Falkirk & District Charity Cup, 1885-86 Season

DateRoundMatchVenue
Sat 3rd Apr1stGrahamston 0 Camelon 5 *Merchiston Pk [East Stirlingshire FC]
Sat 17th Apr1stFalkirk 7 Laurieston 0Crichton Pk [Grahamston FC]
--1stComely Park & East Stirlingshire - Bye
Sat 8th MaySemi-FinalFalkirk 4 Comely Park 1Merchiston Pk [East Stirlingshire FC]
Sat 15th MaySemi-FinalEast Stirlingshire 7 Grahamston 0Brockville Pk [Falkirk FC]
Sat 29th MayFinalEast Stirlingshire 3 Falkirk 0Victoria Pk [Camelon FC]
Sat 12th JunFalkirk District XI 1 Linlithgowshire 2Brockville Pk [Falkirk FC]

* Camelon disqualified for fielding ineligible players, Grahamston went through.

Competition Scorers

  5 - W.Reid (East Stirlingshire)
  4 - A.Ferguson (Falkirk)
      J.Love (Falkirk)
  2 - L.McLauchlan (East Stirlingshire)
  1 - A.Gillespie (Falkirk)
      W.Gibson (Falkirk)
      J.Balloch (Falkirk)
      ?.'Elliot' (Comely Park)
      R.Wilson (East Stirlingshire)
      W.Dunn (East Stirlingshire)
      H.Brand (East Stirlingshire)

Notes:

     These scorers exclude five unattributed goals during the competition thus, Camelon-5.




Matches 1884-85 to 1885-86 (Excluding abandoned games)




TeamPWDLFA%


East Stirlingshire541-18286.66


Camelon42119458.33


Falkirk42-212650.00


Grahamston31-291733.33


Comely Park1--11400.00


Laurieston1--1-700.00


Tayavalla1--1-900.00



(Percentage based on a theoretical '3 points for a win system')

Leading Scorers 1884-85 to 1885-86 (Where Known)

  5 - W.Reid (East Stirlingshire)
  4 - A.Ferguson (Falkirk)
      J.Love (Falkirk)
  3 - L.McLauchlan (East Stirlingshire)
  2 - A.C.Rule (Grahamston)
      A.Hendry (Grahamston)
      A.Gillespie (Falkirk)
      R.Wilson (East Stirlingshire)
  1 - W.Gibson (Falkirk)
      J.Balloch (Falkirk)
      ?.'Elliot' (Comely Park)
      W.Dunn (East Stirlingshire)
      H.Brand (East Stirlingshire)
      R.Cochrane (Grahamston)
      H.Fraser (Camelon)
      A.Miller (Grahamston)
      R.Miller (Grahamston)
      J.Oliver (Camelon)
      G.Robb (Grahamston)
      J.Wilkie (Camelon)




Players selected for the Falkirk District XI 1884-85 to 1885-86

J.Balloch (2): (FFC) 1885, 1886.
W.Dunn (2): (ESFC) 1885, 1886.
A.Ferguson (1): (FFC) 1885.
D.Fleming # (1): (LFC) 1886.
A.Gillespie (1): (FFC) 1885.
W.Hamilton (1): (FFC) 1885.
A.Inch (1): (ESFC) 1886.
J.Love (1): (FFC) 1885.
J.Mercer (1): (ESFC) 1886.
A.Miller (2): (GFC) 1885, 1886.
P.Mitchell (1): (ESFC) 1886.
L.McLauchlan (2): (ESFC) 1885, 1886.
J.Murphy (1): (FFC) 1886.
T.Nisbet (1): (CFC) 1885.
J.Oliver (1): (CFC) 1885.
W.Reid (1): (ESFC) 1886.
J.Stewart (1): (ESFC) 1886.
A.Turnbull (1): (FFC) 1885.

# D.Fleming was actually a Falkirk player in 1885-86, but was ineligible for Falkirk in
the Charity Cup through playing for Laurieston in the Scottish Cup earlier that season.

Summary by Team

Team                    Players     'