Clydesdale RFC (Glasgow)

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Flag of Scotland.svg Clydesdale
Full nameClydesdale Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded1889;136 years ago (1889)
Location Glasgow, Scotland
Ground(s) Titwood Park

Clydesdale RFC was a nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Glasgow-based rugby union club, who were attached to Clydesdale Cricket Club during the 1880s.

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Formation

The rugby club was formed in 1889. [1] For a short period before the First World War it was one of Scotland's most successful teams. By 1906 it could run 4 teams. [2]

Honours

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Clydesdale players have represented Scotland at full international level.

Glasgow District players

The following former Clydesdale players have represented Glasgow District at provincial level.

  • Flag of Scotland.svg E.G. Copestake [8]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg R.F. Mather [6]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg W. G. Walker [10]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg J. M. Bell [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Historical Milestones" (PDF). Clydesdale Cricket Club.
  2. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19061207/054/0003 .{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ The Official History of the Melrose Sevens. Walter Allan. Mainstream Publishing. 1994
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  7. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  8. 1 2 3 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  10. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  11. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
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