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Title of item

Class No

Date

Description
Rugby Team

4-1599

 

 Back Row:
I Munro, D Provan, H Wilson, G Pryde, B Watt, A Southwood, S Bonella, C Scott,
J Anderson, S Greig, I Currie,
G McArthur, T Croll

Front Row:
Bob Downie, John Keir, A Scott

 

Station Park with the 'Tin Hut' changing room in the background.
Rugby

   1947
to
1948		 Back Row:
Dr. J. MacDonald, ?, ?, ?, Gordon Livingstone, Jack Philp, ?, ?, ?, Mr. T. Robertson

Middle Row:
?, ?, W. Steven, James Tait, Jock Steven, Ian Cumming, ?

Front Row:
?, ?, ?, ?, Peter Bissel, Raymond White
Rugby

 From MCM October 1949 1948
to
1949		 Standing:
W Vance, L Pollock, J Philp, A Dewar,
R Hamilton, J Murray (Secretary),
G MacArthur, B Stewart, F Armstrong,
C Whittet

Sitting:
Dr J McDonald, W McDougall,
H Anderson, D Snow, A Robertson (Captain), K Neilson, J Keir, K Cain,
Mr T Robertson
Rugby

 From MCM October 1950 1949
to
1950		 Back Row:
A Locke, K Cain, B Stewart, J Philp,
C Whittet, A Hunter, Mr Croll

Front Row:
W Vance, A Firth, D Snow, A Robertson, A Dewar (Captain), R Hamilton, J Keir,
H Anderson, P Polson
Rugby team

   1949
to
1950		 Back Row:
?, ?, ?, ?, ?

Front Row:
?, ?, ?, ?, Keith Neilson, ?, ?, ?, ?
Junior Rugby Team

 4-147 1950
to
1951		 Back Row:
Norman McLeod, Charlie Dobbs,
Sandy Clark, James Kinghorn, Ian Docherty, William McKenzie, Tom Smart,
Ronald Reid, Peter Taylor,
Ray Macarthur, Mr Gilchrist, Michael Burt

Front Row:
Malcolm Gillespie, Robert Smith,
Allan Sykes, Ian Firth, Jimmy Dunne,
John Moffat, Ronald Tait
RFC  

  4-148

1950
to
1951

Inter-school matches: Played 14, Won 11, Lost 3

Back:
J Martin, K Cain, E Forbes, J Burt,
D Henderson, W Wilson, I Cumming,
P Polson, J Dow, W Steven

Front:
Dr MacDonald, A Firth, B Stewart, A Dewar, A Hunter, J Keir, Mr Gilchrist
U/15 Rugby Team

   1951
to
1952		 Back Row:
Ray MacArthur, Michael Buchanan, George Maxwell, Lachlan Mackenzie, George Hendry, David Scott, Ronald Reid

Front Row:
Ian Docherty, Bill Mackenzie,
Tom Haddow, Ian Firth, George Martin, Nigel Thake, Alan Steven
2nd XV

   1951
to
1952		 Back Row:
Bill Mackenzie, Ian Firth, Ian Docherty, George Maxwell, Lachlan Mackenzie, Ronald Hardie, Mitchell, Alan Steven, David Scott

Front Row:
Peter Bissett, George Martin, Tom Rodger, Ian Johnstone, Derek Dunn, Billy Douglas, Nigel Thake
1st XV

   1951
to
1952		 Back Row:
Dr. J. MacDonald, Charlie Methven, Ian Mackie, Sandy Laing, Sandy Cuthbert, Heggie, Wallace Lowrie, Lawson Campbell, Arthur Shields, Mr. Gilchrist

Front Row:
Jimmy Dow, Ian Brown, Walter Wilson, David Henderson, Ian Cumming, Ronald Tindal, John Cain
Rugby Team (possibly 2nd year)

 4-113 1952
to
1953		 Back Row:
Ronald Carstairs, Alec Monaghan, ?, ?, Bill Campbell, Jim Robertson, ?,
Neil MacArthur, Morris Johnstone,
Bill Thaw, Mr Gilchrist

