This weekend sees Haddens class of 2006 take on the Boks a very different class to the team that played the first South Africans at Hampden in 1906

That match was hosted in Mount Florida by one of the most innovative clubs in Scottish sporting history the mighty Queens Park F.C.who play under the motto of "Ludere Causa Ludende" to play for the sake of playing.
As a club, Queen's Park introduced new concepts into the game such as crossbars, half-time and free-kicks, all of which where later incorporated into the modern game
They were one of the first clubs in the world to recognise the importance of the Fourth Estate opening a press box in 1906 in time for the match

The Scottish team on the 17th November 1906 included three of Anniesland's finest;
George Frew-Glasgow HSFP won his first cap on that day.-a renowned scrummager he went on to win another 14 caps
Louis Greig Glasgow Accies who was also a British Lion who toured South Africa in 1903 and a personal friend and tennis partner of the future King George V1. In the doubles at Wimbledon in 1926 Greig played well enough, but his partner's nerves let him down and they were beaten 1-6, 3-6, 2-6 by a pair whose combined age was 110.
The trio was completed by Tennant Sloan of Glasgow Accies..

Paul Roos was the captain of the first Springbok team. The first tour of Britain took place in 1906/7 and took in 29 matches. The nickname 'Springboks' was given to the team by a journalist from the Daily Mail from a badge on the left breast pocket of their blazers, which depicted a springbok

A crowd of 32,000 saw Scotland win this historic encounter 6-0 with tries from Mcleod of Cambridge Uni and Purves of London Scottish.

This article was originally posted on 8-Jun-2006, 11:59 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 8-Jun-2006, 12:11.