Discovered on the website of Clifton RFC is a picture of The Scottish xv of 1877
Included in the team shot is one H.M Napier who is listed as West of Scotland F,C.
He was in fact a former pupil of Glasgow High School but as Glasgow H.S.F.P. was not formed until 1884 he played out of West.High School's first cap was H.M. Hamilton 1874 who also played for West

Included is J.S.Carrick of Glasgow Accies a left hander who scored a world record for first class club cricket 419 not out for West Of Scotland against Priory Park and went on to be a founding father of the International Rugby Board in 1886

From Wisden
When Carrick flogged the Park

In 1885 JS Carrick scored 419 not out for the West of Scotland against Priory Park at Chichester, and thus passed Roe's world record of 415 made four years earlier. Carrick, a left-hander, was one of the best cricketers ever produced by Scotland, although in fact he was a genuine all-round sportsman - a double international - and played in few important cricket matches. He was the one batsman to take a century off Notts between 1887 and 1890 - an indication of his quality.

Back Row (L-R): H.M.Napier (West of Scotland), C.Villars (Edinburgh Wanderers), J.R.H.Gordon (Edinburgh Academicals), J.H.S.Graham (Edinburgh Academicals). Sitting (L-R) H.H.Johnston (Edinburgh University), J.R.Reid (Edinburgh Wanderers), R.W.Irvine (Captain) (Edinburgh Academicals), A.G.Petrie (RHSFP), T.J.Torrie (Edinburgh Academicals), J.S.Carrick (Glasgow Academicals). On Ground (L-R): D.H.Watson (Glasgow Academicals), M.Cross (Glasgow Academicals), J.Junor (Glasgow Academicals), R.C.MacKenzie (Glasgow Academicals), E.I.Pocock (Edinburgh Wanderers).

This article was originally posted on 17-Dec-2007, 15:34 by Hugh Barrow.
Last updated by Hugh Barrow on 17-Dec-2007, 20:54.