Kelvinside Academicals RFC

Kelvinside Academicals
Full name Kelvinside Academicals Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded 1888
Location Glasgow, Scotland

Kelvinside Academicals are a former rugby union team that played their home games at Glasgow, Scotland.

The team was founded in 1888 by former pupils of the Kelvinside Academy. The team no longer exists.

In 1982 it merged with Glasgow HSFP - the rugby team of another school; the High School of Glasgow - to form a rugby club called Glasgow High Kelvinside.

In 1997, Glasgow High Kelvinside merged with Glasgow Academicals to form Glasgow Hawks. Both GHK and Academicals survived the merger as spin-offs from the Hawks.

History

Founded in 1888, Kelvinside Academy Former Pupils formed a rugby club.

Throughout the 1890s they were noted for a fast open style of play.[1]

The club played at various locations in the Anniesland area until the early years of the Twentieth Century.[2]

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

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

  • Scotland F.G. Buchanan
  • Scotland A.H. Drummond
  • Scotland C. France
  • Scotland V.G. Weston
  • Scotland D.M. White
  • Scotland J.C. Woodburn

Glasgow District

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

  • Scotland I. McLashlan[4]
  • Scotland J. R. Greenlees[5]
  • Scotland W.B. Wilson[5]

References

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