Inter County and District Representative Matches

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One aspect of the game, especially during the 1880s and 1890s, were matches between various County and district association’s XIs. These were very popular in the 1880s, but were in decline by the following decade. Why they fell out of favour is not clear although the decrease in the number of senior clubs in each county and the formation of the various leagues around the country may have been a deciding factor. A proposal in May 1892 to form a County Championship was rejected by the SFA and this may have been a last ditch attempt at saving the fixtures. Below is a list of the Inter-County matches (mainly featuring Renfrewshire) that I’ve come across.

John Meffen has supplied details of some of Stirlingshire FA’s matches, and also of the Falkirk & District XI.

 

1877-78

 

At Mayfield, Falkirk
Saturday 8th December 1877
Falkirk XI 0 Kelvinbank 5
Falkirk XI
P.C.Masterton; Jas Richardson & John McNee; John Thomson & James Finlayson; James Dunn, 




 
 
DR Watson, John Taylor Robert McNee, John Pringle & Wm Parkinson.
Kelvinbank
David McCall; McDonald & Robertson; Preston & Watson; Wm Cumming, W Kerr, James Thomson, 




 
 
Wm Anderson, Matthew Currie & R Cumming.
Scorers - Unknown
 
Exhibition Match (Reportedly the first ever match in Falkirk)
The Falkirk XI was made up of players from Falkirk then playing with Glasgow Clubs.

 

1878-79

At Arbroath

Sat 12th Apr 

Forfarshire 6 Stirlingshire 1Note - Obviously this was long before the formation of the Stirlingshire FA, so may not even be a football match, perhaps rugby.. It may be connected to the Stirlingshire Football Club in existence in the early 1870s.

 

1880-81

2 April 1881 Renfrewshire 0 Dunbartonshire 4 (at Glebe Park, Renfrew)

 

 

1881-82

15 October 1881 East of Scotland 4 Ayrshire 5
19 November 1881 Lanarkshire 7 Renfrewshire 2
21 January 1882 Ayrshire 12 Belfast 0
4 February 1882 Queens Park 15 Dumfriesshire 1
11 February 1882 Sheffield 3 Glasgow I
25 February 1882 Ayrshire 4 Renfrewshire 3 (at Hamilton Park)
25 February 1882 Birmingham 3 Scotch Counties 1
11 March 1882 East of Scotland 0 Sheffield I
15 April 1882 East of Scotland 7 Cleveland 3

 

1882-83

18 February 1883 Glasgow 4 Sheffield 2 (at Hampden)
18 February 1883 Renfrewshire 7 Lanarkshire 4 (at St Mirren)
21 April 1883 Lanarkshire I Renfrewshire 4 (at Airdrie)

 

1883-84

17 November 1883 Ayrshire 6 Lancashire 3 (at Holm Quarry, Kilmarnock)
13 December 1883 London 3 Glasgow 2 (at The Oval)
12 January 1884 East of Scotland 2 London 2 (at Powderhall)
19 January 1884 East of Scotland 2 Sheffield 5 (at Powderhall)
16 February 1884 Sheffield I Glasgow 2 (at Bramall Lane)
12 April 1884 East of Scotland 2 Glasgow 0 (at Powderhall)

 

Tuesday April 15th 1884

Probables v Improbables

Stirlingshire Trial Match

at Brockville Pk, Falkirk. Result- 5-2. Scorers- Jones, ??, McLauchlan (3) : Gray, Hamilton.

Teams-

Probables

A.Turnbull (Falkirk); J.Anderson (East Stirlingshire) & J.Paterson (Campsie); J.McLaren (King's Park), & A.Mitchell (Grasshoppers); N.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire) & A.Ferguson (Falkirk), L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire) & D.McVicars (Campsie), W.Gibson (Falkirk) & J.Jones (King's Park).

Improbables

A.Cockburn (East Stirlingshire); W.Hamilton (Falkirk) & W.Lauder (Grasshoppers); A.Inches (East Stirlingshire) & J.Balloch (Falkirk); A.Kennedy (Campsie) & T.Bryson (Dunipace), T.Hamilton (Falkirk) & J.Gray (King's Park), R.Paterson (Dunipace) & H.Anderson (Grasshoppers).

Scorers- Jones, ??, McLauchlan (3) : Gray, Hamilton.

 

Saturday April 19th 1884

Stirlingshire v Lanarkshire

Inter-County Match

at Brockville Pk, Falkirk.

Result- 6-0.

Teams-

Stirlingshire

A.Turnbull (Falkirk); J.Anderson (East Stirlingshire) & J.Paterson (Campsie); A.Inches (East Stirlingshire) & J.McLaren (King's Park); N.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire)  & A.Ferguson (Falkirk), L.McLauchlan (East Stirlingshire) & D.McVicars (Campsie), W.Gibson (Falkirk) & J.Jones (King's Park).

Lanarkshire

Devlin (Benhar); Jackson (Cambuslang) & Smith (Cambuslang); Semple (Cambuslang) & Connor (Clarkston); Lowe (Cambuslang), Glen (Benhar), Reid (Benhar), Somerville (Hamilton Academical), McNiven (Drumpellier) & Sneddon (Benhar).

Scorers- Ferguson(2), McVicars, L.McLauchlan, W.Gibson(2)

 

 

 

1884-85

11 October 1884 Nottinghamshire 1 Renfrewshire 2 (at Castle Cricket Ground)
20 December 1884 Glasgow 6 London 2 (at Hampden)
2 January 1885 Northumberland 0 Lanarkshire 5
17 January 1885 Birmingham 2 Glasgow 2 (at Aston Lower Grounds)
31 January 1885 Dumbartonshire 4 Renfrewshire 2 (at Boghead)
7 February 1885 Lancashire 5 Ayrshire 2 (at Preston)
14 February 1885 Glasgow 9 Sheffield I (at Hampden)
28 February 1885 Renfrewshire 8 Northumberland 0 (at Paisley)
11 April 1885 Renfrewshire 4 Dunbartonshire 2 (at Paisley)

 

Saturday March 7th 1885

Probables v Improbables

Stirlingshire FA Trial Match

at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.

