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					Pat Smith; James Sinclair; Paddy Gray; Tittingham; Sloan
					John C. Spence; Robert Ferguson; Abe Morrison; William McDonald [i]; John Campbell
James Cameron (3-1, 2nd half)					John Proudfoot (1-0, 1st half); Robert Currie (2-0, 1st half); Sloan (3-0, 2nd half)
			John McGowan		Pat Smith
			Robert Drummond		A. H. Cunningham
			Henry Mathieson		James Sinclair
			George McIntosh		James Lamont			23y, 5m, 20d
			Thomas Steel		David Proudfoot			23y, 11m, 20d
			Lauchlen McLaine		Paddy Gray			23y, 3m, 17d
			Fanning		John Proudfoot			22y, 0m, 23d
			Frank Brogan		William Lawson
			former Jag James Cameron		Robert Currie
			Donaldson		Tittingham
			Andrew Simpson		Sloan
								23y, 2m, 13d

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Goals by Proudfoot and Currie gave Thistle a half-time lead at half-time against their old rivals. Sloan, who had been drafted in from Ashfield at short notice and who had a hand in the earlier goals, added a third before Linthouse pulled one back.

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Scottish Referee, 23rd January, 1896

● James Sinclair makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● Tittingham registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● Sloan registers his only-known appearance for Thistle and, theoretically, joins our scoring debutants club.

ongoing sequences:

● 17 competitive games without a clean-sheet; 5th Oct 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 45 games; 27th May 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

● 17 games without a clean-sheet in the League; 17th Aug 1895 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 35 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 18th May 1895.)

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

● 38 consecutive quoted competitive appearances (not known to be broken) for John Campbell, 10th Nov 1894 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since the club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 82 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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