12th Dec 1903 East Stirlingshire 0 Partick Thistle 1 (Friendly)

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Match Information

			Committee		George Easton			28y
					Hugh Murdoch; James Gailey; John Muirhead; William Hamilton; Robert Conner
					Tom Harvey; David C. Walker; Harry Wilson; William Massie; Sam Kennedy
					William Hamilton (1-0, 55 mins)
					Robert Campbell (Robert Gray)
			James Hastings		Willie Howden			24y, 1m, 1d
			John Smith		Robert Campbell			22y, 6m, 26d
			Brown		Andy Wilson			28y, 4m, 17d
			James Reid		Hugh Murdoch
			John Dobbie		James Gailey			25y, 10m, 8d
			Andrew Prentice		Bill Gray			21y, 9m, 7d
			Samuel Webster		John Proudfoot			29y, 9m, 15d
			Thomas Laidlaw		John Muirhead			23y, 3m, 6d
			William Cuthbert		William Hamilton
			Walter Lawrie		John Wilkie			27y, 3m, 27d
			William McCulloch		Robert Conner
								25y, 4m, 17d
			n-a		Robert Gray			27y, 9m, 11d

notes

The FH reported that Campbell, having been injured early on and having gone off twice, was replaced by a substitute. SR confirms our oncoming man as Robert Gray.

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Match Report

TTA report

A low shot from 20-yards by Hamilton (55) was the only goal of a low key friendly. Shire hit the bar in the second half. Campbell was injured after only a few minutes and had to go off twice. The second time saw R Gray allowed to substitute, decades before substitutes were officially allowed.

Stats Watch

● William Hamilton scores his only goal for Thistle.

● 25-year-old James Gailey plays his last game for Thistle.

● Robert Conner plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 competitive away games without a win; 26th Sep 1903 to date. (Longest run since: 6 games; 14th Feb 1903 to 15th Aug 1903. Club-record: 11 games; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 9 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Howden, 3rd Oct 1903 to date. (Longest run since: Andy Wilson - 11 games, 22nd Aug 1903 to 24th Oct 1903. Club-record: Tom Harvey - 46 games, 8th Sep 1900 to 16th Nov 1901.)

● 15 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 14th Feb 1903 to date. (Longest run since: 22 games; 3rd Nov 1900 to 11th Jan 1902. Club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

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