Result – 5-2

Teams-

Probables

Angus (King's Park); Q.Macfarlane (Campsie) & Patterson (Campsie); A.Inch (East Stirlingshire) & McLaren (King's Park); Kennedy (Campsie) & Stewart (Campsie), P.McGregor (East Stirlingshire) & L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire), Dempsey (Central) & Anderson (Grasshoppers).

Improbables

Sharp (Tayavalla); Anderson (East Stirlingshire) & Mitchell (East Stirlingshire); Johnston (East Stirlingshire) & Watson (Campsie); Miller (Grahamston) & Hendry (Grahamston), Meffen (Campsie) & W.Macfarlane (Campsie), Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & Stewart (East Stirlingshire).

Scorers- Unknown.

 

 

Saturday March 14th 1885

Stirlingshire v Fife

Inter-County Match

at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.

Result 4-4

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Angus (King's Park); Q.MacFarlane (Campsie) & Patterson (Campsie); Watson (Campsie) & McLaren (King's Park); Gray (1) (King's Park) & Kennedy (Campsie), L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire) & Dempsey (Central), Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & Stewart (Campsie).

Fife

Mackenzie (Burntisland); Sharkey (Cowdenbeath) & Dougray (Cowdenbeath); Addison (Alloa Athletic) & Sholbrey (Burntisland); J.Pollock (Cowdenbeath) & Geddes (Dunfermline), Doig (Dunfermline) & D.Brown (Dunfermline), Dodds (Alloa Athletic) & Laing (Alloa Athletic).

Scorers- Dempsey, Gray, Dunn 'Dunn/Stewart' : ??.

Note-

The report says the fourth goal was scored by 'the left wing' so either Dunn or Stewart.

 

 

 11 April 1885 East of Scotland 0 Glasgow 0 (at Edinburgh)

 

 

Saturday April 11th 1885

Lanarkshire v Stirlingshire

Inter-County Match at ????, Coatbridge

Result 2-4

Teams-

Lanarkshire

Watson (Dykehead); Calder (Drumpellier) & Jackson (Cambuslang); McLay (Drumpellier) & Semple (Cambuslang); Moodie (Motherwell Alpha) & Paterson (Drumpellier), Macpherson (Motherwell Alpha) & Calderhead (Wishaw Swifts), R.Brann (Wishaw Swifts) & J.Cowan (Albion Rovers).

Stirlingshire

Sharp (Tayavalla); Burns (Camelon) & MacFarlane (Campsie); Watson (Campsie) & McLaren (King's Park); J.Oliver (Camelon) & Gray (1) (King's Park), Dempsey (Central) & McLachlan (East Stirlingshire), Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & Anderson (Grasshoppers).

Scorers- Dunn(2), Gray, McLauchlan : ??.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Saturday 30th May 1885
Falkirk District 0 Rangers 4
Falkirk District XI
Turnbull(Falkirk); Nisbet(Camelon) & Hamilton(Falkirk); Balloch(Falkirk), A Millar(Grahamston); Ferguson(Falkirk), Dunn(E Stirling), J Oliver(Camelon), 




 
 
L McLauchlan(E Stirling), Love(Falkirk) & Gillespie(Falkirk).
Rangers
Chalmers; Charrie & McHardie; Cameron & McIntyre; McKenzie, McFarlane, Hunter, Haigie, Cook & Smith.
Scorers- ???? (3), McKenzie.
Organised by the Falkirk District Charity Cup Committee.

 

 

1885-86

17 October 1885 East of Scotland 6 Renfrewshire 2 (at Powderhall)
7 November 1885 Renfrewshire 7 Nottinghamshire 0 (at Cappielow)
5 December 1885 London 2 Glasgow 5 (at The Oval)
23 January 1886 Sheffield 2 Glasgow 2 (at Bramall Lane)
27 January 1886 Glasgow 3 East of Scotland 0 (at Hampden)

 

Saturday January 30th 1886

Stirlingshire v Linlithgowshire

at Brockville Pk., Falkirk.

Result 5-6

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Sharp (East Stirlingshire); Nisbet (Camelon) & Burns (Camelon); D.Watson (Campsie) & J.McLaren (King's Park); R.Wilson (East Stirlingshire) & McKechnie (Camelon), L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire) & P.Eadie (King's Park), W.Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & A.Stewart (Campsie)

Linlithgowshire

Wm.Love (Armadale); Brown (Durhamtown Rangers) & Hugh McPhee (Capt) (Durhamtown Rangers); R.Grant (Bo'ness), P.Bell (Bellstane Birds) & G.Stewart (Armadale); Jas.Murnin (Durhamtown Rangers), James Paterson (Bo'ness), Thos.Johnston (Armadale), Wm.Murnin (Durhamtown Rangers) & John Mullen (Durhamtown Rangers).

Scorers- McLauchlan(3), Dunn(2) : Paterson, Bell, ??, 'Left Wing', W.Murnin(2).

 

13 March 1886 Dunbartonshire 2 Renfrewshire 3 (at Boghead)

 

Saturday April 10th 1886

Fifeshire[sic] v Stirlingshire

at Lady Mill Pk., Dunfermline.

Result 1-2

Teams-

Fifeshire

J.H.Irvine (Dunfermline); Cowan (Cowdenbeath) & Dougray (Cowdenbeath); Addison (Alloa Athletic) & Hogg (Cowdenbeath); Cook (Cowdenbeath) & Toddie (Dunfermline Athletic), W.Cleminson (Alloa Athletic) & A.Geddes (Cowdenbeath), J.Pollock (Cowdenbeath) & R.W.Walker (Alloa Athletic).

