I always wonder which Accies team will turn up at the start of each game?. After last week [26-29 home defeat to Heriots] it was really important we got back to winning ways, said Berthinussen. Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies orAccies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. New to the freelancing journalistic world as of August 2019, Iain has previously written for The Scottish Rugby Blog since 2017, covering matches for Glasgow Warriors, Scotland and opinion pieces. Currie Chieftains: C Brett; I Sim, J McCaig, A Hall, K McGovern; C Townsend, G Christie; C Anderson, R Stewart, C Ramsay, J OBrien, E Stewart, M Vennel, G Nelson, R Davies (Capt). Developed by Macron Please submit your donation along with your preferred player(s) and help support the players and the wider Club achieve our goals. Born in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, in 1934, Gilbert and his elder brother, Tommy, were both sent to Girvan Primary School during WWII to escape the German bomber threat. At one stage, Dario Ewing produced a great chop tackle on Max Wallace in the Accies 22, and seconds later GHA winger Fergus Johnston spilled as he tried to slice through the middle of the Accies line. Simon Berghan (Glasgow Warriors) 31 caps. to support The Offside Line, either with a one off donation, or with a monthly contribution. Many of t. hese club fixtures are internal competitions open to golfers of all ages and abilities and others are entered by EAGC selected teams including the prestigious Halford Hewitt Trophy, the Grafton Morrish, the Cyril Gray and The Queen Elizabeth Schools Trophy. I felt we had done enough to win this match, said Currie coach Mark Cairns whose side had a nine point lead well inside the final ten minutes. Great players during this period included Rab Bruce-Lockhart, James Stevenson, and A.I.S. The 1970s saw the Club's most successful decade for silverware. Also, best wishes to Cole Imrie and well played the Edinburgh Accies medical staff, who withdrew the loosehead from the field instantly when he suffered a head injury. We may not be the finest rugby team in the country but we do some things very well. In 1886 for the Academy he took five wickets in five balls and repeated this feat for The Academicals in a club match in 1894. Our commitment to the game and sharing its stories means that we do not have a paywall, so we would ask you (only if you can!) L. M. Balfour-Melville who was captain of the Academy XI in 1871, ranks with T.R. If you would like to support a player on behalf of a business or would like an invoice, then please contact the team at [email protected] to discuss. In season 201011 the club were Premier 2 League champions and returned to the top level of Scottish club rugby, the Premier 1 League, for the 201112 season. Curries forwards were quicker round the corner than the opposition which resulted in mismatch after mismatch as Accies slight midfield was tasked with stopping several of the visiting teams bigger behemoths on the charge. In the 187374 season, they played ten matches, and won all of them. Currie Chieftains: Tries: E Stewart, Vernel 2; Cons: Townsend 3. Accies most celebrated player of the 1950s and 1960s was J.M. The 3 day music event will be held at Accies Rugby I am absolutely delighted, said Iain Berthinussen, Accies head coach. Edinburgh Accies Netball Club | 177 followers on LinkedIn. On Saturday, the U17s played an academy festival where Caledonia took on Edinburgh and Glasgow and the West played The Borders and East Lothian. The Raeburn Place Foundation is currently involved in redeveloping the ground to reinstate cricket, and transform Raeburn Place into a sporting destination worthy of its heritage. Andrew Cosh, club captain 2015-present,is the grandson of former Scotland captain Major S.H. Apparently neither brother had played football at Durham but they brought with them a knowledge of the rules of football as played at Rugby School and this they passed on. Academy cricket flourished through the 1860s with the 1866 XI winning all its school matches. That same season they experienced a successful Scottish Cup run, reaching the final with victories over Premiership 1 teams Currie, Hawick and Boroughmuir. MichaelRaso, who played in 2008 and 2010, represented Italy internationally. Teams Edinburgh Accies Cricket Club. Terms and ConditionsPrivacy PolicyClub PoliciesFAQs. Hawick RFC is an open Club and welcomes all players who would wish to play in the famous green jersey and any person who would like to be involved in any way. A conversion from skipper Jamie Loomes gave them the lead for the first time in over an hour and it proved to be the last kick of the game. Accies took next to no time in opening the scoring, Robbie Kent waltzing through some lacklustre tackling in midfield to set Accies on their way, and Euan McVie finished off from close range within a minute of kick-off. With information on. Sign up to stay updated about the latest