R. Maitland

R. Maitland
A. Player

probably born in Scotland

R. Maitland (forename unknown) was probably born in Scotland, although his place and date of birth remain unknown to us. *

The forward first appeared as a guest for Thistle in August, 1884, having most recently been with Rangers.

He made his first known appearance on Saturday, 23rd August, 1884, in a 4-2 friendly win at home to Morton.

Maitland scored his first known goal for Thistle on Saturday, 1st November, 1884, in a 5-2 friendly win away to Our Boys Dundee.

He scored his second (and final known) goal for us on Saturday, 15th November, 1884, in a 3-1 friendly win at home to Johnstone.

That turned out to be his last known game for the club, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 5 occasions.

His club-list included Rangers and Partick Thistle.

We don't know where or when Maitland died. *

* If you can help us to improve any of these marked points on The Thistle Archive, then please do get in touch →

compiled from our All Games criteria.
Goal(s) Match
goal.png 01.11.1884 Our Boys Dundee [a] W5-2 (Friendly)
goal.png 15.11.1884 Johnstone [h] W3-1 (Friendly)

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