Front Row:
Bob Turnball, Sandy Stewart, Hales, John Moffat, John Hulbert, Jimmy Dunn, Colin Macleod, Alec Mitchell, ?
2nd XV

   1952
to
1953		 Back Row:
Alan Steven, ?, George Hendry,
Michael Buchanan, Derek Dunn,
Alan Sykes, Douglas Dredge

Front Row:
Michael Burt, Ray MacArthur,
Bill Mackenzie, Billy Douglas,
John Freebairn, Ian Docherty,
Jimmy Dunn
1st XV

   1952
to
1953		  
2nd XV

   1953
to
1954		 Back Row:
David Scott, Peter Taylor, Michael Davies, Sandy Clark, Bill Campbell, George Hendry, Douglas Dredge,
Malcolm Gillespie

Front Row:
Alan Humphries, John Moffat,
John Freebairn, Ian Docherty,
Michael Burt, Johnny King,
Charlie Gilchrist

 
Rugby 7s team

   1953
to
1954		  
2nd XV

   1954
to
1955		 Back Row:
?, ?, Dave Thom, Alex Monaghan, John Mowall, Roy Houston

Middle Row:
Bill Thaw, ?, Jim Robertson,
Malcolm Gillespie, Ian Duncan, John Neil, Morris Johnstone

Front Row:
Ronnie Carstairs, ?
Rugby 1st Year

   1954
to
1955		 Back Row:
Neil Travers, A Tristram, ?, W Irving,
A Howat, D Marshall, D Robertson, ?

Middle Row:
I Drummond, J Meikle, ?, R Steven, ?,
B Fairbairn, ?

Front Row:
S Hutt, J Simpson, ?, E Duncan
Rugby 1st Year

   1954
to
1955		 Back Row:
Ted Brocklebank, Bob Robertson,
Drew Robertson, Gus Langlands,
Douglas Gifford, Ian Rogers, Ronnie Gray

Middle Row:
Mr. Halliday, Bill Wright, Jim Bone, Sandy Smith, Gordon Anderson, Gordon Lawrence, Dougal Morton, Jimmy Cumming

Front Row:
Lachlan Carver, Hamish Burns.
Rugby 1st XV

   1954
to
1955		 Back Row:
Charlie Gilchrist, John Freebairn,
John Moffat, Peter Taylor,
David Wemyss, Douglas Dredge,
Michael Burt, George Martin

Front Row:
Colin Macleod, Ian Firth, Sandy Clark, Ronald Reid, Bill Mackenzie,
Ian Docherty, (?George Neill?)

 

Taken at Morgan Academy.
Rugby Team

 4-121
&
4-1808
also
MCM October 1955		 1954
to
1955		 Back Row:
G Martin, J Freebairn, A Clarke, M Burt, P Taylor, D Dredge, D Wemyss

Middle Row;
Mr Gilchrist, G Hendry, W Mackenzie,
R Reid, I Firth, I Docherty, N MacArthur

Front Row:
J Moffat, C C McLeod
Rugby 1st XV

 From MCM October 1956 1955
to
1956		 Back Row:
N McArthur, D Dredge, A Hulbert,
J Hulbert, A Monaghan, M Johnson,
J Robertson

Middle Row:
G Neil, W McKenzie (Vice-Captain),
G Hendry (Captain), M Burt, J Moffat

Front Row:
P Taylor, D Wemyss, C McLeod
Rugby 2nd Year

 See
4-1168 8		 1955
to
1956		 Back Row:
?, D Marshall, A Hulbert, G Brown,?

2nd Back Row:
N McArthur, ?, W Moffat, R Turnbull,
J Simpson, I Drummond, A Howat

2nd Front Row:
B Fairbairn, W Irving, R Steven,
E Duncan, ?

Front Row:
?, D Robertson, S Hutt, I Ross
Junior House Rugby Team

 4 1168 1 1956  
2nd Rugby XV

 4 1168 2 1956  
2nd Year Rugby XV

 4 1168 3 1956  
3rd Year Rugby XV

 4 1168 4 1956  
House Rugby Team

 4 1168 5 1956  
Junior House Rugby Team

 4 1168 6 1956  
Junior House Rugby Team

 4 1168 7 1956  
Colts Rugby Team

 4 1168 8 1956 Back Row:
?, D Marshall, A Hulbert, G Brown,?

