11th Jan 1896 Motherwell 3 Partick Thistle 3 (SFL Second Division - game 10)


mh-in.png James Crozier; William Lawson; Willie Paul
mh-out.png McGuire; William McDonald [i]; McKnight
Harry Gray (2-1, 2nd half); William Edgar (2nd half); John Paterson (2nd half) mh-goal.png Willie Paul (1-0, 40 mins); John Campbell (2-0, pen 47 mins); Willie Paul (3-1, 2nd half)
mh-red-card.png
John Palmer mh-01.png James Crozier james-crozier.jpg Scotland
Richard Dailly mh-02.png Robert Currie robert-currie.jpg Scotland
James Collins mh-03.png George Stewart george-stewart.jpg Scotland
Robert Steel mh-04.png James Bryce james-bryce.jpg Scotland 25y, 10m, 27d
John Ostler mh-05.png David Proudfoot david-proudfoot.jpg Scotland 23y, 9m, 10d
Robert Brown mh-06.png James Lamont james-lamont.jpg Scotland 23y, 3m, 10d
Harry Gray mh-07.png William Lawson william-lawson.jpg Scotland
Edward Goldie mh-08.png John Proudfoot john-proudfoot.jpg Scotland 21y, 10m, 15d
John Paterson mh-09.png Willie Paul willie-paul.jpg Scotland 29y, 11m, 4d
William Edgar mh-10.png John Campbell john-campbell.jpg Scotland 18y, 3m, 9d
Cairns mh-11.png Ralph McElhaney ralph-mcelhaney.jpg Scotland 21y, 9m, 25d
Age 23y, 6m, 19d

notes
  • MT gives first Thistle goal to John Proudfoot and names no other scorers. OH/JL say Paul (2) and Campbell and we stick with them. JL credits Ferguson with one of Motherwell's goals (presumably Robert) but he isn't listed in the MT line-up. We can find no source for Ferguson as scorer, although we note that the SR places him in the line-up at the expense of John Paterson, who is a quoted scorer in the MT. We stick with Paterson as scorer per the local source of our teamlines.
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