28th Apr 1920 Ayr United 3 Partick Thistle 0 (SFL - game 41)

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Match Information

			James MacDonald		George Easton			45y
					Watty Borthwick; Matt Wilson; Andrew Comrie; William Hutchison; Alex Lauder; John Bowie
					Adam Black; Jimmy McMullan; Bob McFarlane; John Blair; James Niven; Willie Salisbury
James Richardson (0-1, 20 mins); Harry Cowan (0-2, 30 mins); James Richardson (0-3, 85 mins)
			George Nisbet		Kenny Campbell			27y, 7m, 22d
			John Smith		Watty Borthwick			30y, 3m, 19d
			Philip McCloy		Willie Bulloch			37y, 2m, 10d
			James Hogg		Matt Wilson			18y, 8m, 6d
			Alex Gillespie		Tom Crichton			26y, 10m, 0d
			Neil McBain		Joe Harris			27y, 1m, 9d
			William Middleton		Johnny Houston			30y, 11m, 11d
			John Crosbie		Andrew Comrie			25y, 10m, 18d
			James Richardson		William Hutchison
			John Scott		Alex Lauder
			Harry Cowan		John Bowie			25y, 3m, 16d
								27y, 9m, 5d

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Match Report

TTA report

A convincing win for Ayr who led 2-0 on the half-hour mark - the woodwork twice saving Thistle from a bigger half-time deficit. The second half was more even with defences on top but Ayr scored again (85). Thistle's makeshift team included 2 debutants, some reserves and several players playing out of position.

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Glasgow Herald, 29th April, 1920

Stats Watch

● 18-year-old Matt Wilson makes his Thistle debut.

● 30-year-old Johnny Houston plays his last game for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 9 consecutive competitive appearances for Tom Crichton, 27th Mar 1920 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: John Blair - 12 games, 28th Feb 1920 to 24th Apr 1920. Club-record: Jock McTavish - 61 games, 15th Nov 1913 to 6th Feb 1915.)

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