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Clydesdale
Full name Clydesdale Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded 1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Location Glasgow, 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. 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.

Honours

  • Scottish Unofficial Championship
    • Champions (1) : 1896 (shared with Jed-Forest and Watsonians)
  • Hawick Sevens
    • Champions (1): 1908
  • Melrose Sevens
    • Runners-Up (1): 1907

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

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

  • Scotland Thomas Hendry
  • Scotland James Robertson
  • Scotland Edward Spencer
  • Scotland William Holms
  • Scotland John Dykes
  • Scotland J.A. Bell

Glasgow District players

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

  • Scotland J. A. Bell
  • Scotland William Dykes
  • Scotland James Robertson
  • Scotland Edward Spencer
  • Scotland R. C. Walker
  • Scotland R.W. Lawson
  • Scotland J Russell
  • Scotland A. Gordon
  • Scotland John Dykes
  • Scotland E.G. Copestake
  • Scotland R.F. Mather
  • Scotland W. G. Walker
  • Scotland J. M. Bell
  • Scotland R. Leggat
  • Scotland T. Wilson
  • Scotland Thomas Hendry
  • Scotland William Holms
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