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					Patrick McWilliams
					William Goudie
Norman Hay (1-1, 1st half); ? (1st half); James Templeton (2-3, 2nd half)					Willie Freebairn (1-0, 3 mins); John Blackwood (1st half)
			David Gourlay		Archie McDonald			22y, 6m, 13d
			future Jag Jock Gillespie		Andy Wilson			24y, 4m, 0d
			Robert Bow		Robert Campbell			18y, 6m, 9d
			Archibald Swann		Patrick McWilliams			20y, 7m, 27d
			William Stewart		David Proudfoot			27y, 7m, 24d
			James Templeton		James Bryce			29y, 9m, 10d
			David Wilson		Davy McDougall			20y, 11m, 22d
			Thomas Bowie		Geordie McNicoll
			Bob McColl		John Blackwood			22y, 2m, 25d
			Thomas Kennedy		Willie Freebairn			24y, 10m, 16d
			Norman Hay		David Fairbairn
								23y, 6m, 4d

notes

The GH lists Thistle's no.4 as “Williams” in inverted commas, for the second time this season.

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TTA report

Thistle scored 1st in this friendly at Hampden through an early Freebairn goal but Queens equalised. It was 2-2 at half-time, Blackwood having scored for Thistle. In the second half and Queens “ran out lucky winners” (GH). “The amateurs were lifeless at times” (AN).

ongoing sequences:

● 4 consecutive competitive wins, 28th Oct 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 9 wins, 23rd Jan 1897 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 5 consecutive home League wins; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 10 wins; 5th Sep 1896 to 25th Sep 1897.)

● 6 competitive home games without defeat; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the joint club-record: 7 games; 22nd Aug 1896 to 24th Oct 1896, 2nd Sep 1893 to 10th Mar 1894 & 5th Feb 1881 to 28th Oct 1882.)

● 6 consecutive competitive home wins; 26th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since / now a joint club-record with: 6 wins; 7th Oct 1893 to 10th Mar 1894 & 5th Feb 1881 to 30th Sep 1882.)

● 14 consecutive competitive games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 36 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 15 consecutive competitive appearances for Andy Wilson, 13th May 1899 to date. (Longest run since: Bob Duncan - 27 games, 1st Oct 1898 to 13th May 1899. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

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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