24th Aug 1901 Abercorn 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Second Division - game 2)

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Match Information

					Robert Campbell; John Law; William Reid [i]; William Cousar
					Sinclair; William McDonald [i]; Brown; Bob Smellie
Alex McCallum (0-1, 55 mins); James McNeilly (2nd half)					William Cousar (1-1, 2nd half); John Muirhead (2-2, 87 mins)
William Smith (@ 1-2, 2nd half)					James Lamont (@ 1-2, 2nd half)
			James Reid		Tom Wilkie			24y, 4m, 25d
			Daniel Thomson		Robert Campbell			20y, 3m, 8d
			David Moir		Andy Wilson			26y, 0m, 30d
			Alex McCallum		Tom Harvey			21y, 3m, 9d
			James McIntosh		James Gailey			23y, 6m, 20d
			Thomas Thomson		James Lamont			28y, 10m, 23d
			John Wardrop		John Law
			Robert Dalrymple		William Massie			23y, 5m, 22d
			James McNeilly		William Reid [i]			25y, 3m, 22d
			William L. Smith		William Cousar			21y, 0m, 5d
			William Steel		John Muirhead			20y, 11m, 18d
								23y, 6m, 9d

notes

SC credits McCallum with Abercorn's opener, although at least one other BNA account says it was T. Thomson. We stick with the SC.

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Match Report

TTA report

Abercorn took the lead in the second half but Thistle equalised through Cousar (a back-heel). Lamont “had a bout” (SC) with an Abercorn player and both were sent off then the home team went ahead but Muirhead equalised to share the points. “Thistle had a trying time in Paisley” (DC).

Stats Watch

● The crowd of 3,000 stands today as the joint-record for any Thistle vs. Abercorn match. (1888; 1893; 1896; 1901; 1901)

● William Cousar scores his first goal for Thistle.

● Thistle make their last-ever visit to Ralston Park.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive games without a win, 13th Apr 1901 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games, 15th Dec 1900 to 19th Jan 1901. Club-record: 14 games, 3rd Jan 1898 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 10 competitive away games without a win; 29th Dec 1900 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 14 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 30th Dec 1899 to date. (Longest run since: 27 games; 27th Feb 1897 to 28th Oct 1899. Club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 27 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 9th Dec 1899 to date. (Longest run since: 28 games; 23rd Oct 1897 to 17th Dec 1898. Club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 34 consecutive competitive appearances for Tom Harvey, 8th Sep 1900 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the joint club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 19th Aug 1899 to 27th Oct 1900 & 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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