Glasgow HSFP explained

Teamname:	Glasgow HSFP
Fullname:	Glasgow High School Former Pupils Rugby Football Club
Countryflag:	Scotland
Founded:	1884
Season:	now defunct

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.

Originally, West of Scotland Football Club (known often as 'West') was also invited into the merger, but declined and continue to play at their club in Milngavie.

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]

The club became an open club in 1973. It dropped the F.P. from its name and became known as Glasgow High RFC.^[2]

Glasgow HSFP Sevens

Glasgow HSFP ran a Sevens tournament in 1929.^[3]

Notable former players

Scotland internationalists

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

John Bannerman Bill Black Gordon Boyd Arthur Browning Angus Cameron Donald Cameron Jimmy Docherty Russell Donald John Dykes

George Frew Percy Friebe Bob Gemmill Andrew Greig Michael Hunter William Ramsay Hutchison Jimmie Ireland Bill Johnston Hamish Kemp

Lindsay Lambie Billy Munro Bobby Rowand Ian Shaw Robert Wilson Shaw Jack Stewart Ludovic Stuart John Sweet Jimmy Tolmie

Glasgow District

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

G.C. Langlands^[4] I. McLaren J.H. Riddell L.B. Lambie^[5] Andrew Greig Bill Black

Bobby Rowand Ian Shaw Robert Wilson Shaw I. Mackay Russell Donald Bill Johnston

John Dykes Hamish Kemp^[6] Bob Gemmill^[7] Jimmy Docherty Michael Hunter

Honours

• Scottish Unofficial Championship
  • Champions (5): 1923-24 (shared with Glasgow Academicals), 1935-36, 1950-51, 1953-54, 1961-62
• Glasgow City Sevens
  • Champions (2): 1935, 1964^[8]
• Gala Sevens
  • Champions (1): 1950^[9]
• Ayr Sevens
  • Champions: 1967, 1968, 1970, 1976^[10]
• Kilmarnock Sevens
  • Champions: 1937, 1973^[11]
• Allan Glen's Sevens
  • Champions: 1976^[12]
• Glasgow Academicals Sevens
  • Champions: 1974^[13]
• Bearsden Sevens
  • Champions: 1971^[14]
• Clarkston Sevens
  • Champions: 1970, 1973, 1982^[15]
• Glasgow University Sevens
  • Champions: 1898, 1949, 1956, 1967, 1973^[16]
• Hillhead HSFP Sevens
  • Champions: 1972, 1973^[17]
• Edinburgh Borderers Sevens
  • Champions: 1926^[18]
• Helensburgh Sevens
  • Champions: 1973^[19]
• Kelvinside Academicals Sevens
  • Champions: 1922^[20]
• Hutchesons' GSFP Sevens
  • Champions: 1926^[21]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Glasgow Hawks RFC - Club History & Archive. 8 March 2016. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075021/http://old.glasgowhawks.com/cms/history. dead.
2. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search .
3. Web site: Glasgow HSFP Sevens. 9 June 2019.
4. Glasgow District v Edinburgh District match programme, December 1932
5. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search.
6. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search.
7. Web site: The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search.
8. Web site: Cartha / Glasgow City Sevens. 7 June 2019.
9. Web site: Gala Sevens. 7 June 2019.
10. Web site: Ayr Sevens. 7 June 2019.
11. Web site: Kilmarnock Sevens. 7 June 2019.
12. Web site: Allan Glen's Sevens. 7 June 2019.
13. Web site: Glasgow Academicals Sevens. 7 June 2019.
14. Web site: Bearsden Sevens. 7 June 2019.
15. Web site: Clarkston Sevens. 7 June 2019.
16. Web site: Glasgow University Sevens. 7 June 2019.
17. Web site: Hillhead HSFP Sevens. 9 June 2019.
18. Web site: Edinburgh Borderers Sevens. 9 June 2019.
19. Web site: Helensburgh Sevens. 10 June 2019.
20. Web site: Kelvinside Academicals Sevens. 10 June 2019.
21. Web site: Hutchesons' GSFP Sevens. 11 July 2019.