Titwood is a

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ground in the

Pollokshields Pollokshields ( gd, Buthan Phollaig, Scots: ''Powkshiels'') is an area in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Its modern boundaries are largely man-made, being formed by the M77 motorway to the west and northwest with the open land of Pollok C ...

area of

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, Scotland. It is the home of the

Clydesdale Cricket Club Clydesdale Cricket Club is a sporting club situated at Titwood on the periphery of Pollokshields in the south of Glasgow. History The club was founded in Kinning Park in 1848 by Archibald Campbell. It was formed by members of two previous cl ...

and is one of four international grounds in Scotland approved by the

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(ICC) as a home venue for the

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. Titwood was approved by the ICC in May 2007 for the hosting of

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(ODI) matches. It became the fourth Scottish ground to be granted ODI status, as it was seen as a hub of cricket in Scotland, along with the

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, Aberdeenshire's Mannofield and Ayr's New Cambusdoon. The first of these, an 'offshore international' between

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and

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in July 2007 was a victim of the wet weather. The second game was played in August the same year, was between

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and

. In January 2014, Titwood hosted Scotland’s last three

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home group games.

History

Clydesdale moved to Titwood in 1876, having previously played at

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since their formation in 1848. As they had done with their former home, Clydesdale rented the grounds at Titwood from the Pollok Estate. The original pitch was situated next to Darnley Road, on land now occupied by

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. In 1904, the pitch was relocated westwards and a new pavilion constructed. Clydesdale bought Titwood from the Pollok Estate in 1987 for £29,000. Titwood has been selected to host four first first-class matches involving

, the first against the

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in July 1963. The annual fixture against

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was staged at Titwood in 1984 and 1986. An

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match against

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was scheduled to be played on the ground in 2008, but no play was possible due to rain. Ryan watson india odi

Other sports

Hockey

Clydesdale Hockey Club – originally Carthaginions Hockey Club, founded in 1902 – moved from their previous ground to Titwood in 1959, and were joined in 1983 by Glasgow Western Ladies Hockey Club who also made Titwood their home ground. An all-weather international standard synthetic pitch was constructed in 1997, and was used as a practice facility for the hockey teams in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Football

Clydesdale F.C. Clydesdale F.C. was a nineteenth-century Glasgow-based football club, which was attached to Clydesdale Cricket Club. History The club was formed in 1872, in the wake of the Queen's Park F.C.. In 1873, Clydesdale was one of the teams to foun ...

had been formed at Kinning Park as an offshoot of the cricket club, and moved with them to Titwood in 1876. Queen's Park played at Titwood from July 1883 to October 1884 after leaving their original Hampden Park and prior to the completion of the

second Hampden Park Cathkin Park is a municipal park in Glasgow, Scotland. The park is maintained by the city's parks department, and it is a public place where football is still played. The park contains the site of the second Hampden Park, previously home to the ...

; their time at the ground included a 6–1 victory over

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in the

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.Chapter XXXIV.—Second Hampden
History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917, Richard Robinson (1920), via Electric Scotland

Rugby union

Clydesdale RFC was a

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club that similarly grew out of the Clydesdale sports club. They began to play at Titwood in 1889.

References

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