0 taken by Haggart.

Stats Watch

● Tom Atherton scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Tom Atherton becomes the first non-Scot to score for Thistle in competitive action.

● 31-year-old Billy Dunlop plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 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.)

● 21 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.)

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since: John C. Spence - 36 games, 14th Nov 1896 to 26th Mar 1898. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

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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