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James Gourlay; Jamie Auchincloss; James Watson; Robert Gray
James Cleghorn; George Cleghorn; George Allan [i]; Willie Paul
					McWhinnie (0-1, 20 mins); James Gillespie (0-2, 47 mins); Robert Beveridge (0-3, 2nd half)
			James Gourlay		Alex Milne
26y, 0m, 5d			Jamie Auchincloss		Robert Thomson
23y, 8m, 14d			Andy Wilson		David Gardner
24y, 6m, 4d			Bob Duncan		John Anderson
29y, 1m, 24d			James Bryce		George McCue
			James Watson		James Morrison
22y, 4m, 17d			Wattie Collier		James Gillespie
			Geordie McNicoll		Robert Beveridge
19y, 8m, 21d			James Paul		James Reid
23y, 5m, 16d			James Kirkland		McWhinnie
23y, 1m, 7d			Robert Gray		Robert Kerr
24y, 0m, 1d

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TTA report

Both teams could have taken the lead early on. Play was open and entertaining. Thirds scored (20) and just after half-time (defensive mix-up). After that it was all the visitors and they added “a beauty“ (GH). Thistle's forwards were poor “there being no method to their work at close quarters“.

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Glasgow Herald, 10th April, 1899

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.)

● 23 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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