Stirlingshire

J.Angus (King's Park); R.Wilson (King's Park) & Q.MacFarlane (Campsie); R.Bishop (Falkirk) & A.Inch (East Stirlingshire); A.Gillespie (Falkirk) & W.Reid (East Stirlingshire), W.Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & A.Stewar t(Campsie), L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire) & J.McDonald (Falkirk).

Scorers- Ostler : Stewart, Reid.

 

The Fife team given above is wrong, this was the team picked the week before, all the article stated was that there was a change from the selected team, the new player was Ostler (Dunfermline), but it never stated who was left out.

 

 

Wednesday April 21st 1886

Probables v Improbables

Stirlingshire FA Trial Match.

at Brockville Pk., Falkirk.

Result 4-2

Teams-

Probables

Angus (King's Park); Nisbet (Camelon) & Hamilton (Falkirk); Inch (East Stirlingshire) & Bishop (Falkirk); 'Craig' (Falkirk) & Wilson (East Stirlingshire), Dempsey (Central) & McLauchlan (East Stirlingshire), Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & Stewart (Campsie).

Improbables

J.Mercer (East Stirlingshire); P.Mitchell (East Stirlingshire) & M.'James' (Falkirk); A.Miller (Grahamston), W.McVey (Falkirk) & A.Whyte (Camelon); G.McKechnie (Camelon) & Wood (Grahamston), J.McDonald (Falkirk), A.Ferguson (Falkirk) & R.Russell (Camelon).

Scorers - Wilson, McLauchlan(2), Inch : McKechnie(2).

 

Note-

'Craig' was James Love, M.'James was James Murphy.

 

 

Saturday May 1st 1886

Stirlingshire v Renfrewshire

Inter-County Match

at Merchiston Pk., Bainsford.

Result 1-1

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Angus (King's Park); W.Burns (Camelon) & McFarlane (Campsie); McLaren (King's Park) & Inch (East Stirlingshire); Wilson (East Stirlingshire), 'Craig' (Falkirk), Reid (East Stirlingshire), Dempsey, (Central), Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & Stewart (Campsie).

Renfrewshire

W.Clark (Abercorn); J.Mcgregor (1st RRV) & J.McCartney (Cartvale); J.Menzies (1st RRV) & D.Brodie (Abercorn); J.White (Renfrew), A.Carson (Cartvale), Grieve (1st RRV), J.Langmuir (St Mirren), J.Stewart (Dykebar) & H.Hunter (Port Glasgow Athletic).

Scorers - Reid : White.

 

Note-

'Craig' was James Love

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Saturday 12th June 1886
Falkirk District 1 Linlithgowshire 2
Falkirk District XI
Mercer(E Stirling); Mitchell(E Stirling) & Murphy(Falkirk); Inch(E Stirling), Millar(Grahamston) & Balloch(Falkirk), Fleming(Laurieston) & Reid(E Stirling), L McLauchlan(E Stirling), Dunn(E Stirling) & Stewart(E Stirling).
Linlithgowshire
Lynch(Bo'ness); Paterson(Broxburn Th) & Robertson(Grange Ath); Simpson(Armadale), Pennykid(Uphall Bluebell) & Pow(Bo'ness); C Grant(Bo'ness) & Kirkwood(Broxburn Sh), Hutchison(Bathgate Vols), Murnin(Durhamtown Rangers) & Mathieson(Armadale).
Scorers- Fleming : ????.
 
Organised by the Falkirk District Charity Cup Committee.

 

 

1886-87

16 October 1886 Dunbartonshire 3 Lancashire 4 (at Tontine Park, Renton)
27 November 1886 Glasgow 2 London 2 (at Hampden)
??? 1886 Renfrewshire 1 East of Scotland 2 (at Paisley)
9 January 1887 Liverpool & District 1 Renfrewshire 2

 

Saturday January 29th

Linlithgowshire v Stirlingshire

At Dedethill, Bathgate (Durhamtown Rangers FC)

Result 1-1

 

5 February 1887 Glasgow 10 Sheffield 3 (at Hampden)
26 February 1887 East of Scotland 3 Glasgow 2 (at Powderhall)
7 May 1887 Renfrewshire 3 Stirlingshire 2 (at Cappielow)

 

1887-88

22 October 1887 Renfrewshire 4 Liverpool & District 1 (at Blackstoun, Paisley)
22 October 1887 Lancashire 1 Dunbartonshire 4 (at Anfield)

3 December 1887 East of Scotland 4 Renfrewshire 1 (at Easter Road)

 

Saturday December 24th 1887

Forfarshire v Stirlingshire

at West Craigie Pk., Dundee[Our Boys FC].

Result 4-1

Teams-

Forfarshire

Doig (Arbroath); O'Kane (Dundee Harp) & Campbell (Arbroath); Rennie (Arbroath), Milne (Arbroath) & Spalding (Dundee East End); Mackie (Montrose) & Hendry (Dundee Wanderers), Dickson (Strathmore), Crawford (Arbroath) & Cable (Forfar Athletic).

Stirlingshire

R.Sharp (East Stirlingshire ); Q.McFarlane (Campsie) & D.Doyle (East Stirlingshire); A.Inch(East Stirlingshire), Quigley (Campsie) & Johnstone (East Stirlingshire); A.Stark (Falkirk) & Stewart (East Stirlingshire), L.McLachlan (East Stirlingshire), W.Dunn(East Stirlingshire) & J.Honeyman(East Stirlingshire)

Scorers- Cable, ????, 'scrimmage' (2) : Stewart.

 

28 January 1888 Dunbartonshire beat East of Scotland
28 January 1888 Renfrewshire 1 Dunbartonshire 2 (at Cappielow)
28 January 1888 Sheffield 2 Glasgow 3 (at Bramall Lane)

 

Saturday January 29th 1888

Linlithgowshire v Stirlingshire

at Bathgate, [Durhamtown Rangers FC].

Result 4-1

Teams-

Forfarshire

Unknown

Stirlingshire

Unknown

Scorers

Unknown

 

3 March 1888 London 3 Glasgow 0 (at The Oval)
24 March 1888 Perthshire 6 Forfarshire 6
24 March 1888 Lanarkshire 4 Dunbartonshire 1

 

Saturday March 24th 1888

Fife v Stirlingshire

at Crawford's Pk., Cowdenbeath.

