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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] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
George Buchanan McClure
George Buchanan McClure was a Scottish rugby football playerBath, p137 and along with his brother James Howe McClure, has the distinction of being the first twin to be capped in international rugby. Early life George Buchanan McClure, also known as Joe, was born on 8 July 1851 in the Barony district of Glasgow, the son of James Howe McClure and Grace (née Buchanan). He was one of two brothers; James Howe McClure is thought to have been the first to be born. They were James and Grace's fifth and sixth children. His father remarried in 1872 to Charlotte Russell, sister of the Welsh entrepreneur James Cholmeley Russell. Rugby career George played his club rugby for West of Scotland FC. He was capped once for in 1873 in the third match between Scotland and England. This was played at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow and ended in a 0–0 tie. His twin brother, James Howe McClure, was also capped for Scotland in the previous year, making them the first twins to be capped in internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allan Arthur (rugby Union)
Sir Allan Arthur (1857-1923) was a Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... international rugby football player.Bath, p136 He later moved to India as a merchant, where he became a civil servant. He was knighted in 1900 for his Indian public service work. He was named as one of Queen Victoria's birthday knights. Rugby Union career Amateur career Arthur went to school at Glasgow Academy and then Merchiston College. Arthur played for Glasgow Academicals. Provincial career Arthur was capped by Glasgow District. He also played for the West of Scotland District on 28 February 1876. International career He was capped twice for between 1875 and 1876. Horse-racing career The newspaper ''The Sportsman'' noted in its obituary of Arthur that he was a noted own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gilbert Heron
Gilbert Heron sometimes as Gilbert Haron (6 September 1854 – 18 March 1876) was a Scottish international rugby union player. He played as a forward. He played for Glasgow Academicals, one of the top teams in Scotland at the time. He was called up for the Glasgow District side for the 1874 provincial match against Edinburgh District on 5 December 1874. He was called up to the Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... squad in February 1874 and played England at The Oval on 23 February 1874. A year later he was called up to an 8 March 1875 match against England in Raeburn Place, Edinburgh. References 1854 births 1876 deaths Glasgow Academicals rugby union players Glasgow District (rugby union) players History of rugby union in Scotland Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Malcolm Cross
Malcolm Cross was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p136 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Merchistonians. Provincial career Cross was capped by Glasgow District to play against Edinburgh District in the inter-city match. He was selected and played in the Blues Trial Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ... side of 1878. He played for West of Scotland District in March 1879. International career He was capped nine times for between 1875 and 1880. Family He was the brother of William Cross who was also capped for Scotland, and who scored the first ever conversion in international rugby. References ;Sources * Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing Ltd, 2007 ) 1856 births 1919 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Stewart Carrick
James Stewart Carrick (4 September 1855 – 2 January 1923) was a Scottish rugby union and cricket player. He died in Seattle, Washington in 1923. Carrick was a genuine all-round sportsman, playing international rugby as a full-back for , and appeared in a few important cricket matches. He was clearly a highly accomplished player, the only batsman to take a century off Nottinghamshire CCC between 1887 and 1890 when they dominated county cricket. Rugby union career Amateur career Carrick played with Glasgow Academicals.Bath, p104 Provincial career He also played at provincial level representing Glasgow District. He also represented the West of Scotland District. He was selected for the Whites Trial side in 1878. International career Carrick was capped for the Scotland international squad between 1876 and 1877. Referee career Carrick later became a rugby union referee. He refereed the East of Scotland District versus West of Scotland District match in 1886. He refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
British Newspaper Archive
The British Newspaper Archive website provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. It was launched in November 2011. History The British Library's Newspapers section was based in Colindale in north London until 2013, and is now divided between the St Pancras and Boston Spa sites. The library has an almost complete collection of British and Irish newspapers since 1840. This is partly because of the legal deposit legislation of 1869, which required newspapers to supply a copy of each edition of a newspaper to the library. London editions of national daily and Sunday newspapers are complete back to 1801. In total, the collection consists of 660,000 bound volumes and 370,000 reels of microfilm containing tens of millions of newspapers with 52,000 titles on 45 km of shelves. After the closure of Colindale in November 2013, access to the 750 million original printed pages was maintained via an automated and climate-controlled storage fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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] [Amazon] |
Robert Wilson (rugby Union, Born 1854)
Robert Wilson (4 February 1854 – 6 July 1911) was a Scotland international rugby union player who represented Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ... in 1873 and 1874. Rugby Union career Amateur career Wilson played for West of Scotland. Provincial career He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872. International career His international debut was the home match against England on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow. He played again for Scotland, against England, in the following year's fixture at The Oval on 23 February 1874. References 1854 births 1911 deaths Scottish rugby union players Scotland international rugby union players West of Scotland FC players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
James Howe McClure
James Howe McClure (8 July 1851 – 1909) was a Scottish rugby football playerBath, p137 and along with his brother George Buchanan McClure, has the distinction of being the first twin to be capped in international rugby. Early life James Howe McClure was born on 8 July 1851 in the Barony district of Glasgow, the son of James Howe McClure (1812–1891) and Grace (née Buchanan). He was one of twins, his brother George Buchanan McClure deemed to have been born second. They were the fifth and sixth children of James and Grace.Old Parish Registers, General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon, GROS Data 622/00 0140 0281 His father remarried in 1872 to Charlotte Russell, sister of the Welsh entrepreneur James Cholmeley Russell. Rugby career James played his club rugby for West of Scotland FC. He was capped once for in 1872. His twin brother, George Buchanan McClure, was also capped for Scotland in the next year, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Raphael Fleming
George Raphael Fleming (5 August 1850 – 13 December 1909) was a Scottish rugby union international player. He was born in Cathcart, Renfrewshire (now a suburb of Glasgow). Rugby Union career Amateur career Fleming played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals. Provincial career He represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872, and also played in the 5 December 1874 match. He also represented the West of Scotland District, captaining the side. International career He represented Scotland in the 1874–75 Home Nations rugby union matches The 1874–75 Home Nations rugby union matches are a series of international friendlies held between the England national rugby union team, England, Ireland national rugby union team, Ireland and Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland nationa ... and 1875–76 Home Nations rugby union matches. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fleming, George Rap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Charles Chalmers Bryce
Charles Chalmers Bryce (16 April 1848 – 12 February 1895) was a Scottish rugby union international who represented Scotland in the 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches The 1873–74 Home Nations rugby union matches was a single international friendly held between the England national rugby union team, England and Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland national rugby union teams. With no other recognised rugb .... Bryce played as a forward for Glasgow Academicals. Bryce represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the world's first provincial match, the 'inter-city', on 23 November 1872. Bryce also represented Glasgow District against Edinburgh District in the 5 December 1874 match. Bryce played in both Home Nations matches in the 1873-74 season against England; home and away. His debut was the away match on 3 March 1873 at Glasgow. His only subsequent cap for Scotland was in the away match on 23 February 1874. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Bryce, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
