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					Willie Paul; John Campbell
					Robert Ferguson; Reid [ii]
? (1-1, 2nd half)					? (1-0, 1st half); ? (2-1, 2nd half)
			?		Pat Smith
			Fotheringham		Spence
			?		Cook
			?		James Bryce			24y, 10m, 17d
			?		William McDonald [i]
			?		David Bruce
			?		Willie Freebairn			19y, 11m, 23d
			?		John Proudfoot			20y, 10m, 5d
			?		Willie Paul			28y, 10m, 25d
			?		McLean [i]
			?		John Campbell			17y, 2m, 30d
								22y, 4m, 14d

notes

A 12 noon kick-off was scheduled in the build-up, but this was switched to 12.30 late on, as advertised in the Inverness Courier on the day of the game.

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TTA report

The snow was cleared from the pitch but the game was a disappointment. “Partick Thistle, two goals; Inverness, one goal. A hard and well-contested game took place at Inverness” (SC). “The form of the Partick Thistle team was but little better than…Inverness Thistle. The game was hard fought…if not brilliant” (IC).

Media report

02-Jan-1895, The Scotsman

PARTICK THISTLE, two goals; INVERNESS THISTLE, one goal. A hard and well-contested game took place at Inverness.

● Cook makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

● McLean [i] makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

● Spence makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 competitive home games without a clean-sheet; 26th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 26 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 19th Aug 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 36 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 27th May 1893 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

● 36 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 27th May 1893 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: John McCorkindale - 36 games, 29th Aug 1888 to 12th Dec 1891. Now a joint club-record.)

● 65 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 31st Oct 1885 to date. (An extension of the club-record.)

Stats Watch adheres to our stated definitions of League, League Max, Major Competitive, Competitive or All Games. Where there is no written qualification, you should presume that the Stat in question is compiled from the All Games criteria.

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