Disbanded 1982 Founded 1888 | ||
Full name Kelvinside Academicals Rugby Football Club | ||
Kelvinside Academicals are a former rugby union team that played their home games at Balgray Playing Fields, Glasgow, Scotland.
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The team was founded in 1888 by former pupils of the Kelvinside Academy. The team no longer exists.
In 1982 it merged with Glasgow HSFP - the rugby team of another school; the High School of Glasgow - to form a rugby club called Glasgow High Kelvinside.
In 1997, Glasgow High Kelvinside merged with Glasgow Academicals to form Glasgow Hawks. Both GHK and Academicals survived the merger as spin-offs from the Hawks.
History
Founded in 1888, Kelvinside Academy Former Pupils formed a rugby club.
Throughout the 1890s they were noted for a fast open style of play.
The club played at various locations in the Anniesland area until the early years of the Twentieth Century.
For a short period after the Second World War, Kelvinside Academicals joined with West of Scotland to form a new club Kelvinside-West.
Scotland internationalists
The following former Kelvinside Accies players have represented Scotland at full international level.
Glasgow District
The following former Kelvinside Accies players have represented Glasgow District at provincial level.