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34/35y			George Easton		Committee
William Campbell; Frank Branscombe
Willie Howden; Sydney Smith
Fred Robertson (1-0, 30 mins); Maurice Parry (2-1, pen 48 mins)					Joseph Freeman (1-1, 43 mins); Joseph Freeman (2-2, 51 mins); Joseph Freeman (2-3, 2nd half)
23y, 11m, 19d			William Campbell		Maurice Slavin
31y, 5m, 21d			Archie McKenzie		William Brownlie
			James Bennett		Philip Watson
32y, 1m, 29d			Maurice Parry		William Black
			William McDonald [ii]		William McLaughlin
			Alex McGregor		John Scott
26y, 1m, 11d			Tom Callaghan		Martin Moran
22y, 0m, 11d			Bobby Wilson		John Waugh
19y, 8m, 4d			Jimmy Reid		Joseph Freeman
21y, 2m, 16d			Fred Robertson		John Atkinson future Jag
20y, 7m, 30d			Frank Branscombe		Joseph Irvine
24y, 7m, 28d

TTA report

Thistle threw away the lead twice in this entertaining and skilful match. They scored through Robertson from a Reid pass (30) but it was 1-1 at half-time (McKenzie failing to clear a header). Parry converted a pen “with great dash” (DET) but Hamilton soon levelled. It was end to end stuff but Thistle were edged out.

● Maurice Parry scores his only goal for Thistle.

● 19-year-old Jimmy Reid plays his last game for Thistle.

● Maurice Parry becomes the first-known Welshman to score for Thistle.

● Wales becomes the fifth country to be represented in the Thistle goal-scoring charts.

ongoing sequences:

● 12 consecutive competitive appearances for Archie McKenzie, 23rd Oct 1909 to date. (Longest run since: Tom Ballantyne - 19 games, 27th Mar 1909 to 16th Oct 1909. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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