news, events and more about Edinburgh Accies. . But Gordon Reid, moving to lock, won some key turnovers, carried and tackled hard and scored a key try. Edinburgh Accies:V Hart; K Gossman, R Kent, M Wallace, L Wells; B Appleson, B Afshar; C Imrie, F McAslan, C Lacour, E McVie, R Thompson , T Drennan, J Sole, R Campbell. Currie earned all three of their tries from very much the same ploy, forwards running at backs, oh, and they had another wiped off after the referee declared the ball not grounded. Edinburgh Accies: V Hart; K Gossman, R Kent, M Wallace, L Wells; B Appleson, B Afshar; C Imrie, F McAslan, C Lacour, E McVie, R Thompson , T Drennan, J Sole, R Campbell. The Centenary of the Field was celebrated in 1954 with a cricket week, including a two-day match between the Academicals and the MCC and a Centenary Dinner at which the Toast of 'The Field' was proposed by Alec Douglas-Home. Cardiff v Edinburgh: three changes to Mike Blairs team for Sunday match, Super6: Watsonians and Ayrshire Bulls announce line-ups for Championship Final, 2022-23 Premiership Leaderboard after eight rounds, When wed get into the 22 wed have control sometimes, but then wed make a silly mistake or a silly decision, so second half was all about controlling the game a bit more and having more front-foot ball, which we did but there was critical points of our game that werent accurate enough. Due to current redevelopment at Raeburn Place, the club has spent its longest period away from their home ground since the Second World War, and currently plays at its second ground New Field, which it shares with the Edinburgh Academy school. The Academical Field at Raeburn Place was purchased by the Edinburgh Academy in 1854, and has several unique claims to fame - the first school playing field (of its kind) in Scotland, the oldest private cricket ground in Edinburgh and one of the oldest in Scotland, the "cradle of Rugby Football" in Scotland, being the scene of the first International Football Match and Scotland's 'home ground' for 24 years. They remained in the Scottish Premiership after the restructure of the Scottish league system. An extended overview of the Clubs history can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. Copyright The Edinburgh Academical Golf Club 2020 - 2023, The club runs a large number of competitions each year which are played on an outstanding array of courses including Muirfield, Elie, Bruntsfield Links, Royal Burgess, Luffness New, Royal Cinque Ports, Royal St. George's, The Renaissance Club, St. George's Hill and Royal West Norfolk. In death, as in life, the brothers were inseparable. In fact, it is the oldest existing football club of any code in Scotland, predating Queens Park Football Club by ten years. Accies forwards fronted up pretty well, winning four set-scrum penalties overall, just to put down a marker, but they lost three line-outs in the first half alone which could have cost them on another day. He tried to nudge ahead with his foot, but the ball beat him to the dead goal-line. Currie are a tough team to play against, very physical. Scoring Sequence (GHA first): 0-5;0-7; 0-10; 0-13; 0-18; 0-20; 5-20; 8-20 (h-t) 8-25; 8-27; 13-25; 15-27; 18-27; 18-32; 18-34; 23-34; 25-34. Several plays later their lead was out to nine, Vernel scoring his second try, Townsend adding his third conversion. Team Announcement. Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. J.M. Given the close draw between those two teams at Raeburn Place in September, the size of . On 09/01/2023 at 02:16, Melanius Mullarkay said: Absolutely delighted, near orgasmic to hear all the posh skiing c***s moaning that there's no snow. Allan captained Accies on tours to Ireland in 1963 and 1964, and to Canada in 1969. Newcastle United kid was impressed with Accies, but says finishing let them down, Lucas de Bolle made his Scottish Championship debut in the 2-0 defeat at home to Queen's Park Man-of-the-Match: Accies backs looked good, especially the unfortunate Robbie Kent and full-back Harry Patterson, but at the heart of Curries forward power was flanker Mike Vernel making a huge impact on the game and the scoreboard with his two tries and endless effort. 9 September 2022 - May 2023. 1st XV vs Stewarts Melville FPs (Home) - Sat 20th Aug. Edinburgh Accies have accepted invitations to the below tournaments in this seasons Kings of the 7s: Please contact us if you have any questions and we would recommend following our social media platforms for regular match reports, pre-match lunches and events information (tickets for which will also be published to the events section of our online Shop). While mainstream media continues to reduce its interest in the rugby family in Scotland, The Offside Line does its very best to make sure all levels of the domestic game are reported. Hibernian . The club regularly fields three teams and is also involved with Broughton and . Hibs: Schofield, Megwa . From the outside looking in, things don't look so rosy in that neck of the woods. Since then, Edinburgh Accies have fielded many notable players. 