30th Aug 1905 Partick Thistle 3 Queen's Park 2 (Rockbank FC Fundraiser)

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Match Information

30y			George Easton		Committee
Graham Henderson; John Lyon; James Wilson; Adam McCall; Donaldson; William Brown; James McGregor
Willie Howden; Archie McKenzie; Harry Wilson; Bill Gray; Sam Kennedy; Robert Gray; Carrick Hamilton
David Melville (1-0, 20 mins); Donaldson (2-1, 2nd half); Adam McCall (3-2, 2nd half)					Hugh Logan (1-1, 1st half); William Tennent (2-2, 2nd half)
					John Dick (Bowie, 1st half)
			Graham Henderson		Peter Stewart
25y, 3m, 15d			Tom Harvey		John Dunlop
23y, 1m, 22d			John Lyon		George Higgins
32y, 6m, 7d			Neilly Gibson		Robert Hart
22y, 4m, 15d			David Melville		J. Walker
			James Wilson		John Dick
21y, 5m, 25d			John Lawrie		John Clarkson
20y, 5m, 6d			Adam McCall		James Logan future Jag
			Donaldson		William Tennent former Jag
			William Brown		Hugh Logan
			James McGregor		William McTaggart
24y, 2m, 15d
					Bowie

notes

The GH lists “Howden Jr” as Thistle goalkeeper, suggesting a guest/trialist psuedonym. He's named as G. Anderson of Repton School in both the DDT and AN, but Graham Henderson (no mention of Repton School) in both the SR and DR. Somebody misheard and mistyped. We take the punt on Graham Henderson which gives us one less forename to worry about, if nothing else. We note that the DR also lists Milligan (not Donaldson) at #9. QP left half John Dick got injured early and of Rockbank was allowed to come on as a replacement. We select our goals sequence as per GH, although they only name the first 4 scorers. DR/GH/SC credit David Melville with Thistle's opener, so we're good there. The GH/SC say Donaldson got Thistle's second, but the DR says it was McCall. We stick with Donaldson per the GH/SC for that one on a 2:1 basis. The GH contend that Thistle's third was from a scrimmage, whilst the SC fails to identify the scorer (“a slip by one of the Queens halves gave Thistle the winning goal”). For this one, the DR actually names McCall as scoring his second of the game. On the basis that a named Thistle player is better than a scrimmage we credit Adam McCall as per the DR.

Match Report

TTA report

In aid of Rockbank Juniors. Both teams had spells of pressure. Thistle (with 2 guest Juniors playing) took the lead through Melville but Queens levelled. In the second half Donaldson made up for an earlier blunder but Queens levelled again and “a slip by one of the Queens halves gave Thistle the winner“ (SC).

Media report

31-Aug-1905, The Scotsman

PARTICK THISTLE v. QUEEN’S PARK – These teams met last night at Partick in a match for the benefit of Rockbank Football Club, a local junior combination. Both sides included several reserve players, but play was always interesting, and a close game resulted. The opening passages were in favour of Queen’s, but Melville scored for Thistle after twenty minutes play. Logan equalised shortly before the interval. In the latter portion of the game Donaldson and Logan scored for their respective sides, while a slip by one of the Queen’s players gave Thistle the winning goal. Result:– Partick Thistle, three goals; Queen’s Park, two.

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Glasgow Herald, 31st August, 1905

Stats Watch

● Graham Henderson plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● 20-year-old Adam McCall makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

● James Wilson plays his one and only game for Thistle.

● Donaldson plays his one and only game for Thistle and joins our scoring debutants club.

● David Melville scores his first goal for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 14 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Howden, 25th Mar 1905 to date. (Longest run since: James Sommen - 16 games, 25th Feb 1905 to 19th Aug 1905. Club-record: Tom Harvey - 46 games, 8th Sep 1900 to 16th Nov 1901.)

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