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James Cleghorn; George Cleghorn; George Allan [i]; James Paul
James Gourlay; Jamie Auchincloss; James Watson; Robert Gray
					Bobby Atherton (0-1, 5 mins); ? (0-2, 2nd half)
23y, 0m, 23d			James Cleghorn		George McWattie
25y, 1m, 19d			George Cleghorn		McIntosh
23y, 8m, 9d			Andy Wilson		Robert Glen
24y, 5m, 30d			Bob Duncan		Bernard Breslin
29y, 1m, 19d			James Bryce		Hamilton Handling
			George Allan [i]		Alex Robertson
22y, 4m, 12d			Wattie Collier		Andrew McGuigan
			Geordie McNicoll		James Brodigan
33y, 1m, 27d			Willie Paul		Peter Douglas
19y, 8m, 16d			James Paul		Patrick Callaghan
23y, 5m, 11d			James Kirkland		Bobby Atherton
24y, 10m, 26d

notes

In the GH “Douglas” of Hibernian is listed in inverted commas.

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TTA report

It took Hibs just 5 minutes to score. Thistle's forwards wasted several good chances and Hibs had a goal disallowed for off-side. In the second half keeper Cleghorn (his only game for the club) kicked a clearance off a defender and into the net. “Thistle fairly surprised the opposition by dash and vim” (APJ).

● 23-year-old James Cleghorn registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

● 25-year-old George Cleghorn registers his only-known appearance for Thistle.

ongoing sequences:

● 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.)

● 22 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.)

● 27 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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