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John Young [i]; John Inglis; John Burleigh
James Ward; Fred Mackay; George Cochrane
Hugh Beaton; John Young [i]; J. Shankland; J. Shankland; Peter Ewing; George Leckie; ?					?
22y, 6m, 5d			Andrew Duff		G. B. Nicol
			John Hendry		R. H. Armstrong
19y, 10m, 9d			Bobby Brown		D. McIntosh
22y, 1m, 18d			Jack Beattie		Brown
21y, 4m, 7d			George Leckie		A. Ballantyne
23y, 5m, 27d			Peter Ewing		W. Crawford
			John Young [i]		Hugh Thomson
			John Inglis		W. McGregor
			J. Shankland		A. B. McKenzie
22y, 9m, 23d			John Burleigh		A. Boyd
23y, 0m, 15d			Hugh Beaton		T. Wylie
22y, 2m, 3d

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TTA report

“The Partick Thistle are much better players than Pilgrims and this was amply demonstrated on Saturday when the former won the protested tie by seven goals to one“ (AN).

● J. Shankland scores his first-known goal for Thistle, adding a second for good measure.

● Peter Ewing scores his first-known goal for Thistle.

● Pilgrims become the fifteenth club to play Partick Thistle in competitive action, 2 weeks on from the first attempt which was played then subsequently voided.

● The 6 goal winning margin sets a new club-record for a competitive game.

● The 6 goal winning margin sets a new club-record for a competitive home game.

● Thistle score 7 goals in a competitive game, setting a new club-record.

● Thistle score 7 goals in a competitive home game, setting a new club-record.

ongoing sequences:

● 5 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Burleigh, 28th Dec 1878 to date. (A new club-record.)

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