Result 1-3

Teams-

Fifeshire

Unknown.

Stirlingshire

J.Mitchell (Falkirk); Reid (Camelon) & M.Harley (Falkirk); Trotter (Laurieston), D.Inglis (Camelon) & Binnie (Stenhousemuir); Brown (Camelon) & T.Donnelly (Falkirk), Sinclair (Falkirk), J.Cox (Grangemouth) & J.Gardner (Grangemouth).

Scorers- ???? : Sinclair, Cox (2)

 

7 April 1888 Renfrewshire 2 Lanarkshire 2 (at Westmarch, Paisley)

 

Merchiston Pk, Bainsford
Tuesday 17th April 1888
East Stirlingshire 1 Falkirk District 3
East Stirlingshire
Sharp; Ritchie & Mitchell; Inch, Johnstone & Kadie; Stewart & Kirkwood, McLauchlan, Dunn & Simpson.
Falkirk District XI
McMartin(Laurieston); Harley(Falkirk) & Reid(Camelon); Trotter(Laurieston), Daisley(Laurieston) & Logan(Falkirk); Stark(Falkirk) & T McDonald(Falkirk), Reid(Stenhousemuir), Cox(Grangemouth) & Gardner(Grangemouth).
Scorers- Kadie : OG(Mitchell), T McDonald, Gardner.
 
Benefit Match for the Temperance Crusaders' new Hall.

 

21 April 1888 Perthshire 2 Renfrewshire 2 (at Balhousie Park, Perth)

 

Saturday May 5th 1888

Stirlingshire v Linlithgowshire

Inter-County Match

at Brockville Pk., Falkirk.

Result 5-1

Teams-

Stirlingshire

P.McMartin (Laurieston); J.Liddle (Falkirk) & Duff (King's Park); Binnie (Stenhousemuir), & D.Inglis (Camelon) & Graham (Grangemouth); A.Stark (Falkirk) & T.McDonald (Falkirk), H.Reid (Stenhousemuir), J.Cox (Grangemouth) & J.Gardner (Grangemouth).

Linlithgowshire

Docherty (Broxburn Thistle); D.Grant (Bo'ness) & Cuthbertson (Broxburn Thistle); Cowie (Bo'ness), Thornton (Bo'ness) & Hannah (Champfleurie); D.Sneddon (Champfleurie) & W.Campbell (Bo'ness), R.Lynch (Bo'ness), Potter (Champfleurie) & Cowie (Erin Rovers).

Scorers - Donnelly, Gardner, Reid(2), OG(Grant) : ????.

 

This match originally scheduled for January 28th 1888, was postponed, for completeness, here is the Stirlingshire squad originally selected-

Angus (King's Park); Wilson (King's Park) & Burns (Camelon); Gray (King's Park), Bellingham (Falkirk) & Trotter (Laurieston); Stark (Falkirk) & McDonald (Falkirk), McLachlan (East Stirling), Dunn (East Stirling) & Copeland (Laurieston)

 

 

 

1888-89

10 November 1888 Renfrewshire 5 East of Scotland 1 (at Blackstoun, Paisley)

 

Saturday December 24th 1888

Stirlingshire v Forfarshire

at Brockville Pk., Falkirk.

Result 4-7

Teams-

Stirlingshire

R.Sharp (East Stirling); J.Liddle (Falkirk) & Ritchie (East Stirlingshire); W.Reid (East Stirling), D.Inglis (Camelon) & H.Jones (East Stirlingshire); A.Stark (Falkirk) & D.Kirkwood (East Stirlingshire), Ferguson (King's Park), W.Dunn (East Stirlingshire) & H.McKinnes(King's Park).

Forfarshire

Doig (Arbroath); Brown (East End) & Salmond (East End); Clark (Montrose), McHardy (East End) & Christie (Forfar Athletic); Petrie (Arbroath) & Phenister (Strathmore), Dickson (Strathmore), Lamont (Forfar Athletic) & Cable (Forfar Athletic).

Scorers- Ferguson, McInnes, Stark, Dunn : Lamont, McHardy, 'scrimmage', ????(4).

 

26 January 1889 Dunbartonshire 6 Renfrewshire 1 (at St James Park, Dumbarton)
26 January 1889 East of Scotland v Dunbartonshire
23 February 1889 East of Scotland 5 Glasgow 3
23 March 1889 Glasgow 5 London 1
6 April 1889 Lanarkshire 4 Renfrewshire 2 (at Airdrie)  

 

Saturday April 6th 1889

Linlithgowshire v Stirlingshire

Inter-County Match

at Kingscavil, [Champfleurie FC].

Result 5-3

Teams-

Linlithgowshire

Lynch (Bo'ness); Bennett (Armadale) & Parnie (Bellstane Birds); Simpson (Armadale), Cowie (Bo'ness) & McDonald (Armadale); Chalmers (Armadale) & Bowes (Armadale), Campbell (Bo'ness), Potter (Blue Bell) & W.Grant (Bo'ness).

Stirlingshire

P.McMartin (Laurieston); W.Burns (Camelon) & Kane (Slamannan); D.Inglis (Camelon), & Johnstone (Falkirk) & J.Drummond (Falkirk); A.Stark (Falkirk) & D.Kirkwood (East Stirling), L.McLachlan (East Stirling), W.Dunn (East Stirling) & T.Whyte (Camelon).

Scorers - W.Grant, ????(4) : Stark, Drummond, McLauchlan.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Tuesday 23rd April 1889
Falkirk 1 Falkirk District 2
Falkirk
Mitchell; Liddell & M Harley; Gillespie, Drummond & Johnston; Stark & T McDonald, J McDonald, Cox & T Harley.
Falkirk District XI
McMartin(Laurieston); Laing(Gairdoch) & Ritchie(E Stirling); Inch(E Stirling), Daisley(Laurieston) & Graham(Grangemouth); Kirkwood(E Stirling) & Fleming(Laurieston), 




 
 
McLauchlan(E Stirling), White(Camelon) & Gardner(Grangemouth).
Scorers- Stark : White, Gardner.
 
