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Clydesdale RFC (Glasgow)

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Clydesdale
Full nameClydesdale Rugby Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1889
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Ground(s)Titwood Park

Clydesdale RFC was a nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Glasgow-based rugby union club, who were attached to Clydesdale Cricket Club during the 1880s.

Formation

The rugby club was formed in 1889.[1] For a short period before the First World War it was one of Scotland's most successful teams. By 1906 it could run 4 teams.[2]

Honours

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

The following former Clydesdale players have represented Scotland at full international level.

  • Scotland J.A. Bell

Glasgow District players

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.clydesdalecricket.org.uk/documents/HistoricalMilestones2013.pdf
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19061207/054/0003
  3. ^ The Official History of the Melrose Sevens. Walter Allan. Mainstream Publishing. 1994
  4. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ^ a b "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  6. ^ a b c d e "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  7. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  8. ^ a b c "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  9. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  10. ^ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  11. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoxEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RbUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3794%2C5994353