2nd Back Row:
N McArthur, ?, W Moffat, R Turnbull,
J Simpson, I Drummond, A Howat

2nd Front Row:
B Fairbairn, W Irving, R Steven,
E Duncan, ?

Front Row:
?, D Robertson, S Hutt, I Ross

 
1st Year Rugby XV

 4 1168 9 1956 Back Row:
Edmund Robertson, Ronnie Oliphant, Jimmy Dunsire, Colin Mitchell, ? Welch, Alan Mitchell, Ian Berry, Alistair Finley, Andy Gordon.
 
Seated:
Bill Gourley, David Taylor, Ben Brown, Ian Methven, Ken Watson, Bill Lamond.
 
Seated on ground:
Douglas Hay, Douglas Meldrum.
Rugby 3rd Year

   1956
to
1957		 Back Row:
B Fairbairn, ?, ?, Donald Dickson,
D Marshall, J Williamson, I Drummond

Middle Row:
?, J Simpson, A Stewart, I Ross, W Irving

Front Row:
E Duncan, W Moffat
Rugby 1st XV

 4-114

also MCM January 1958

 1956
to
1957

Back:
A Monaghan, R Carstairs, A Hulbert,
R Turnbull, D Dredge, T Duncan,
R Hendry, Mr Gilchrist

Middle:
D Thom, C McLeod, J Robertson (Capt),
W Cockburn, N MacArthur, W Irving

Front:
D Wemyss, M McIntyre

Absent:
J Moffat (Vice Captain), J Hulbert (Secretary), M Johnstone (Treasurer)

 
Rugby Team

      
FP 1st XV

   1956
to
1957		 Back Row:
George Hendry, Jack Philp, Donald McKay, Colin Scott, Alex McGregor,
Nigel Thake, Charles Whittet

Front Row:
Alan Steven, Ian Brown, Keith Neilson, Ronnie Hamilton, George MacArthur, William Cuthbert, Rab Downie, Bill Steven

Full Back: W Steven
Threes: W Cuthbert, C Whittet,
A Steven, I Brown
Halves: R Hamilton, K Neilson
Forwards: G Hendry, R Downie, N Thake, A McGregor, C Scott, J Philp,
G MacArthur, D McKay
FP 2nd XV

   1956
to
1957		 Back Row:
G Nutter, A Patrick, T Smart,
W Campbell, R Steven, A Sykes, A Reid, W McKenzie

Front Row:
J King, A Mitchell, A Cuthbert,
I Johnston, I Turnbull, A Aitchison,
P Bissett

Full Back: P Bissett
Threes: J King, A Aitchison, A Sykes,
I Johnston
Halves: R Steven, A Cuthbert
Forwards: W Campbell, A Reid, W McKenzie, I Turnbull, A Patrick, T Smart, G Nutter, A Mitchell
Rugby 1st XV

 From MCM March 1959 1957
to
1958		 Back Row:
I Rodgers, J Simpson, R Turnbull, I Ross, J Williamson, D Robertson, D Morton,
A Stewart, P Howie

Middle Row:
E Duncan, W Irving, W Cockburn, D Thom (Capt.), A Hulbert, N MacArthur

Front Row:
W Brown, K Watson, G Robinson
First Year Rugby Team

   1958
to
1959

Staff:
Ian Goldsack, Donald Mackenzie

Back Row:
Brian Millar, Ronald Mathewson,
Richard Edie, Karl Thomson, ?,
Alastair Geddes, Geoffrey Krawczyk, John Mitchell, Fred MacKenzie,
Donald Kirk

Middle Row:
David Syme, David Stewart, David Niven, Rae Scanlon, David Anderson,
Neil Gillespie, Alex Soutar

Front Row:
Alistair Grant, Alan Robertson,
Alister Rutherford, Roderick Sinclair
Rugby 1st XV