Benefit Match for James Russell(FFC), who had his leg broken earlier in the season.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Tuesday 11th June 1889
Falkirk District 0 Ibroxonians 6
Falkirk District XI
McMartin(Laurieston); Drummond(Falkirk) & Ritchie(E Stirling); Inglis(Camelon), Kadie(E Stirling) & Rankine(Laurieston); Simpson(E Stirling) & Stark(Falkirk), Reid(Stenhousemuir), 




 
 
Dunn(E Stirling) & Gardner(Grangemouth).
Ibroxonians
Chalmers(Clyde); D Gow(Rangers) & Hendry(Rangers); Muir(Rangers), McIntyre(Rangers) & J McPherson(Cowlairs); Wilkie(Uddingston) & Britton(Clyde), McBean(Yoker), R Gow(Rangers) & J McPherson(Cowlairs)
Scorers- Britton, McPherson(HB), Wilkie, R Gow, McIntyre, McBean.
 
Benefit Match for Laurieston FC.

 

 

Crichton Pk, Falkirk
Wednesday 26th June 1889
Falkirk District Junior XI 3 Falkirk Excelsior 5
Falkirk District Junior XI
Unknown.
Falkirk Excelsior
Unknown.
Scorers- Unknown.
 
Benefit Match for Falkirk & District Junior Football Association.

 

 

1889-90

12 October 1889 Renfrewshire 5 Liverpool & District 1 (at Westmarch, Paisley)
23 November 1889 East of Scotland 3 Renfrewshire 5 (at Logie Green)
1 February 1890 Renfrewshire 7 Dunbartonshire 3 (at Underwood, Paisley)

 

Saturday March 1st 1890

Stirlingshire v Fife

Inter-County Match

at Brockville Pk, [Falkirk FC].

Result 4-1

Teams-

Stirlingshire

P.McMartin (Laurieston); Ritchie (East Stirlingshire) & J.Liddle (Falkirk); Hammond(East  Stirlingshire), D.Inglis (Camelon) & H.Jones (East.Stirlingshire); Dewar (Grangemouth) & T.Donnelly (Falkirk), L.McLachlan (East  Stirlingshire), G.Barr (Falkirk) & J.Gardner (Grangemouth).

Fife

Philp (Lassodie); Lawson(Lassodie) & White (Lochgelly Ath); McKenzie (Lochgelly Ath), Anderson (Clackmannan) & Henderson (Raith Rovers); Vale (Lochgelly Ath) & Ramsey (Clackmannan), Halley (Clackmannan), Foster (Burntisland Th) & Johnston (Townhill).

Scorers - Gardner, Donnelly, McLauchlan(2) : Halley.

 

19 April 1890 Glasgow North End 4 Dunbartonshire 2 (at Beechwood Park)  

 

Saturday April 26th 1890

Forfarshire v Stirlingshire

at East Dock St, Dundee. [Wanderers FC]

Result 7-4

Teams-

Stirlingshire

M.Brannan (Camelon); Wilson (King's Pk) & Duff (King's Pk); A.McGregor (Falkirk), Daisley (Laurieston) & Miller (Kilsyth W); A.Stark (Falkirk) & T.Donnelly (Falkirk), H.Reid (Stenhousemuir), T.Whyte (Camelon) & Shanks (Campsie).

Forfarshire

Unknown.

Scorers- Dundas (2), Keiller, ???? (4) : Shanks, Whyte, Reid (2).

 

 

Victoria Pk, Camelon
Saturday 17th May 1890
Falkirk District 4 Glasgow Corinthians 4
Falkirk District XI
McMartin(Laurieston); Liddell(Falkirk) & Ritchie(E Stirling); Ramsay(Camelon), Inglis(Camelon) & Jones(E Stirling); Donnelly(Falkirk) & Stark(Falkirk), Reid(Stenhousemuir), T Whyte(Camelon) & Gardner(Grangemouth).
Glasgow Corinthians
Campbell(Third Lanark); Hunter(Thistle) & Meikle(Rangers); Robertson(Partick Th), Parkrey(Rangers) & Baker(Cowlairs); Kerr(Cowlairs) & Webster(Camelon), McVicar(Thistle), Stirling(Clydesdale) & Johnston(Rutherglen)
Scorers- Stark (2), ???? (2) : ???? (3), Johnston.
 
Benefit Match for the Camelon Brass Band.

 

 

Caledonian Pk, Grangemouth
Saturday 31st May 1890
Grangemouth[Assisted] 1 Falkirk District 4
Grangemouth
Unknown.
Falkirk District XI
Unknown.
Scorers- 
Unknown.
 
Benefit Match for Thomas Stoddart (Grangemouth FC).

 

 

1890-91

15 November 1890 Dunbartonshire 3 Renfrewshire 1 (at Clydebank)
1890 ??? East of Scotland beat Glasgow (at Edinburgh)
1890 ??? Renfrewshire 3 East of Scotland 3 (at Paisley)

 

Saturday March 7th 1891

Fife v Stirlingshire

Inter-County Match

at Dunfermline.

Result 2-5

Teams-

Fife

Unknown.

Stirlingshire

J.Patrick (Grangemouth); J.Drummond (Falkirk) & Graham (Alva); Steel (Laurieston), Thomson (King's Pk) & McGregor (Falkirk); Stark (Falkirk) & T.McDonald (Falkirk), Ferguson (King's Pk), Gray (King's Pk) & Wotherspoon (Gairdoch).

Scorers - Wilkie, Cowan : Stark (2), Thomson, Ferguson, Gray.

