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Greenock F.C.
Full nameGreenock Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
LocationGreenock, Scotland

Greenock Football Club was a Scottish rugby union club in Greenock of the nineteenth century.[1]

History[edit]

They had already asked Forsyth's of Glasgow to make their strips in 1873.[2]

A general meeting was held in the Wheat Sheaf Hotel on Wednesday 5 November 1873. The advert in the Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette was signed by the Honorary Secretary, J.M.[3]

Fixtures 1873-74 v Old Wanderers[4]
v Paisley[5][6]

Selected matches[edit]

Matches reported in newspapers. Only 1st team matches shown. Osborne try-scorers noted where given.

Year Date Opponent Venue Result Score Notes
1875-76 season
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1876-77 season
1876 9 December Southern Glasgow 2XV Berryyards [7]
1876 23 December West of Scotland 3XV Hamilton Crescent [8]
1877 13 January Linside Paisley [9]
1877 20 January Craigielea Paisley [10]
1877 27 January Paisley 2XV Berryyards [11]
1877 3 February Glasgow Academicals 3XV Glasgow [12]
1877 10 February St. Vincent 2XV Glasgow [13]
1877 17 February Wanderers 2XV Berryyards [14]
1877 3 March Southern Glasgow 2XV Glasgow [15]
1877 10 March West of Scotland 3XV Berryyards [16]
1877 17 March Glasgow Academicals 3XV Berryyards [17]
1877-78 season
1877 3 November Southern Glasgow 2XV Berryyards [18]
1877 10 November St. Vincent RFC St. Vincent Crescent [19]
1877 17 November Glasgow Academicals 3XV Berryyards [20]
1877 24 November Paisley 2XV Berryyards [21]
1877 1 December Partickhill Partick [22]
1877 8 December West of Scotland 3XV Berryyards [23]
1877 22 December Partickhill Berryyards [24]
1877 29 December St. Vincent 2XV Berryyards [25]
1878 12 January Southern Glasgow 2XV Mossfield [26]
1878 2 February Glasgow Academicals 3XV Kelvinside [27]
1878 9 February Paisley 2XV Blackhall [28]

Decline of the rugby union club[edit]

There are no reports of any matches from 1878-79 season onwards. The loss of the club captain may not have helped. The club's playing field was on farmland at Berryyards in Greenock; which was a farmstead built on an ancient fruit garden.[29] However the site was taken over by the Berryyards Sugar Refinery.[30]

Other sports[edit]

Greenock also had a cricket club.[31]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18731212/005/0001
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000464/18731101/122/0009
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18731104/003/0001
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18731212/005/0001
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18731125/021/0002
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000464/18731129/002/0001
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  8. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  9. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  10. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  11. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  12. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  13. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  14. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  15. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  16. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19070208/054/0003
  17. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18761128/030/0002
  18. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  19. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  20. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  21. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  22. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  23. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  24. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  25. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  26. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18770920/069/0004
  27. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19071213/054/0004
  28. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001876/19071213/054/0004
  29. ^ https://canmore.org.uk/site/270466/berryyards-farm
  30. ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/98346459@N00/4963506432
  31. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000472/18740504/035/0004

Category:Scottish rugby union teams Category:Rugby union in Inverclyde Category:Defunct Scottish rugby union clubs Category:1874 establishments in Scotland Category:Rugby clubs established in 1874

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