 From MCM December 1959 1958
to
1959		 Back Row:
D Morton, J Cumming, D Gifford,
D Bruce, H Burns, S Hutt, A Langlands,
W Brown, K Watson, D Robertson

Front Row:
I Rogers, J Simpson, A Hulbert (Capt.),
D Robertson, E Duncan, G Robinson
Rugby Team

   1958
to
1959		 Back Row:
Nigel Caseby, Brian Rogers,
Douglas Grierson, John Muckersie, Edmund Robertson, David Taylor

Middle Row:
Douglas Hay, David Hulbert, ?, ?,
Bruce Telford

Front Row:
Bob Scott, Sandy Thom, Bill Lamond, ?
Second Year Rugby

   1958
to
1959		 Back Row:
?, Stanley Kulik, ?, Neil Davies, - Barclay, ?, ?, - Sokolowski, - McLean

Middle Row:
Trevor Royle, Alistair Hamilton, ?, Colin Low, - Liddell, Roby -, ?

Front Row:
?, Harry Naismith
Second Year Rugby

   1959
to
1960

Back Row:
Neil Gillespie, Brian Millar, Karl Thomson, Geoffrey Krawczyk, David Anderson, Kenneth Gray, John Mitchell, Donald Kirk

Middle Row:
Alex Soutar, Keith McBurney,
David Niven, Rae Scanlon, David Syme

Front Row:
Alan Robertson, Richard Edie,
David Stewart
Rugby

 Photo and from MCM September 1960 1959
to
1960		 Back Row:
Dougie Bruce, Ian Pettigrew,
Gus Langlands, Andrew Thomson,
Ted Brocklebank, Douglas Gifford,
Andrew Knight

Middle Row:
Ken Watson, Drew Robertson,
Dougal Morton (Capt.), James Cumming, Bill Wright

Front Row:
Bob Robertson, Ben Brown,
Gordon Robinson, Dave Hulbert
Madras FP Rugby

   early 1960s Back row:
?, Buster Steven, Gus Langlands,
Eddie Brocklebank, Drew Robertson, Lawson Campbell, Alistair Thake,
Neil MacArthur, Dougal Morton

Front row:
Alan Ballantyne, ?, Lesley Hunter,
Nigel Thake, Colin McLeod, Jock Steven

 
Rugby 1st XV

 Photo & from MCM  December 1961 1960
to
1961		 Back Row:
Bob Scott, Colin Lowe, John Muckersie, Drew Robertson, Ian Pettigrew,
Douglas Grierson, Douglas Hay,
Duncan Hendry, Jock Barclay

Middle Row:
Les Hunter, Ben Brown, Colin Mitchell, Ken Watson (capt), David Hulbert,
Sandy Thom

Front Row:
Alistair Hamilton, Stanley Kulik
Rugby

 From MCM September 1962 1961
to
1962		 Back Row:
J Kirk, A Ballantyne, G Liddel,
J Muckersie, I Methven, G Robie,
G Cattermoul, J Sokolowski, R Scott,
A Hamilton

Front Row:
A Thom, D Thomson, C Low, D Hulbert (Capt.), L Hunter, S Kulik
Rugby 1st Year

   1961
to
1962		 Back Row:
?, ?, Peter Murray, ?, Ronnie Tulloch, ?, ?, ?, David Joy, ?

Front Row:
?, ?, Gordon Methven, Hamish McLeod (Capt.), ?, ?, Peter Wilson
2nd XV

   1961
to
1962		 Back Row:
F Watt, N Pirie, G Kerr, F Mackenzie,
K Paterson, P Jenkins, R Scanlon,
K McBurney, A Thom

Front Row:
H Naismith, T Royle,
S Tristram, R Ramsden, N Gillespie,
G Catermoule
Madras FP

   c.1962 Back Row:
J B Steven, ?, ?, D Morton, ?, ?, ?, Ian Chappell, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, John Brocklebank, ?

