The West of Scotland Cricket Club is a cricket club based in Glasgow,Scotland. The club's home ground is Hamilton Crescent,located in the Partick area of Glasgow's West End.
Arthur Shrewsbury was an English cricketer and rugby football administrator. He was widely rated as competing with W. G. Grace for the accolade of best batsman of the 1880s;Grace himself,when asked whom he would most like in his side,replied simply,"Give me Arthur". An opening batsman,Shrewsbury played his cricket for Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and played 23 Test matches for England,captaining them in 7 games,with a record of won 5,lost 2. He was the last professional to be England captain until Len Hutton was chosen in 1952. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1890. He also organised the first British Isles rugby tour to Australasia in 1888.
David Alan Lewis is a former Irish cricketer and rugby union referee. He is also an occasional media commentator on Irish cricket. His father,Ian,and daughters,Robyn and Gaby,have also played cricket for Ireland,
Herbert Hayton Castens was a South African rugby union footballer and cricketer. He captained South Africa at both rugby and cricket,and played an important role in the development of rugby and cricket in South Africa,both on and off the field. He was usually known as H. H. Castens.
William Nichols Roe was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club and Cambridge University in the late 19th century. A right-handed batsman who could play aggressively,but with a sound defensive method,Roe was considered one of Somerset's leading batsmen of the era. He played without merit for Cambridge,and only achieved his Blue during his final year at the university.
Leslie Balfour-Melville,born Leslie Balfour,was a Scottish amateur sportsman,serving as captain,opening batsman,and wicket-keeper for the Scotland national cricket team.
William Edward Barton was a New Zealand cricketer who played ten first-class matches for West Coast and Auckland in the 1880s. During his career he was widely considered to be the best batsman in New Zealand.
Thomas Chalmers was a Scottish international rugby and cricket player.
John Daniell was an international rugby union player for England and a first-class cricketer for Somerset and Cambridge University Cricket Club.
William Varnham Millton was a New Zealand rugby union player and cricketer. He was the first captain of the New Zealand national rugby union team,leading them on their 1884 tour of New South Wales,and represented Canterbury in both rugby union and cricket.
Edward Sainsbury was an English cricketer who represented,and captained,Somerset County Cricket Club in the late 19th century. During a 10-year first-class cricket career,he also represented Gloucestershire and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
David Lauder Bell was a Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer.
Henry James Stevenson was a Scotland international rugby union player. He played at Full back. He also played first-class cricket.
Andrew Ramsay "Bunny" Don-Wauchope was a Scottish international rugby union back who played club rugby for Cambridge and Fettesian-Lorettonian. Don Wauchope played an important role within the early growth of Scottish rugby and after retiring from international rugby he became a referee and was the President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was considered Scotland's outstanding half-back of the early 1880s and is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern half-back play.
James George Walker was a Scotland international rugby union player;and a Scotland international cricketer.
Matthew Clark McEwan,known as Saxon McEwan,was a Scotland international rugby union player.
Thomas Anderson was a Scotland international rugby union player;and also a Scotland international cricketer.
Graham Findlay was a Scottish rugby union player. He later became an international referee and was the 23rd President of the Scottish Rugby Union.
William Frederick Holms was a British civil engineer and Scotland international rugby union player. He was the son of James and Annie Holms and was also a nephew of Liberal politicians,John Holms and Col. William Holms.
John Carrick was a Scottish first-class cricketer and stockbroker.