 

 

 

Saturday March 28th 1891

Stirlingshire v Forfarshire

at Merchiston Pk,. [E Stirling FC]

Result 2-0

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Patrick (Grangemouth); Drummond (Falkirk) & Ritchie (East Stirlingshire); Munro (King's Pk), Inglis (Camelon) & Ramsey (Camelon); Stark (Falkirk) & Howden (East Stirlingshire), Alexander(East Stirlingshire), Whyte (Camelon) & Johnston(East Stirlingshire)

Forfarshire

Allan(Montrose); Salmond (Dundee East End) & Brown (Dundee Our Boys); Petrie (Dundee East End), Robertson(????) & Lyon(Dundee East End); Bowman (Forfar Ath) & Willocks (Arbroath), Dargie(????), McWee (Wanderers) & Mattock (DundeeOur Boys).

Scorers- Inglis, Alexander.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Tuesday 12th May 1891
Falkirk 4 Falkirk District 4
Falkirk
Wright; Liddell & Drummond; Fraser, Prey & Smith; Roberts & T McDonald, J McDonald, Stark & Ross.
Falkirk District XI
McMartin(Laurieston); Hutton(Stenhousemuir) & Ritchie(E Stirling); Steele(Laurieston), Inglis(Camelon) & Inch(E Stirling); Aitken(Stenhousemuir) & Howden(E Stirling), Alexander(E Stirling), Carty(E Stirling) & Wotherspoon(Gairdoch).
Scorers-  Ross (2), J McDonald, ???? : Aitken, Inglis, Carty, ????.
 
Benefit Match for a widow of an old Falkirk Committee member (????).
 
 
Gairdoch Pk, Carronshore
Monday 18th May 1891
Falkirk District Juvenile XI ? Carron Thistle ?
Falkirk District Juvenile XI
Unknown.
Carron Thistle
Unknown.
 
Benefit Match for the funds of the Falkirk District Juvenile Association.
 

 

Gairdoch Pk, Carronshore
Wednesday 20th May 1891
Gairdoch ? Falkirk District ?
Gairdoch
Unknown.
Falkirk District XI
Unknown.
 
Benefit Match for the funds of Gairdoch FC.

 

 

1891-92

20 February 1892 East of Scotland 6 Renfrewshire 2 (at Tynecastle)
27 February 1892 Perthshire 6 Forfarshire 5

 

Saturday March 5th 1892

Stirlingshire v Fife

Inter-County Match

at Merchiston Pk, [Easr Stirlingshire FC].

Result 8-3

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Ferguson (Kilsyth Wanderers); Graham (King's Pk) & Brand (Bridge of Allan); McGregor (Falkirk), W.Thomson (King's Pk) & Steel (East.Stirlingshire); Stark (Falkirk) & Howden (East Stirlingshire), Ferguson (King's Pk), McFarlane (Grangemouth) & Thomson (Stenhousemuir).

Fife

Cre e(Dunfermline At)letic; Ka y(Raith Rov) & Savage (Cowdenbeath); Black (Dunfermline Athletic), Mackay (Raith Rov) & Malcolm (Clackmannan); Halley (Clackmannan) & Dall (Raith Rovers), Bruce (Dunfemline Athletic), T.Frew (Dunfermline Athletic) & D.Frew (Dunfermline Athletic)

Scorers - Stark, Ferguson, Thomson (2), Howden, W.Thomson, McFarlane, Ferguson/Howden : D.Frew, Bruce (2).

 

Note- For the last Stirlingshire goal it said both players forced it through in a scrimmage.

 

 

 

Saturday March 25th 1892

Forfarshire v Stirlingshire

at Carolina Pt, Dundee.

Result 5-0

Teams-

Forfarshire

Gould (Dundee Our Boys); McIntosh(Johnstone Wanderers) & Brown (Dundee Our Boys); Petrie (Dundee East End), Longair (Dundee East End) & Haston (Lochee); Coupar (Dundee Our Boys) & Willocks (Arbroath), McIntosh (Lochee), Skae (Arbroath) & Gilliagan (Dundee East End).

Stirlingshire

Patrick (Falkirk); Sommerville (Falkirk) & Drummond (Falkirk); Rankine (Laurieston), McQue (Campsie) & Graham (Grangemouth); A.Stark (Falkirk) & Syme (Grangemouth), Bruce (Bridge of Allan), Smith (Campsie) & Wotherspoon (Gairdoch).

Scorers- Unknown.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Wednesday 12th April 1892
Falkirk 0 Falkirk District 2
Falkirk
Patrick; Sommerville & McFarlane; Watson, Smith & McGregor; Stark & T McDonald, Prey, Donaldson & Gillespie.
Falkirk District XI
Hunter(Gairdoch); Drummond(Grangemouth) & Baird(E Stirling); Inglis(Camelon), Inch(E Stirling) & Gillespie(????); Reid(Stenhousemuir) & Howden(E Stirling), Young(Laurieston), Rae(Gairdoch) & Wotherspoon(Gairdoch).
Scorers-  Young, Wotherspoon.
 
Benefit Match for the Falkirk Burgh Brass Band.

 

 

Caledonian Pk, Grangemouth
Thursday 28th April 1892
Grangemouth 1 Falkirk District 1
Grangemouth
...Prey(Falkirk), McGregor, ...
Falkirk District XI
Hunter(Gairdoch); Hutton(Stenhousemuir) & McFarlane(Falkirk); Rankine(Laurieston), Inglis(Camelon) & Steele(E Stirling); Stark(Falkirk) & Spiers(Camelon); Young(Laurieston), Rae(Gairdoch) & Wotherspoon(Gairdoch).
Scorers- 
 
Benefit Match for ???? Marshall (Grangemouth FC).