Front Row:
John Kirk, ?, ?, Colin McLeod, Bill Smith (president), ?, ?, ?
S1 Rugby

   1962
to
1963		  
Rugby 2nd XV

   1962
to
1963

Back Row:
Roderick Sinclair, Colin Hunter,
Grant Innes, David Stewart, Graeme Kerr, Rae Scanlon, Neil Pirie, Gordon Lindsay, David Anderson

Front Row:
Keith McBurney, David Niven,
Harry Naismith, Fred MacKenzie,
Brian Millar, Stewart Rennie, ?
Rugby

 From MCM September 1963 1962
to
1963		 Back Row:
D Kirk, K Paterson, D Niven, P Jenkins,
D McLees, G Robie, D Thompson,
J Sokolowski, D Bell, K McBurney

Front Row:
R Scott, A Thom, A Kulik, C Low (Capt.),
T Royle, A Hamilton, N Gillespie
Rugby

 Photo & from MCM September 1964 1963
to
1964		 Back Row:
S Rennie, A Kinghorn, H Naismith,
G Lindsay, D McLaren, D McLees,
M Paterson, D Anderson

Front Row:
E Mackenzie, D Niven, K Paterson,
B Millar (Capt.), G Robie, A Gillespie,
A Methven
Rugby Junior High

 From MCM September 1964 1963
to
1964		 Back Row:
D Robertson, J Birrell,  Peter Donaldson, George Annal, Peter Brown, A Durie,
J Roberts, A Johnson, J Kerracher

Front Row:
McCruden, J Thomson, T Brodie,
G Metheven, R Waters, T Callan, J Bailey
S3 Rugby

   1964
to
1965		  
Rugby 1st XV

 From MCM 1965 1965 Back Row:
A Hood, B Mackain, I Mitchell,
A Kinghorn, J Zimmermann, R Pyper,
G Lindsay, D Mills, B Adie

Front Row:
G Methven, M Mitchell, A Methven,
J Bennett, M Paterson, N Gillespie,
S Rennie
Rugby Junior High 1st XV

 From MCM 1965 1965 Back Row:
J Smith, J Reaper, J Roberts, P Brown,
A Suttie, P Donaldson, D Hill

Middle Row:
R Young, T Scanlon, G Methven, D Joy,
S McCruden, A Johnson, J Keracher

Front Row:
T Callan, T Brodie, H Paterson,
T Robertson
Madras FP Rugby

 From MCM 1965 1965 Back Row:
W J B MacArthur, W J Wright,
D A Robertson, W H Campbell,
E Brocklebank, R L Campbell, G Duthie,
J B Steven

Front Row:
W J A Smith, L Hunter, J McConnell,
C C McLeod (capt.), R Steven,
K M Watson, D Hulbert
1st XV Rugby

   1965
to
1966		  
Rugby Junior High 1st Team

 From MCM 1966 1966 Back Row:
M Joy, I Ramsay, I Baker, J Roberts,
D Hill, R Hannah

Middle Row:
N Hutton, N Buchanan, S Farmer, A Hutt, L Reid, S Davey, J Sheriff, M McGowan

Front Row:
J Stevenson, W Deas, B Kirk, D Callan,
S McCruden, H Paterson, E Berwick,
D Hamilton, E Black
Burgh School Rugby XV

   1966
to
1967

Back Row:
Douglas Grant, Roy Wann, ?,
Steven Wallace, ?, William Creevy

Middle Row:
Derek Addison, Steven Joy,
Michael Laws, David Wilson,
Angus McIntosh, Ian Christie

Front Row:
Michael Gatherum, Christopher Smith, Douglas Bald, Alan Bathgate,
David Shepherd, James Fergusson,
Ian Sturrock
1st XV Rugby

   1966
to
1967		  
Madras FP

     Back Row:
Colin McLeod, ?, Ian Chappell, ?, ?, A Thake, ?, ?

Front Row:
?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
Madras -v- Morrisons Acadamy

   1965 Madras 6 (2 tries)
Morrisons Acad. 5 (1 goal)

Alastair Methven passing the ball to Menzies Paterson.  Hamish McLeod on outside, James Reay in background.
Press cutting

     Three Steven brothers and two Cambell brothers.

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