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Alexander Mackie; James Bryce; Andy Wilson; Tom Harvey; David Proudfoot; Dan Campbell; Murray [i]; Geordie McNicoll
Tom Wilkie; Alec Kay; William Hagart; Billy Dunlop; Robert Campbell; Tom Hyslop; James Henderson; Tom Gibbons
Willie Freebairn					?
			Alexander Mackie		Peter Waddell
30y, 6m, 12d			James Bryce		Alex McDonald
25y, 1m, 2d			Andy Wilson		Robert Gardiner
20y, 3m, 12d			Tom Harvey		David Smith
28y, 4m, 26d			David Proudfoot		Alex Condie
21y, 5m, 8d			William Goudie		John McConville
19y, 11m, 17d			Dan Campbell		John Brock
25y, 7m, 18d			Willie Freebairn		William Thomson
			Murray [i]		James Gemmell
			Geordie McNicoll		James Long
21y, 7m, 19d			Tom Atherton		A. Gardiner
24y, 1m, 12d

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TTA report

With a number of reserves playing, Thistle performed “very creditably” (GH). A new centre-forward (Murray from Forrest Mechanics) made his debut but it was Freebairn who scored.

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Glasgow Evening Post, 28th August, 1900

● Murray [i] makes his Thistle debut.

ongoing sequences:

● 18 consecutive competitive home games in which Thistle have scored; 29th Apr 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 22 games; 23rd Nov 1895 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 21 consecutive League games in which Thistle have scored; 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since the club-record: 28 games; 11th Jan 1896 to 4th Sep 1897.)

● 35 consecutive competitive appearances for Willie Freebairn, 19th Aug 1899 to date. (Longest run since: John C. Spence - 36 games, 14th Nov 1896 to 26th Mar 1898. Club-record: Willie Freebairn - 44 games, 27th May 1893 to 13th Apr 1895.)

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