Friday, April 6, 2018

Old Hampden/New Cathkin as a Rugby venue!

The 1896 Calcutta Cup match between Scotland and England was held at Hampden Park and a photo of this has eluded us for years, until now! Delighted to have sourced this through the www.scottishrugby.org website.


And thanks to @ScottyCricket on Twitter we now also have a full match report from this legendary 4th Scottish victory in a row...see below! The Scots ran out 11-0 victors. We are now searching for details of the 1872 Cup match also held at the ground in December 1885 between Glasgow District and Edinburgh District.


We are compiling a daily diary of events held at Old Hampden/New Cathkin Park and these fascinating archives just reinforce the importance of this magical old sporting arena and our determination to salvage what remains, restore what we can and leave this ground as a perfect Victorian Sports Arena for future generations of Glaswegians to enjoy. Check out our Twitter page for info and daily updates @CathkinPark

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