1,135 were here. The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. Shepherd's drawing of "The New Academy" (1828), shows two boys holding cricket bats. The clubs distinguished history includes 42 Academicals who have played representative cricket, 6 have played both rugby and cricket for Scotland, and a few have played for the MCC. I know its a bit of a clich but we just need to concentrate on our game and not get caught up in what other teams are doing. With the last kick of the match their captain, who . Both fixtures will be used as preparation for the under-19s ahead of their UEFA Youth League play-off meeting with Borussia Dortmund at Easter Road on Tuesday February 7. 5 Jan 2023 . Look at these amazing self portraits from one of our little visitors! Andy Winter's 19th-minute penalty earned a precious win, and with rivals . Ian D. Stevenson, 52 pages, One Hundred Years at Raeburn Place 1854 - 1954 (1954). Welcome to Accies Netball! The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland. Posted 11 hours ago. | Accies Netball is the first performance club in netball in Scotland. Academical XI, 1938, with seven selected to play for Scotland. Come join and support the Hamilton Accies today! Mason Cullen grabs his 10th try of the season for Jed-Forest versus GHA to move up to third in the try-scoring tabl , Visitors bounce back from disastrous start at Philiphaugh , Mansfield men underline their title credentials , Visitors recover from the first-half red-carding of Rory Carmichael to ease their relegation concerns . Our ground at Raeburn Place, can truly be said to be the cradle of rugby football in Scotland. Cosh, centre, went on to captain Scotland and won 42 caps between 1950 - 1959. It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death of Gilbert McClung on Friday 7th October, a fine man, player, past president, and life-long supporter of the Club. . Sign up to receive free weekly updates to your inbox. The following Academicals have played Representative Cricket. EDINBURGH ACCIES produced a whirlwind second-half performance to inflict yet more pain on a youthful Musselburgh side, with winger Kerr Gossman bagging four tries as the capital side ran riot. Halftime score - Currie Chieftains 17 pts, Edinburgh Accies 8 pts. It's great when our guests really get to know the team. Edinburgh Accies currently plays at its second ground at New Field. The Halford Hewitt has been described as 'the greatest of all truly amateur tournaments'. . Adam Hall converted both scores which gave Currie a small lead over the plucky 14-man Accies team who still packed a punch. Stevenson were in the Scottish XI which defeated a strong Gloucestershire XI (including W. G. Grace) in 1891. THE teams are separated by almost the length of Premiership 1 and the result left Edinburgh Accies facing Premiership 2 sides and a battle for a top-10 place next season. Our mission is to become the leading netball club in Scotland, creating a pathway for players with the ambition and potential to achieve representative honours or pursue professional contracts. Does the Twitter thing, but doesnt like it. Newcastle United kid was impressed with Accies, but says finishing let them down. The Edinburgh Academical Football Club (EAFC) is the oldest rugby club in Scotland and the second oldest in the World. UK. GHA: Tries: Johnston, Pacha, McCutcheon; Cons: Hyde 2; Pens: Hyde 2. With the clock ticking into the final five minutes, Loomes did kick a penalty, eventually, when he could have thrown the ball over the posts, and those three points seemed to breathe belief back into his struggling side who kept their best till last. In season 200910 the club's 1st XV was relegated to Scottish Premier Division 2 after they lost to Heriot's FP in the last game of the season and on the same day Watsonian's beat Melrose. One of the most prolific was Steve Spoljaric, who played First Grade cricket in Australia, and during his tenure for Edinburgh Accies, from 1999 to 2005, he scored 4092 runs at an average of 66, and took 148 wickets. Membership ofThe Edinburgh Academical Golf Clubis open to former pupils ofThe Edinburgh Academy.The club runs a large number of competitions each year which are played on an outstanding array of courses including Muirfield, Elie, Bruntsfield Links, Royal Burgess, Luffness New, Royal Cinque Ports, Royal St. George's, The Renaissance Club, St. George's Hill and Royal West Norfolk. JB Neill, RJ Marshall, G McClung, S Coughtrie, JK Millar, MTR Marwick, MJ Sands, JDL Fairburn. Accies reached the Plate Final in 2018. *We will make every effort to allocate players in line with submitted preference. LEWIS STUART @ Balgray. MacPherson - each of whom played several times for Scotland. The 2022-23 Scottish Cup, known as the Biffa Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. Cosh 119, and former Academy captain Max Banks 142, scored a club and Championship record opening partnership of 258 against Freuchie in 2018. Yellow card -. 