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1905–06 Scottish Districts Season
The 1905–06 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. History Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District beat Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District in the Inter-City match. Results Inter-City Glasgow District: Edinburgh District: Other Scottish matches South of Scotland: Anglo-Scots: Cities District: Provinces District: English matches No other District matches played. International matches West of Scotland District: New Zealand: References {{DEFAULTSORT:1905-06 Scottish Districts season 1905–06 in Scottish rugby union Scottish Districts seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1904–05 Scottish Districts Season
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1906–07 Scottish Districts Season
The 1906–07 Scottish Districts season is a record of all the rugby union matches for Scotland's district teams. History Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District and Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District drew nil-nil in the Inter-City match. Results Inter-City Glasgow District: H. A. Spencer (Glasgow HSFP), William Campbell Church (Glasgow Academicals), J. A. Findlay (Kelvinside Academicals), Tennant Sloan (Glasgow Academicals), Jimmy Dobson (Glasgow Academicals), A. Carr Frame (Glasgow Academicals), A. H. Gallie (Glasgow Academicals), William Patrick Scott (West of Scotland), William Thomson (rugby union), William Thomson (West of Scotland), W. C. Currie (West of Scotland), George Frew (Glasgow HSFP), R. M. Mather (Clydesdale), R. W. Cassels (Kelvinside Academicals), R. B. Waddell (Glasgow Academicals), H. G. Wilson (Glasgow University) Edinburgh District: John Simson (rugby union), John Simson (Edinburgh University), H. J. Scougal (Watsonians), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an Rugby ball, oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The field has H-shaped Goal (sports)#Structure, goalposts at both ends. Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by people regardless of gender, age or size. In 2023, there were more than 10 million people playing worldwide, of whom 8.4 million were registered players. World Rugby, previously called the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) and the International Rugby Board (IRB), has been the governing body for rugby union since 1886, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow District (rugby Union)
Glasgow District is a Scottish amateur rugby union team which plays in the amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship. The side evolved into the professional provincial side Glasgow Warriors when the Scottish Rugby Union embraced professionalism. However the amateur district is still used for the representation of amateur players in the Inter-District Championship; and this amateur championship guides the selection of Scotland Club XV international players. Founded in 1872 Glasgow District was a select provincial amateur rugby union team that drew its players mainly from the Greater Glasgow area, as well as others from the rest of the west of Scotland; roughly corresponding to the old Strathclyde regional council area. Historically the Glasgow District team played matches against touring teams visiting Scotland from abroad, and also competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. The Glasgow District rugby union team was founded in 1872. The team played the world's first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh District (rugby Union)
Edinburgh District is a Scottish amateur rugby union team which plays in the amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship. It draws its players mainly from the Edinburgh area, as well as others from the rest of east central Scotland; roughly corresponding to the old Lothian regional council area. Historically the Edinburgh District team played matches against touring teams visiting Scotland from abroad, and also competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. The Edinburgh District rugby union team was founded in 1872. The team played the world's first inter-district match that year against the Glasgow District rugby union team. The amateur Edinburgh District side evolved into the professional Edinburgh Rugby side in 1996; one year after rugby union allowed professionalism in 1995. However the amateur district is still used for the representation of amateur players in the Inter-District Championship; and this amateur championship guides the selection of Scotland Club XV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rugby
World Rugby is the governing body for the sport of rugby union. World Rugby organises the Rugby World Cup every four years, the sport's most recognised and most profitable competition. It also organises a number of other international competitions, such as the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, World Under 20 Championship, and the Pacific Nations Cup. World Rugby's headquarters are in Dublin, Ireland. Its membership now comprises 133 national unions. Each member country must also be a member of one of the six regional unions into which the world is divided: Africa, North America, Asia, Europe, South America, and Oceania. World Rugby was founded as the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) in 1886 by , and , with joining in 1890. , and became full members in 1949. became a member in 1978 and a further 80 members joined from 1987 to 1999. The body was renamed the International Rugby Board (IRB) in 1998, and took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamilton Crescent
