C Campbell, RM Christie, JJ Gow, W Harrower, R Smellie
1885-86 Back Row: C Campbell, R M Christie, J J Gow, W Harrower, R Smellie, W W Watt Front Row: A Hamilton, J A Lambie, D S Allan, J Morton, A Geake (President) 1909-10 Back Row: Arthur F Murray, Clyde Skene, James Strang (Secretary), Robert S McColl, James Thomson, Harold McDonald Paul, James Bryce Middle Row: Harry Fletcher, James Hamilton, R G Burnett, R Purcell, James Bennett Front Row: A Richmond, A D Armour, James Allison (President), W McAndrew, James Bowie 1910-11 Back Row: Bob Young, Fred Porter, William McKenna, Robert Smellie (President), George S Ramsay, Charles B Miller (Secretary) Front Row: James Laughland, Dan Drummond, John Barbour, Arthur Murray, R C McKenzie, J Anderson, H McD Paul BOB YOUNG Bob was born in Auchterarder in 1886. His family had moved to Glasgow by 17 March 1905 when Bob made his 1st X1 debut v Hibernian - the first of 159 appearances before, during and after the Great War. Bob joined the queue in Glasgow Green on 31 October 1914 to enlist in the 9th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (the 'Glasgow Highlanders'). He played for Queen's Park when back in Glasgow receiving his commission from the Scottish Rifles; and in 1917 when recovering from a gunshot wound in the knee. Having retired from playing at end of season 1920/21, Bob served on the Queen’s Park Committee as Joint Hon Treasurer before leaving Glasgow for employment in Manchester in 1929. Another great servant to club and country - both on and off the park. JOHN ROBERTS MM Born in Anderston, Glasgow on 2 November, 1891.
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