30th Dec 1899 Abercorn 2 Partick Thistle 2 (SFL Second Division - game 15)


mh-in.png William Goudie
mh-out.png Patrick McWilliams
William Campbell (0-1, 1st half); Robert McIntyre (1-2, 1st half) mh-goal.png John Blackwood (1-1, 1st half); Willie Freebairn (2-2, 1st half)
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Robert Thomson mh-01.png Archie McDonald archie-mcdonald.jpg Scotland 22y, 7m, 18d
Andrew McLean mh-02.png Robert Campbell robert-campbell.jpg Scotland 18y, 7m, 14d
William McCrone mh-03.png Andy Wilson andy-wilson.jpg Scotland 24y, 5m, 5d
John McKenzie mh-04.png James Bryce james-bryce.jpg Scotland 29y, 10m, 15d
Thomas Thomson mh-05.png David Proudfoot david-proudfoot.jpg Scotland 27y, 8m, 29d
James McIntosh mh-06.png William Goudie william-goudie.jpg Scotland 20y, 9m, 11d
Matthew Robertson mh-07.png David Fairbairn david-fairbairn.jpg Scotland
William Campbell mh-08.png Willie Freebairn willie-freebairn.jpg Scotland 24y, 11m, 21d
Robert McIntyre mh-09.png John Blackwood john-blackwood.jpg Scotland 22y, 3m, 29d
Walter McDonald mh-10.png Willie Paul willie-paul.jpg Scotland 33y, 10m, 23d
James Currie mh-11.png Davy McDougall davy-mcdougall.jpg Scotland 21y, 0m, 27d
Age 24y, 7m, 19d

notes
  • The OH credits Willie Paul and Davy McDougall with Thistle's goals, but we're put off by the fact that we haven't seen any contemporary evidence for that and the fact that JL goes with two totally different Thistle scorers - John Blackwood and Willie Freebairn. The only account of the scorers that we've seen is in the SR, which verifies Blackwood for Thistle's first, but fails to name a scorer for the second. We notice that, in total, 3 of JL's 4 scorers are backed up by the SR account, and therefore put our faith in his 'full set' and thereby his assertion of Blackwood and Freebairn.
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