8th Feb 1908 Partick Thistle 1 Raith Rovers 1 (Scottish Cup 2nd Round)

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Match Information

32/33y			George Easton		Peter Hodge
Lee Massey; Allan Gray
Willie Howden; Fred Robertson
Alex McGregor (1-0, 3 mins)					David Axford (1-1, 5 mins)
20y, 0m, 8d			Lee Massey		John Ness
29y, 6m, 24d			Archie McKenzie		Anderson Inglis
24y, 1m, 13d			Eddie Riddell		Arthur Cumming
34y, 11m, 16d			Neilly Gibson		James Wilkie
25y, 11m, 3d			Bill Gray		George Chapman
			George Allan [ii]		William Mitchell
20y, 11m, 28d			Tom Ballantyne		Gordon Bannerman
			Allan Gray		James Gourlay
26y, 10m, 0d			Sam Kennedy		David Axford
			Alex McGregor		Archibald Devine
			James Ferguson		Thomas McAinsh
26y, 0m, 20d

notes

The GH lists “Neal” of Raith Rovers in inverted commas. Drawings £98 (GH)

Match Report

TTA report

Both goals were scored in the first 5 minutes of the game. McGregor opened from a Ferguson centre but Rovers equalised when Massie dropped a shot at the feet of the scorer. After a long spell of fruitless pressure alarm bells rang with 15 minutes to go as Second Division Rovers missed a couple of chances.

Stats Watch

● Raith Rovers become the 84th club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 18 years on from the first friendly meeting between the sides.

ongoing sequences:

● 29 consecutive competitive appearances for Archie McKenzie, 24th Apr 1907 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Alex McGregor - 33 games, 8th Dec 1906 to 26th Oct 1907. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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