Glasgow HSFP are a former

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team that played their home games at

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. The team was founded in 1884 by former pupils of the

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. The team no longer exists. In 1982 it merged with the

Kelvinside Academicals Kelvinside Academicals is a former rugby union team that played their home games at Balgray Playing Fields, Glasgow, Scotland. The team was founded in 1888 by former pupils of the Kelvinside Academy. The team no longer exists. In 1982 it merg ...

- the rugby team of another school; the

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- to form a rugby club called

Glasgow High Kelvinside Glasgow High Kelvinside , often abbreviated to GHK, is an amateur rugby union club in Glasgow, Scotland. They currently play in Scottish National League Division One. History Glasgow High Kelvinside was formed in 1982 by the merger of Kelvins ...

. In 1997, Glasgow High Kelvinside merged with

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to form

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. Both GHK and Academicals survived the merger as spin-offs from the Hawks.

History

Founded in 1884, Glasgow High School Former Pupils formed a rugby club. They played on a ground on the opposite side of Crow Road in Anniesland, Glasgow to the present pitches. Their first match was played against the 1st Lanark Volunteers. The club played at various locations in the Anniesland area until the early years of the Twentieth Century. The club became an open club in 1973. It dropped the F.P. from its name and became known as Glasgow High RFC.

Glasgow HSFP Sevens

Glasgow HSFP ran a Sevens tournament in 1929.

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Glasgow HSFP players have represented

at full international level.

Glasgow District

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

Honours

Scottish Unofficial Championship The Scottish Unofficial Championship was the top league of Scotland's best amateur rugby union clubs. The Championship was 'unofficial' as the Scottish Rugby Union held that the sport should remain amateur and at the time did not sanction competit ...

** Champions (5): 1923-24 (shared with Glasgow Academicals), 1935-36, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1961-62 *

Glasgow City Sevens Glasgow City Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament held by Cartha Queens Park, in Dumbreck in the south side of Glasgow. The tournament was previously known as the Cartha Sevens and the Cartha Queens Park Sevens. History The first rugb ...

** Champions (2): 1935, 1964 *

Gala Sevens Gala Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Gala RFC, in Galashiels, Scotland. The Gala Sevens was the second of the Border Sevens tournaments to be instated in 1884, just behind the Melrose Sevens in 1883. Held around the start of eve ...

** Champions (1): 1950 * Ayr Sevens ** Champions: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976 * Kilmarnock Sevens ** Champions: 1937, 1973 * Allan Glen's Sevens ** Champions: 1976 * Glasgow Academicals Sevens ** Champions: 1974 * Bearsden Sevens ** Champions: 1971 * Clarkston Sevens ** Champions: 1970, 1973, 1982 * Glasgow University Sevens ** Champions: 1898, 1949, 1956, 1967, 1973 * Hillhead HSFP Sevens ** Champions: 1972, 1973 * Edinburgh Borderers Sevens ** Champions: 1926 * Helensburgh Sevens ** Champions: 1973 * Kelvinside Academicals Sevens ** Champions: 1922 * Hutchesons' GSFP Sevens ** Champions: 1926

References

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