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Andy Wilson; Geordie McNicoll; John Ferguson
Robert Campbell; Robert Gray; Walter Lindsay
James Watson (1-2, 1st half); James Kirkland (2-4, 1st half)					Robert C. Hamilton (0-1, 15 mins); John McPherson (0-2, 1st half); John McPherson (1-3, 1st half); Robert C. Hamilton (2-4, 1st half); Robert C. Hamilton (2-5, 2nd half); John Campbell (2-6, 2nd half); John McPherson (2-7, 2nd half); John Campbell (2-8, 2nd half)
25y, 0m, 6d			John C. Spence		Matthew Dickie
25y, 9m, 0d			Jamie Auchincloss		Nicol Smith
23y, 5m, 9d			Andy Wilson		Davie Crawford
24y, 2m, 30d			Bob Duncan		Neilly Gibson future Jag
28y, 10m, 19d			James Bryce		Bobby Neil
			James Watson		James Elgin Miller
32y, 10m, 27d			Willie Paul		John Campbell former Jag
			Geordie McNicoll		John McPherson
			James Caldwell		Robert C. Hamilton
			John Ferguson		Jim Miller
23y, 2m, 11d			James Kirkland		Alex Smith
26y, 2m, 15d

TTA report

This heavy defeat saw Thistle's forwards all individualists with no co-ordinated play. It was 4-2 at half-time, Watson and Kirkland (set up by Paul) having scored. After that it was all Rangers and at 6-2 “did with them pretty much as they liked” (GH). Thistle tried hard but were outclassed.

● Geordie McNicoll makes his first-known appearance for Thistle.

● James Watson scores his only known goal for Thistle.

● Thistle concede 8 goals in a home game, matching the joint club-record which was set on 07-Mar-1891 & 03-Dec-1898.

● Thistle concede 8 goals in a competitive home game, matching the club-record which was set on 03-Dec-1898.

● Stands today as Thistle's joint-record margin of defeat at Meadowside. (L0-6 18-Sep-1897; L2-8 03-Jan-1899; L2-8 09-Apr-1906)

● Thistle play their first match in the Glasgow League, their eighteenth competition.

ongoing sequences:

● 13 consecutive competitive appearances for Bob Duncan, 1st Oct 1898 to date. (Longest run since: Willie Paul - 18 games, 29th Jan 1898 to 3rd Dec 1898. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

● 21 away games without a clean-sheet in the League; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 32 games; 19th Aug 1893 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

● 23 competitive away games without a clean-sheet; 27th Feb 1897 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 90 games; 31st Oct 1885 to 23rd Jan 1897.)

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