13th Apr 1920 Partick Thistle 3 Newcastle United 2 (Willie Hamilton Benefit)

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Match Information

45y			George Easton		Frank Watt
Willie Bulloch; Watty Borthwick; Neil Harris; James Niven; Willie Salisbury
Tom Adams; William Dorans; Andrew Comrie; Billy Leitch; John Bowie
Neil Harris (1-0, 1st half); Neil Harris (2-0, 1st half); James Niven (3-2, 2nd half)					Tom Curry (2-1, 1st half); Andy Smailes (2-2, 2nd half)
35y, 9m, 29d			Rab Bernard		Jimmy Lawrence
26y, 9m, 16d			Tom Crichton		Bill McCracken
37y, 1m, 26d			Willie Bulloch		Frank Hudspeth
23y, 11m, 17d			Adam Black		Tom Curry
30y, 6m, 4d			Willie Hamilton		Wilf Low
30y, 3m, 4d			Watty Borthwick		Jock Finlay
22y, 9m, 17d			John Blair		Edward Cooper
			Alex Lauder		Billy Hibbert
25y, 5m, 14d			Neil Harris		Andy Smailes
27y, 10m, 8d			James Niven		John King former Jag
21y, 1m, 21d			Willie Salisbury		Alex Ramsay
28y, 2m, 2d

Match Report

TTA report

7,000 saw this benefit match for centre-half Willie Hamilton. Harris (N) gave Thistle a 2-goal lead but Newcastle pulled one back before half-time. They had more of the game in the second half and equalised but Niven got the winner near the end.

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Various, April, 1920

Stats Watch

● 27-year-old James Niven makes his Thistle debut and joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 8 consecutive competitive appearances for John Blair, 28th Feb 1920 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Joe Harris - 26 games, 1st November 1919 to 5th Apr 1920. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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