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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. He made his debut at Aberdeen on 22 November, 1913 (aged 22) making 44 of his 79 1st XI appearances in 1913/14 and 1914/15. A drapery warehouseman, John enlisted in the HLI in 1915 – and did not play for QP in 1915/16. The Southern Press reported on 17 November, 1916 that “Sergeant John Roberts” – the “well known Queen’s Park half-back” – has been awarded the Military Medal for gallant conduct at the Somme during the first fortnight of July, 1916. He sustained a gunshot wound in the shoulder. During his recovery at home, he played 3 1st XI games for QP between 25 November and 9 December, 1916 against Hearts, Kilmarnock and Morton – all narrow defeats. He returned to the Western Front – and did not play for QP in either 1917/18 or 1918/19. In 1919/20, John played 15 1st XI games alongside Alan Morton and QP finished 12th in the Scottish League Division One. In 1920/21, John played 17 League and Cup fixtures, alongside the youngsters, J.B. McAlpine and Bob Gillespie. John’s last 1st XI appearance was in the 1-0 victory over Clyde at Hampden on 26 April, 1921. 1st January 1914 Vs The Wanderers Back Row: J Strang (joint Secretary), M Wilson, T Robertson (President), T Robertson (Referee) Middle Row: H M Fletcher, J Roberts , R M Young, G Kerr, E S Garvie, R M Morton, A Todd, J Nutt Front Row: E Cresswell, H McKenzie, C L Buchan, A L Morton ARTHUR MURRAY Arthur Farquhar Murray was born in Aberdeen on 23 July 1880. He studied at Aberdeen University and became a teacher. He was captain of the University football team and went on to play for Victoria United, Arbroath and Forfar Athletic, before joining Queen’s Park in 1906. A teaching appointment at Allan Glen’s School brought him to Glasgow. Arthur Murray was a centre half who made his debut for Queen’s Park at Airdrie on 24 March 1906. He played regularly over the next six seasons, making 159 competitive appearances. He was 1st XI Captain in 1910-11. Arthur enlisted as a Private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at the age of 36 in June 1916. He transferred to the Gordon Highlanders and received his commission in January 1917. He returned to France as a Lieutenant and was captured in a German offensive in March 1918. He was released and discharged from the army in January 1919. Upon leaving the army, Arthur Murray returned to his teaching job at Glasgow’s Allan Glen’s School. He became an active member of the Queen’s Park Committee and was President from 1921 to 1923. In 1924, Arthur left Glasgow to take up the post of Rector of Banff Academy. He died on 26 July 1930, at the age of 50. HECTOR McKENZIE Hector McKenzie made his Queen’s Park debut against Partick Thistle on 21 January 1911. He made only one further appearance in that season but was a first team regular at centre half in the following three seasons. Hector was one of a number of Queen’s Park players who enlisted in the forces soon after the outbreak of hostilities. On Thursday 3 September 1914, Glasgow’s Evening Times reported, “Mr. Hector Mackenzie, the popular captain of the Queen’s Park team of last season, has joined the Scottish Horse”. Hector rose to the rank of Sergeant in the Scottish Horse Yeomanry but transferred to the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards as a Private. In 1919, Hector McKenzie was appointed Secretary of Queen’s Park - a post occupied with distinction until 1929. BOB CHRISTIE Bob was the first Scottish sporting superstar to hail from Dunblane - where he was born on 15 November, 1865. He played for Dunblane FC and Edinburgh University before joining Queen’s Park in September, 1883, when he moved to Glasgow to train as an architect. He was a first team regular in Seasons 1883/84, 1884/85 and 1885/86. He made his International debut against England in a 1-0 victory at Cathkin Park at the age of 18. He scored the only goal ever scored by a Scot for a Scottish Club (Queen’s Park) in an FA Cup Final (the 1-2 defeat by Blackburn Rovers in 1884). He won 2 Scottish Cup medals scoring in the 3-1 victory over Renton in 1886. He retired from playing at the top level at the age of 21 with a serious knee injury. He was elected President of the Scottish Football Association in 1903. Robert was a Captain in the Black Watch in the Boer War and enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers when the Great War broke out. He was then seconded to the Labour Corps. “On the night of 11 May, 1918 he was commanding the 101st Labour Company, laying cables at Foncquevillers in the Somme Valley, when they were pounded by German high-explosive shells spiked with mustard gas. Christie endured four agonising days before succumbing in a Red Cross hospital in Rouen. He was 52”. Robert Christie is buried at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen. 1899-1900 Back Row: W S Stewart, W W Stewart, R Bowes, C B Miller (Secretary), J Clarkson, D Gourlay, N Hay Front Row: David Wilson, A McE Swann, J H Irons, J Lawrence (President), R S McColl, T Kennedy, J F Templeton R S McCOLL Robert Smyth McColl, known as Bob or Bobby, was born in the Townhead area of Glasgow on 13 April 1876. The 'Prince' of centre forwards 'toffee Bob' got his nickname from the family 'sweetie' shops that still bear his name. After scoring a hat-trick v England at Celtic Park in the 4-1 victory in 1900; he played in the Scottish Cup Final for Queen’s Park - a 3-4 defeat to Celtic - one week later. He turned professional with Newcastle United and Glasgow Rangers; but was 1 of first players to be re-instated as an amateur so that he could finish his career with Queen’s Park. Holds the record of scoring all 6 goals in a game, on 27 April 1910 at Hampden in a League game v Port Glasgow Athletic. In his Hampden career, Bob scored 112 goals in 180 competitive matches, as well as numerous goals in challenge matches in the period before Queen’s Park joined the Scottish League. In January 1916, at the age of 39, Bob enlisted in the armed forces and served in a Mechanical Transport company of the Army Service Corps, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Bob’s address at the time of enlistment was 66 Monreith Road, Newlands, Glasgow. Bob McColl died in 1958 and is buried in Cathcart Cemetery. In 2011, he was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. JOHN BARBOUR Having scored in the 1-0 victory over England in a Schoolboys International, John (from Seymour Street, Crossmyloof) made his debut for the QP 1st XI at age 19. Played 37 1st XI games, scoring 8 goals, and toured Holland and Belgium in the Summer of 1912 with QP. Signed for Dundee in 1912/13; and then joined Preston North End - playing 13 games in their promotion-winning team of 1914/15. The eldest in a family of 5, John enlisted in August, 1915. He was a Lance Corporal in the 9th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry - commonly known as the Glasgow Highlanders Battalion. John was killed in action in the "bitter struggle" for control of High Wood in the Somme on 15 July, 1916 (at the age of 25). His body was either never recovered, or remained unidentified at the point of later burial, and he is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. 1913-14 Back Row: J Hudson, Peter Purcell, Maurice Wilson, William Walker, J S Strang (Secretary) Middle Row: Andrew McCrae, Colin Buchan, Thomas Miller, Gordon Kerr, Robert Rhind, Robert M Young, Thomas Robertson (President) Front Row: Elijah Cresswell, John Roberts, Eddie Garvie, Alex Todd, Robert Morton, Gordon Hoare, Alan Morton TOUR TO DENMARK & SWEDEN, June 1914 Back Row: Ralph Risk Middle Row: George Cunningham, Maurice Wilson, James Walker Front Row: Eddie Garvie, Elijah Cresswell, John Roberts, James West, Andrew McCrae, Robert M Young Identifying and naming those who served.
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