18th Feb 1905 Third Lanark 6 Partick Thistle 1 (SFL First Division - game 24)

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Match Information

			Samuel Wyllie		George Easton			29/30y
					Dan McKenzie; Archie Arnott; Harry Wilson; John Lawrie; William Ferguson; James McGregor
					Willie Howden; Tom Harvey; Neilly Gibson; David Melville; Sam Kennedy; Robert Gray
Thomas McKenzie (0-1, 1st half); James Johnston (0-2, 1st half); John Kidd (0-3, 1st half); David Munro (1-4, 2nd half); James Johnston (1-5, 2nd half); John Kidd (1-6, 2nd half)					James McGregor (1-3, 2nd half)
			former Jag Jimmy Raeside		Dan McKenzie
			Robert Barr		Archie Arnott
			David Hill		George Gilchrist			22y, 5m, 24d
			James Comrie		Bill Gray			22y, 11m, 13d
			Thomas Sloan		Harry Wilson
			John Neilson		David C. Walker
			James Johnston		John Lawrie			20y, 11m, 13d
			John Kidd		William Tennent			21y, 7m, 22d
			Thomas McKenzie		William Ferguson
			Hugh Wilson		John Wilkie			28y, 6m, 3d
			David Munro		James McGregor
								23y, 3m, 23d

notes

Thistle's new faces were Arnott (Linthouse Juniors), Lawrie (Clydebank Juniors) and McGregor (Crieff Morrisonians). Not a dispute as such, but “Gregor” is listed at the SC and GH as Thistle scorer. Use of brackets in GH suggests guest player. JL specifically lists James McGregor signed from Crieff Morrisonians on the day of the match, so that's good enough for us. This would also tie in with the cautious “Gregor” as a top-secret trialist.

Match Report

TTA report

With an eye on the cup game with Celtic, Thistle had a mixture of reserves and guests playing. Even with the wind at their backs it was a poor showing and it was 3-0 at half-time. McGregor did make it 3-1 on his debut but 4th top Thistle were well beaten by 3rd top Third Lanark.

Stats Watch

● 22-year-old John Lawrie makes his Thistle debut.

● James McGregor makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club with his one and only goal for Thistle.

● Archie Arnott plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Dan McKenzie plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive away League defeats; 24th Dec 1904 to date. (Longest run since: 5 defeats; 31st Oct 1903 to 16th Jan 1904. Club-record: 9 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 18 consecutive competitive appearances for John Wilkie, 29th Oct 1904 to date, matching his personal best. (Longest run since: Neilly Gibson & Sam Kennedy - 21 games, 1st Oct 1904 to 11th Feb 1905. Club-record: Tom Harvey - 46 games, 8th Sep 1900 to 16th Nov 1901.)

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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