Hamilton Crescent is a cricket ground in the Partick area of Glasgow, Scotland, which is the home of the West of Scotland Cricket Club. It was previously also used for association football and hosted the first international football match in 1872, between Scotland and England. Cricket Cricket has been played at Hamilton Crescent since at least 1862, when it hosted a Gentlemen v Players fixture. Beginning in the 1870s it regularly hosted touring Marylebone Cricket Club teams as well as tour matches against visiting international sides such as Australia, South Africa, New Zealand. The inaugural first-class cricket match at the ground was a Scotland versus Ireland fixture in 1911. In total Hamilton Crescent hosted 20 first-class matches between 1911 and 1994. International tournaments played at the ground include the 1994 Triple Crown Tournament and the 2000 and 2006 European Cricket Championships. Rugby union Hamilton Crescent hosted a rugby union international when Scotland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Of Scotland District (rugby Union)
The South of Scotland District is a Scottish amateur rugby union team which plays in the amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship. It draws its players from the South of Scotland, mainly the Scottish Borders where there has always been a proud tradition of rugby union. Historically the South team played matches against touring teams visiting Scotland from abroad, and also competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. After rugby union became a professional sport in 1995, the team was replaced in 1996 by the new Border Reivers team based in the same geographical area as the South and who wore the same colours as the old team. When the professional Border Reivers provincial side folded in 1998, the South amateur district was resurrected and renamed Scottish Borders. The team played as Scottish Borders in three seasons of an amateur Scottish Inter-District Championship from 1999 to 2002. However, when the amateur district championship was again revived in the 2022-23 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Exiles (rugby Union)
Scottish Exiles is a rugby union representative team featuring players selected from the Scottish diaspora. Its players were mainly based in England and as result the team was originally known as the Anglo-Scots. The team competed in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. Formation Formed as the Anglo-Scots it was treated by the Scottish Rugby Union as a distinct non-native District side. Anglo-Scots v South 25 December 1898 match report Touring sides The Anglo-Scots often played matches against international and non-international touring teams. Scottish Inter-District Championship The Scottish Inter-District Championship was established in the 1953–54 season. The Glasgow District, Edinburgh, South and North and Midlands sides would play off to see which district was best in Scotland. The Anglo-Scots District joined the Inter-District Championship from 1981. Change to Scottish Exiles With many Scottish players now playing further abroad than England, notably in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cities District (rugby Union)
Cities District is a select Scottish provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players from Glasgow District and Edinburgh District. It is occasionally known as the Glasgow-Edinburgh District side. Founded in 1893, the Cities District team - and its corresponding Provinces District team - was created, thus halving Scotland's representative rugby union area in two. History Formation To include other players when selecting the international team, the Cities v Provinces District match was introduced by the Scottish Rugby Union The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU; ) is the Sport governing body, governing body of rugby union in Scotland. Now marketed as Scottish Rugby, it is the second-oldest Rugby Union, having been founded in 1873. The SRU oversees the national league sys ... in the 1893–94 season. The match was first played on Saturday 23 December 1893. The Provinces District was deemed a 'Rest of Scotland' side; though the 'Rest of Scotland' term was fluid depe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces District (rugby Union)
Provinces District is a select Scottish provincial amateur rugby union team that draws its players from outside the Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District and Edinburgh District (rugby union), Edinburgh District area. It is occasionally known as the Rest of Scotland or the North-South side. Founded in 1893, the Provinces District team - and its corresponding Cities District (rugby union), Cities District team - was created, thus halving Scotland's representative rugby union area in two. History Formation To include other players when selecting the international team, the Cities v Provinces District match was introduced by the Scottish Rugby Union in the 1893–94 Scottish Districts season, 1893–94 season. The match was first played on Saturday 23 December 1893. The Provinces District was deemed a 'Rest of Scotland' side; though the 'Rest of Scotland' term was fluid dependent on the opposition. Introduction of the Anglo-Scots The Provinces District started as ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
