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					William Hill; Andy Wilson; Dick Richmond; George Allan [i]; James Kirkland
					Jamie Auchincloss; Robert Campbell; Bob Duncan; James Watson; Willie Paul
? (1-1, 2nd half)					Fred McDiarmid (1-0, 1st half)
			John Docherty		James Gourlay
			Jim Welford		William Hill
			Robert Davidson		Andy Wilson			23y, 7m, 7d
			Michael Haggarty		James Bryce			29y, 0m, 17d
			Willie Orr		Dick Richmond			19y, 11m, 2d
			James Moir		George Allan [i]
			John Hodge		Wattie Collier			22y, 3m, 10d
			Black		Fred McDiarmid			21y, 9m, 21d
			Kelt		James Paul			19y, 7m, 14d
			Peter Somers		James Kirkland			23y, 4m, 9d
			McCartney		Robert Gray			23y, 0m, 3d
								22y, 9m, 30d

notes

We note that the DC says Wattie Collier scored for Thistle, but go with with Fred McDiarmid as per the SI, and the report in the SR which implies the same. SC/GH/BNL/OH don't mention a scorer and there's no trace of the fixture in CW.

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TTA report

Celtic had 6 players playing international trials and Thistle had 2 (Auchencloss and Duncan) and the result was “only a very moderate affair” (GH). A scrambled goal by McDiarmid (perhaps Collier) gave Thistle a half-time lead but constant pressure in the second half resulted in Celtic's equaliser from an angled drive.

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Glasgow Herald, 6th March, 1899

● William Hill makes his last-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 19 consecutive competitive appearances for Bob Duncan, 1st Oct 1898 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Duncan - 24 games, 4th Sep 1897 to 3rd Sep 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.)

● 26 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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