 

 

 

1892-93

 

Saturday September 10th 1892 @ Bathgate [Bathgate Rovers' Ground]
Linlithgowshire 5 East of Scotland 1
Linlithgowshire - Thornton (Bathgate Rovers); Bryce (Bathgate Rovers) & Potter (Armadale); Hughes (Brocburn Shamrock), O'Byrne (Broxburn Shamrock) & Murnin (Bathgate Rovers); Chalmers (Armadale Thistle) & Baillie (Bathgate Rovers), Walker (Armadale), McCall (Armadale) & Clemenson (Armadale)
East of Scotland - Russell (Mossend Swifts); Ellis (Mossend Swifts) & Brown (Mossend Swifts), T.Davidson (Mossend Swifts) & W.Roberts (Bonnyrig Rose); W.Shearer (Polton Vale) & W.Dall (Raith Rovers), Nelson (Raith Rovers), Kennedy (Bathgate Rovers) & Morris (Mossend Swifts) 
Scorers - O'Byrne, Hughes, Clemenson, Murnin, Walker : Morris
Note - East of Scotland turned up with only ten men, Kennedy (Bathgate Rovers), one of the Linlithgowshire reserves, took the place

 

22 October 1892 Glasgow 2 East of Scotland 2
12 November 1892 Renfrewshire 2 Dunbartonshire 2 (at Abercom)
11 February 1893 Renfrewshire 2 East of Scotland 2 (at Cappielow)

 

Saturday March 25th 1893

Stirlingshire v Forfarshire

at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.

Result 7-2

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Kennedy (East  Stirlingshire); Baker(East Stirlingshire) & McFarlane (Falkirk); Mackin (King's Pk), Ross (East Stirlingshire) & Steele (East Stirlingshire); Stark (Falkirk) & McDonald (Slamannan Rovers), Reid (Stenhousemuir), Black (Kilsyth Wanderers) & Smith (Campsie).

Forfarshire

McKie (Montrose); McIntosh (Johnstone Wanderers) & Fleming (Dundee Our Boys); Shepherd (Forfar Athletic), Storrier (Arbroath) & Dye (Johnstone Wanderers); Thomson (Dundee Our Boys) & Malcolm (Dundee Our Boys), Dundas (Dundee Our Boys), McWee (Johnstone Wanderers) & Shepherd(Forfar Athletic).

Scorers- Reid (3), Smith (2), Black, McDonald : Thomson, Dundas.

 

 

 

Saturday April 8th 1893

Fife v Stirlingshire

Inter-County Match

at Cowdenbeath.

Result 3-3

Teams-

Fife

Greive(Raith Rov); Miller(Kirkaldy) & Savage(Cowdenbeath); Ronald(Clackmannan), Campbell(Dunfermline Ath) & Cooper(Raith Rov); Adie(Lochgelly Utd) & Dall(Raith Rov), Phimster(Cowdenbeath), Hughes(Cowdenbeath) & Nelson(Raith Rov).

Stirlingshire

Gordon(Kilsyth W); Stirrat(Grangemouth) & McFarlane(Falkirk); Fisher(Slamannan Rov), Drysdale(Bridge of Allan) & McGregor(Camelon); McInnes(King's Pk) & Howden(E Stirling), Reid(Stenhousemuir), Wilson(Slamannan Rov) & Gray(King's Pk).

Scorers - ??? (3), Gray, ??? (2).

 

Note- This match was postponed from the 5th of March, in the interest of completeness the originally selected Stirlingshire XI was the same except McInnes(King's Pk) replaced Stark(Falkirk) & Wilson(Slamannan Rov) replaced Smith(Campsie).

 

 11 April 1893 Perthshire 1 Renfrewshire 6 (at Perth)

 

Tuesday May 9th 1893

Unofficial Benefit Match

Stirlingshire v Grangemouth FC(Assisted)

at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.

Result 4-0

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Kennedy(E Stirling); Baker(E Stirling) & McFarlane(Falkirk); Prey(Falkirk), Ross(E Stirling) & Steele(E Stirling); Stark(Falkirk) & McDonald(Slamannan Rov), Reid(Stenhousemuir), Rae(Gairdoch) & Black(Kilsyth W).

Grangemouth

Patrick(St Mirren); Stirrat & Drummond(Rangers); Waddell(Stenhousemuir), Kemp & McGregor; Cullen(Airdrieonians) & N.Kerr(Rangers), McInnes(King's Pk), Scott(Airdrieonians) & Deans(Rangers).

Scorers- Ross (2), Rae, McDonald.

 

 

Brockville Pk, Falkirk
Tuesday 23rd May 1893
Falkirk 2 Falkirk District 2
Falkirk
Whalen(Slamannan Swifts); Drummond(Rangers) & McFarlane; Wemyss, Russell & Fearns; Stark & McFarlane, 




 
 
Hamilton, Tennant & Ross.
Falkirk District XI
Kennedy(E Stirling); Baker(E Stirling) & Burns(Camelon); Hastings(E Stirling), Inglis(Camelon) & 




 
 
Drummond(Camelon); Scott(E Stirling) & McColl(E Stirling), Shaw(Camelon), Spiers(Camelon) & 




 
 
Fraser(Camelon).
Scorers-  McFarlane, ???? : Spiers, Scott.
 
Benefit Match for the Falkirk Burgh Brass Band.

 

 

1893-94

21 October 1893 Glasgow 1 Sheffield I (at Cathkin)
1893 ??? Sheffield 7 Glasgow 2
2 December 1893 Renfrewshire 5 Forfarshire 1 (at Clune Park, Port Glasgow)
10 February 1894 East of Scotland 8 Renfrewshire 0 (at Tynecastle)

 

Saturday March 24th 1894

Forfarshire v Stirlingshire

at East Dock St, Dundee [Harp FC].

Result 5-2

Teams-

Forfarshire

Soutar(Lochee Utd); Murray(Harp) & Brown(Dundee); Rae(Arbroath), Collins(Harp) & Matthew(Dundee); Suttie(Arbroath) & Cable(Forfar Ath), Lonie(Harp), Himsworth(Dundee) & Shepherd(Forfar Ath).