1974 Rothman Quaich winners, including Scotland players Dave Loudon and Henry Fairweather. Edinburgh Accies 22 Currie Chieftains 21 IAIN MORRISON @ Raeburn Place EDINBURGH ACCIES bounced back after last weekend's shorthanded shellacking at Malleny Park to snatch this one at the very death. The Academical Field at Raeburn Place is home to both the EACC - the oldest Old Boys' Cricket Club in Scotland, and the EAFC - one of the oldest Football Clubs in the world. If you would like more information on joining the club, please [email protected]. The newest addition to Edinburgh Academical Football Club, Edinburgh Accies Netball was founded in 2018. Raeburn Place has hosted international cricket matches, and was also the venue of the first international rugby match in 1871. The tinkling of rain on the Braidholm stands tin roof grew into a clatter, and both sides struggled to hold on to the ball. T.H. Our 3rd XI play in the Sunday League. After Kent opened Accies account as early as the fourth minute, Curries big men went to work. Shepherd, 1828, an early example of cricket in Scotland. GALLERY . We hope you are enjoying our unrivalled coverage of Scottish Rugby. Marshall[3], Advent of competitive cricket (1953 - 1969). An extended overview of the Club's history can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. Edinburgh were 15-5 winners against Caledonia, while Glasgow and the West won 35-15 against The Borders and East Lothian. For more information, read this page. There was no escaping the fact that both sides came into the sixth weekend of the Premiership season enjoying vastly differing form so far. The league structure was reformed in 1975 into 3 main divisions, with the club going open the following year allowing non-former pupils of the Edinburgh Academy to join. Edinburgh Accies: H Paterson; F Lindsay, R Kent, M Wallace, L Wells; J Loomes (Capt), B Afshar; C Imre, F McAslan, C Lacour, C Bain, S Whittaker, T Drennan, M Crowther, R Campbell. H.J. After retiring from playing, he became a popular committee member and was president of the Club from 1988-90. Edinburgh Accies 22 pts (t 3, c 2, p g 1) v Currie Chieftains 21 pts (t 3, c 3) . 64 Public School FP teams. Fucking right roon ye's. Those rich b*****ds just decide to "manufacture" artificial snow which only compounds the problem of climate change. Edinburgh City . After university, Gilbert returned to Edinburgh and was a stalwart of the Accies team of the 1950s/60s, when the Club enjoyed a remarkable period of success, winning the unofficial club championship in 1955-56 and sharing the title with Jed-Forest the following season. We managed the yellow card not too badly and then we got into their 22 on a couple of occasions but we were not really able to capitalise on that, especially in the second half. Hamilton Academical Football Club | Since 1874. Sign up to stay updated about the latest news, events and more about Edinburgh Accies. Last edited on 9 September 2022, at 09:57, "Edinburgh Academical Football Club History", "Barbarians: A club in touch with history", "Book review: The Accies: The Cradle of Scottish Rugby", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edinburgh_Academical_Football_Club&oldid=1109347562, Champions (16 + 4 shared): 186566, 186667, 186768, 186869, 187071, 187475, 187677 (with, Champions (3): 1929, 1936, 1946 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (3): 1947 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (5): 1929, 1932, 1933, 1942 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (9): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1998, This page was last edited on 9 September 2022, at 09:57. Our Player Supporter initiative allows you to donate towards Accies rugby goals with your support noted next to an allocated* player when they are selected for any team, or if they are awarded man of the match for the 1st XV. In 2018, Cosh won the Championship batting award, as the leading Scottish qualified player, becoming the first batsman to win the Division 1 and Championship awards in successive years. The Clubs name omits rugby from its title as its formation predates the split in rugby and association (soccer) rules which occurred in the 1860s. For the U18s, it was FOSROC Academy finals day on Sunday. Cosh MBE. Nehemiah Perry is embraced by Brian Lara after bowling Mark Waugh for 67 in 1999. Britain's oldest (and the world's second oldest) rugby club. The game was played against some students from Edinburgh University and it had been decided to play until the best of 7 goals had been scored (a try only allowing a kick at goal). The East of Scotland League formed in 1953,with Accies first winning the league in 1957. Sign up to stay updated about the latest news, events and more about Edinburgh Accies. The club played a match against the Barbarians in April 2008 to mark the club's 150th anniversary. 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