Rugby celebration

The City of Perth and Perthshire Rugby will celebrate 150 years of rugby in Perth this year. The club, which was formed in Perth in 1868, will host a series of events and activities throughout 2018 and the 2018/2019 seasons to mark when the club was formed but also the occasion of the first game being played on the North Inch in January 1869.

Allan Brown, club chief executive outlined the plans, adding: “The club would like to use this landmark as an opportunity to reconnect with players and supporters from previous decades.”

“Andy Cummins, Perthshire’s Director of Rugby, has been delving into the archives and has discovered that whilst Perthshire Rugby Club was formed in 1868 the first game of rugby took place on the North Inch on Hansel day, January 10, 1869, between Perthshire Rugby Club and the Scots Greys in front of 8,000 spectators.

“The whole club is keen to speak to as many former players, supporters and their family members as possible and use this opportunity to create a lasting record of memories and memorabilia representative of every era of our history”. To that end, the club is hoping that someone might recognise some of the players in the photograph above and that it might be possible to date when this particular team was playing.

Anyone interested in getting back in touch with the club can email admin@ perthshire-rfc.co.uk to be added to Perthshire Rugby’s 150th email contact list.

Does anyone recognise this Perth rugby team? The current club has been looking into the archives in what is a special year. See more on left.

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