Stirlingshire

McHugh(Falkirk); Stirrat(Grangemouth) & Duff(Alva); McKinnon(Falkirk), Rae(Gairdoch) & Young(Kilsyth W); Turnbull(Alva) & Johnstone(King's Pk), McLaren(Falkirk), H.Reid(Stenhousemuir) & Ross(Falkirk).

Scorers- Suttie (2), Lonie, Himsworth, Shepherd : Reid, McLaren.

 

 

 

Saturday April 7th 1894

Stirlingshire v Fife

Inter-County Match

at Brockville Pk, Falkirk.

Result 3-2

Teams-

Stirlingshire

Kennedy(E Stirling); Duncan(Gairdoch) & McFarlane(Falkirk); Meldrum(Stenhousemuir), Prey(Falkirk) & Thomson(King's Pk); Stark(Falkirk) & McDonald(E Stirling), H.Reid(Stenhousemuir), D.McInnes(King's Pk) & J.Reid(Stenhousemuir).

Fife

Hynd(Stenhousemuir); Miller(Kirkaldy) & Savage(Cowdenbeath); Hall(Raith Rov), Bauldie(Cowdenbeath) & Campbell(Dunfermline Ath); Anderson(Kirkaldy) & Collins(Cowdenbeath), Walker(Raith Rov), Suttie(Raith Rov) & Nelson(Raith Rov).

Scorers - McInnes (2), J.Reid : Collins, Walker.

 

14 April 1894 Renfrewshire 3 Perthshire 0 (at Cappielow)

 

Ochilview Pk, Stenhousemuir
Thursday 10th May 1894
Heather Rangers 3 Falkirk District 4
Heather Rangers
Murray; Cleary & McEwan; Taylor, Eadie & Kadie; Lorn & Nicoll, Muirhead, Munro & Reid.
Falkirk District XI
Cochrane(Gairdoch); Stoddart(Stenhousemuir) & Brown(Stenhousemuir); Kay(Larbert Windsor), Armstrong(E Stirling) & Burden(Stenhousemuir); Waddell(Stenhousemuir) & Glegg(Gairdoch), Love(Camelon), McInnes(King's Park) & Fischer(King's Park).
Scorers-  Reid, Lorne, Munro : McInnes, Waddell (2), Glegg.
 
Benefit Match for Heather Rangers FC, Stenhousemuir.

 

 

Merchiston Pk, Bainsford
Monday 14th May 1894
East Stirlingshire 5 Falkirk District 4
East Stirlingshire
Kennedy; Jas.Hastings & Johnston; McColl, McIntyre & Reid; Brock & McDonald, Tainsh, Wright & Fleming.
Falkirk District XI
Goodwin(Grasshoppers); Wilson(Camelon) & Burns(Grasshopers); McLeod(Camelon), Inglis(Camelon) & Black(Camelon); Laird(Camelon) & McKane(Camelon), H.Reid(Stenhousemuir), Fraser(Camelon) & Brown(Stenhousemuir).
Scorers-  McDonald (2), Tainsh, Fleming, Wright : ????, Laird, Brown, Inglis.
 
Benefit Match for the Wright Memorial Band.
 
 
Merchiston Pk, Bainsford
Monday 21st May 1894
Rising Star 4 Falkirk District 5
Rising Star
Stirling; R.Grant & Russell; McDonald, Marshall & Robertson; Morrison & Fish, D.Grant, Layden & McLaren.
Falkirk District XI
Hunter(Stenhousemuir); Stirrat(Grangemouth) & Wilson(Gairdoch); Smith(Gairdoch), P.Rae(Gairdoch) & Laird(Grangemouth); Howden(Clackmannan) & Glegg(Gairdoch), T.Rae(Gairdoch), Stirling(Grangemouth) & Fotheringham(Grangemouth).
Scorers- Layden, ???? (3) : Stirling, Howden, ???? (3).
 
Benefit Match for Rising Star FC, Skinflats.
 
 
1894-95
 
Merchiston Pk, Bainsford
Wednesday 2nd January 1895
Falkirk Junior League 4 Stirlingshire Junior Association 1
Falkirk Junior League
Reid(Vale of Carron); Grant(Rising Star) & Dunn(East End Rovers)(Capt); Archibald(Vale of Carron),McIntosh(Vale of Carron) & Murray(Crosscroes United); Fish(Heather Rangers) &Lorne(Heather Rangers), Muirhead(East End Rovers); Leyden(East End Rovers) & Thomson(Vale of Carron).
Stirlingshire Junior Association
Murray(Heather Rangers)(Capt); Stirling(Kilsyth Rangers) & Omit(Larbert Windsor);McSorley(Falkirk Hibs), Reid(Vale of Carron) & Nugent(Kilsyth Rangers); Sinclair(Falkirk Hibs) &Mitchell(Falkirk Hibs), Walker(Falkirk Hibs), Parrot(Vale of Carron) & Laird(Rising Star).
Scorers- Fish (2), ???? (2) : ????.
 
Benefit Match for the funds of the Falkirk Junior League.
 
1895-96
21 March 1896 East of Scotland 7 Stirlingshire 3 

28 March 1896 Forfarshire 5 Stirlingshire 3
 
1901-02
 
Merchiston Pk, Bainsford
Tuesday 15th April 1902
Town 3 County 2
Town
Allan(Falkirk); Hill(Falkirk) & Gillespie(Falkirk Amateurs); Scott(Falkirk),Fish(East Stirlingshire) & Rae(East Stirlingshire); Low(Falkirk) & Kellock(Falkirk),
Leishman(Falkirk), Dobbie(East Stirlingshire) & White(East Stirlingshire).
County
McCrorie(King's Park); Leishman(Camelon) & McLeod(Stenhousemuir); Reid(Camelon),McBride(Stenhousemuir) & Campbell(Camelon); McNair(Stenhousemuir) & Clakson(Stenhousemuir),Baird(Stenhousemuir), Carrigan(Camelon) & Rae(Camelon).
Scorers - Leishman, Dobbie, White : Baird (2).
 

Benefit Match for the Ibrox Disaster Fund