Madras College FP RFC

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Madras College FP
Full nameMadras College Former Pupils Rugby Football Club
Founded1866
Location St Andrews, Scotland
Ground(s)Station Park
PresidentBen Stuart
League(s) Caledonia Midlands Two
2019–20Caledonia Midlands Two, 7th of 9
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Official website
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Madras College Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. They play in Caledonia Regional League Division 2. They play at Station Park, St Andrews and field two men's fifteens each weekend, as well as a women's team (AKA The Saints).

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The club has close ties with Madras College, a secondary school in St Andrews. Although not all players are former pupils of the school, many are and sixth year pupils often train and play with the club during holidays and weeks in which school rugby is not on.

The good facilities of the rugby club and St Andrews in general attract many bigger teams such as the Scottish national side and Heriot's Rugby Club to train there during pre-season.

History

St Andrews has been instrumental in the development of rugby in Scotland. Rugby was introduced to St Andrews University in 1858 as a means of interesting the Scottish gentry away from the great English universities and to study in Scotland. Scotland's oldest club is Edinburgh Academicals, established in 1857, which shows that rugby in St Andrews was not far behind. In 1871, JH Oatts, a former pupil of Madras College, amongst colleagues, issued an invite to the English to come to Edinburgh and play the first international fixture of the 'carrying game' on 27 March . This invite came after a 10-year run of defeats at football at the hands of the English. 2 players from St Andrews featured in this 20-a-side game, which the Scots won.

Representatives from the four great clubs, Glasgow Academicals, Edinburgh Academical Football Club, West of Scotland and University of St Andrews RFC, then formed the Scottish Rugby Union in 1873, and the game was reduced to 15-a-side soon after. St Andrews built up a strong reputation for its backs-play, which was very different from the typical forwards-led style of the day.

Madras play the St. Andrews University side in a derby match annually for the Drummond Cup. [1]

Notable players

Scotland

The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented Scotland at international level.

North and Midlands

The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented North and Midlands at provincial level.

  • Flag of Scotland.svg J. B. Dobie [2]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg R. A. M. Scott [3]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg L. F. Hunter [3]
  • Flag of Scotland.svg Ally Fraser [4]

North of Scotland

The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented North of Scotland at provincial level.

Glasgow Warriors

The following former Madras College F.P. players have represented Glasgow Warriors at professional level.

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000564/19871130/174/0013 . Retrieved 19 October 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19751118/429/0018 . Retrieved 19 October 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ "Jock Steven". Scottish Rugby Union. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Waid Academy F.P. Sevens". 7 June 2019.
  7. ↑ "Kirkcaldy Sevens". 7 June 2019.


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