Glasgow HSFP

Glasgow HSFP
Full name Glasgow High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club
Union Scottish Rugby Union
Founded 1884
Disbanded 1982
Location Glasgow, Scotland

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

The team was founded in 1884 by former pupils of the High School of Glasgow. The team no longer exists.

In 1982 it merged with the Kelvinside Academicals - the rugby team of another school; the Kelvinside Academy - 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 1884, Glasgow High School Former Pupils formed a rugby club. They played on a ground on the opposite side of Crow Road in Anniesland, Glasgow to the present pitches. Their first match was played against the 1st Lanark Volunteers.

The club played at various locations in the Anniesland area until the early years of the Twentieth Century. [1]

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

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

Glasgow District

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

  • Scotland G.C. Langlands[2]
  • Scotland I. McLaren[2]
  • Scotland J.H. Riddell[2]
  • Scotland L.B. Lambie[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Glasgow Hawks RFC - Club History & Archive".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Glasgow District v Edinburgh District match programme, December 1932
  3. 1 2 "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  4. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  5. ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search".
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