Greenock West End
Full nameWest End Football Club
UnionScottish Rugby Union
Founded1874
Disbanded1878
LocationGreenock, Scotland

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

History

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Founded

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There was a cricket club in Greenock known as West End; operational in 1873. It is likely that members of the cricket club also formed a rugby union club in 1874 as a way to keep members active over the winter.[2]

Merger

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Fixtures 1874-75.[3]

Fixtures 1875-76[4][5]
Fixtures 1876-77[6][7]
Fixtures 1877-78[8][9][10]

Greenock West End merged with The Wanderers of Greenock to form Greenock Wandererers in 1878.[11]

Selected matches

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

Year Date Opponent Venue Result Score Notes
1875-76 season
1874 11 December Greenock Osborne West End Win 2 goals & 1 try - nil Osborne played two men short.[12]
1875-76 season
1875 27 November Pollokshields Athletic West End [13]
1875 4 December St Vincent 2XV West End [14]
1875 11 December Langside West End [15]
1876 8 January Pollokshields Athletic 2XV West End [16]
1876 15 January Linside 2XV West End [17]
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
1875 27 November Paisley Craigielea Loss 1 goal - 1 goal & 1 try Wilson, Campell and Buchanan all played well for Osborne
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 [18]
1876 23 December West of Scotland 3XV Hamilton Crescent [19]
1877 13 January Linside Paisley [20]
1877 20 January Craigielea Paisley [21]
1877 27 January Paisley 2XV Berryyards [22]
1877 3 February Glasgow Academicals 3XV Glasgow [23]
1877 10 February St. Vincent 2XV Glasgow [24]
1877 17 February Wanderers 2XV Berryyards [25]
1877 3 March Southern Glasgow 2XV Glasgow [26]
1877 10 March West of Scotland 3XV Berryyards [27]
1877 17 March Glasgow Academicals 3XV Berryyards [28]
1877-78 season
1877 3 November Southern Glasgow 2XV Berryyards [29]
1877 10 November St. Vincent RFC St. Vincent Crescent [30]
1877 17 November Glasgow Academicals 3XV Berryyards [31]
1877 24 November Paisley 2XV Berryyards [32]
1877 1 December Partickhill Partick [33]
1877 8 December West of Scotland 3XV Berryyards [34]
1877 22 December Partickhill Berryyards [35]
1877 29 December St. Vincent 2XV Berryyards [36]
1878 12 January Southern Glasgow 2XV Mossfield [37]
1878 2 February Glasgow Academicals 3XV Kelvinside [38]
1878 9 February Paisley 2XV Blackhall [39]

Other sports

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West End also had a cricket club.[40][41]

References

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