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35y			George Easton		John Chapman
Frank Branscombe
James Steel
Willie Gardiner (1-0, 2nd half); George Elmore (2-1, 2nd half)					William McDonald [ii] (1-1, og 2nd half)
30y, 10m, 27d			Willie Howden		John Ewart
32y, 2m, 23d			Archie McKenzie		Percy Hill
27y, 7m, 20d			Willie Bulloch		Robert Mackie
22y, 9m, 13d			Bobby Wilson		James Young
31y, 9m, 12d			Alec Raisbeck		Harry Duff
			William McDonald [ii]		Robert Williams
26y, 10m, 13d			Tom Callaghan		Samuel Young
21y, 10m, 13d			John King		Alex Thomson
30y, 3m, 22d			George Elmore		Patrick Neilson
21y, 10m, 12d			Willie Gardiner		Andy Donaldson
21y, 5m, 2d			Frank Branscombe		William Davidson
26y, 9m, 6d

notes

SC/GH/DR all state that McDonald of Thistle put through his own net, but JL credits Thomson of Airdrie (who shot). The GH has a degree of sympathy for the JL view, saying that McDonald “assisted the ball past Howden”. The DR report is most compelling; “McDonald, in attempting to clear, headed past Howden to the chagrin of his colleagues and their supporters” and we go with that majority view.

TTA report

Elmore “scored“ twice but both were wrongly disallowed. 2 angry fans ran on and threatened the ref. Gardiner scored from a free-kick then McDonald helped an effort into his own net from a stramash to put Airdrie undeservedly level. Elmore scored, Thistle pressed, but the Airdrie keeper stood firm.

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Scottish Referee, 10th October, 1910

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ongoing sequences:

● 13 consecutive competitive appearances for John King, 6th Apr 1910 to date, a new personal best. (Longest run since: Archie McKenzie - 28 games, 23rd Oct 1909 to 16th Apr 1910. Club-record: Willie Howden - 48 games, 25th Mar 1905 to 16th Apr 1906.)

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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