Warriston RFC

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Warriston RFC
Full nameWarriston RFC
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1872
Disbanded1939; 83 years ago (1939)
LocationEdinburgh, Scotland
Ground(s)Warriston Park

Warriston RFC was a Scottish rugby union club in Edinburgh of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.[1]

Founded[]

The club was in operation in season 1872- 1873; when they were originally known as Warriston Wanderers.[2]

They were then known as Warriston Football Club;[3] but by 1911 they were called Warriston Rugby Football Club.[4]

For the opening of the 1874–75 season, it was remarked by The Scotsman newspaper that the club had lost their captain G. Couper, the half-back, who was capped by Edinburgh District in 1873. Couper had moved abroad. They note that he would not easily be replaced. The club had also lost Wren, a forward. The club's new captain was to be R. C. Johnston; and the secretary would be W. P. Johnston.[5]

Decline[]

By 1937–38 season it was still fielding a Sevens side.[6] In season 1938-39 it was still fielding a XV team.[7] However, there are no reports of a rugby club the following season; and it is likely that the club did not survive the Second World War.

Notable former players[]

Scotland internationalists[]

Edinburgh District players[]

The following former Warriston players have represented Edinburgh District at provincial level.

  • Scotland G. Couper
  • Scotland R. Johnston
  • Scotland S. McDonald

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18721230/122/0007 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002683/18730111/060/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18721104/160/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002692/19111222/061/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18741019/128/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19380323/320/0020 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/19390127/430/0017 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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