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Cambuslang Hibernian (established in 1884, some years after Cambuslang F.C.) were one of several teams formed in the late 19th century to represent, or raise funds for, the local Irish immigrant communities in Scotland; [2] the main survivors of these early outfits are the major clubs Celtic F.C. from Glasgow and Hibernian F.C. of Edinburgh, while Dundee United F.C. changed their name from ...
Cambuslang joined the Scottish Football League at its inauguration in 1890 and finished fourth in the 1890–91 season. [3] The club finished last in the eleven team league in 1891–92, however, and did not seek re-election to the league. [3] They made no effort to re-join the league when it added a Second Division. [3]
The Scottish National Bowls Championships is one of the oldest bowls competitions in the world. In 1892, James Brown of Sanquhar Bowling Club and Dr Clark of the Partick Bowling Club formed the Scottish Bowls Association and organised the first rink (fours) championship the following year at the Queen's Park Bowling Club, Glasgow (it was the first national championships and was known as the ...
The men's senior pairs is one of the events at the annual Bowls England National Championships. [1] The event is for men aged 55 and over on 1 April in the year of competition. Until 1988 it was for over 60s. [2]
It played Cambuslang Hibernians at home in the first round, and the match was a 14-goal thriller, the visitors winning through 8–6. There was a chance for Alpha to gain revenge on the town in the Lanarkshire Cup, as Cambuslang was drawn to visit Motherwell, but again the visitors scored 8 - this time however Alpha only scoring 1, against the ...
In 1904 Cambuslang Rangers moved to their new home ground, Somervell Park, which has remained their home since. In the 1910–11 season, Cambuslang Rangers achieved their first successes by winning the Glasgow Junior League and Glasgow Junior Cup double. That would kick off the club's first spell of success as they went on to win the league in ...
Born in Annbank, Gourlay played club football for Cambuslang (playing for them in the 1888 Scottish Cup Final alongside his cousin Hugh, who scored their side's goal) [1] [2] and Annbank (being part of his hometown team's run to the quarter-finals of the 1891–92 Scottish Cup), [3] [4] and made one appearance for Scotland against Wales in 1888.
William McLaughlin (22 June 1878 – 20 July 1946) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside right for most of his career, latterly as a centre half.He played for Hamilton Academical over two spells, [2] and was captain of the Accies team in the 1911 Scottish Cup Final (a defeat to Celtic after a replay). [3]