Friendly match: 04/10/1888, Thursday, at 16:30.
Third Lanark A.C. - Preston North End F.C. 4:2 (0:1)
Place: Cathkin Park, Glasgow.
Referee: Bentley.
Linesmen: ?
Estimated attendance: about 4.000.

Third Lanark A.C.: ?
Umpire: ?

Preston North End F.C.: Trainer — Drummond, Holmes — Robertson, W. Graham, J. Graham — Gordon, J. Ross, J. Goodall, Dewhurst, Thomson.
Umpire: Major William Suddel.

Goals: ? — J. Ross(2).


Volunteers — Third Lanark — have always been able to bustle the North End players, and this game proved no exception. Under cold weather, North End faced a a excepcional test against Third Lanark. Due to a leg injury, the Prestonians lost Bob Howarth, thus had to place Geordie Drummond, who still was progressing during the first matches, as full-back. 

The defenders displayed a poor performance with them missing kicks, and the tackling, once so prominent a feature in the play of the North End, was occasionally ludicrous.

The forwards, however, played well, their dribbling and passing being very fine, and with a little more shooting in front of goal they would have stood better at the close.

Coincidentally, this match ended with the same result as the one on 28/08/1886.