| Robert Murray |
 Robert Murray was probably born in the early 1870s, and is most likely to be Scottish. * The forward joined Thistle in 1891. He made his first known appearance on Saturday, 31st October, 1891, in a 3-0 friendly defeat away to Sunderland Albion. Robert scored his first two known goals for Thistle on Saturday, 26th March, 1892, in a 4-3 friendly defeat at home to Vale of Leven. He scored the last of his 22 known goals on Saturday, 11th August, 1894, in a 5-2 win at home to Dundee Wanderers in the SFL Second Division, again, netting a brace on the day. He played his last known game for the club on Wednesday, 15th August, 1894, in a 1-1 friendly draw at home to Third Lanark, having appeared for the Thistle on at least 55 occasions. His club-list included Gordon Highlanders, Partick Thistle, Nottingham Forest, Airdrieonians and Dykehead. We don't know where or when Robert died. *
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26.03.1892 Vale of Leven [h] L3-4 (Friendly) |
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06.08.1892 Celtic [h] W5-2 (Friendly) |
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27.08.1892 St Bernard's [h] L3-4 (Scottish Alliance - game 2) |
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03.09.1892 Royal Albert [h] D3-3 (Friendly) |
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01.10.1892 Glasgow Thistle [a] L2-6 (Scottish Alliance - game 4) |
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18.02.1893 Linthouse [h] W5-2 (Scottish Alliance - game 9) |
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01.04.1893 Thornliebank [h] W5-1 (Friendly) |
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28.10.1893 Linthouse [h] W7-2 (Friendly) |
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04.11.1893 Motherwell [a] W3-2 (SFL Second Division - game 7) |
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25.11.1893 Northern [h] W4-3 (SFL Second Division - game 9) |
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09.12.1893 Battlefield [h] D4-4 (Friendly) |
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01.01.1894 Peterhead [a] W10-1 (Friendly) |
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03.02.1894 Hibernian [a] L1-6 (SFL Second Division - game 13) |
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17.02.1894 Port Glasgow Athletic [h] W5-0 (Friendly) |
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24.02.1894 Clyde [h] W5-4 (SFL Second Division - game 15) |
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10.03.1894 Glasgow Thistle [h] W13-1 (SFL Second Division - game 16) |
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11.08.1894 Dundee Wanderers [h] W5-2 (SFL Second Division - game 1) |
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