15th Apr 1905 Celtic 3 Partick Thistle 3 (Glasgow League - game 4)

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Match Information

			Willie Maley		George Easton			30y
					Charles Smith
					George Gilchrist
Alec Bennett (0-1, 5 mins); David Hamilton (0-2, 1st half); Alec Bennett (0-3, 1st half)					Sam Kennedy (1-3, 1st half); Sam Kennedy (2-3, 2nd half); Sam Kennedy (3-3, 2nd half)
			Davie Adams		Willie Howden			25y, 5m, 4d
			John Hannan		Tom Harvey			24y, 11m, 0d
			Willie Orr		Charles Smith
			Willie Black		Neilly Gibson			32y, 1m, 23d
			Jim Young		David Melville			22y, 0m, 0d
			James Hay		Harry Wilson
			Finlay MacLean		John Lawrie			21y, 1m, 10d
			future Jag Jimmy McMenemy		James Sommen			23y, 11m, 29d
			Alec Bennett		Sam Kennedy			24y, 0m, 7d
			Peter Somers		John Wilkie			28y, 8m, 0d
			David Hamilton		Robert Gray			29y, 1m, 14d
								25y, 8m, 14d

Match Report

TTA report

A heavy defeat looked on the cards as Celtic took a 3-0 lead but Kennedy headed in a Lawrie corner to make it 3-1 at half-time. He scored after a break down the right then completed his hat-trick once Thistle mastered how to use the strong wind. Both teams went looking for a winner but none came.

Stats Watch

● Charles Smith makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 6 consecutive away League defeats; 24th Dec 1904 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 9 defeats; 4th Dec 1897 to 15th Oct 1898.)

● 7 away League games without a win; 17th Dec 1904 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 11 games; 3rd Oct 1903 to 3rd Sep 1904.)

● 7 consecutive competitive appearances for Tom Harvey, James Sommen & Sam Kennedy, 25th Feb 1905 to date. (Longest run since: George Gilchrist - 11 games, 21st Jan 1905 to 8th Apr 1905. Club-record: Tom Harvey - 46 games, 8th Sep 1900 to 16th Nov 1901.)

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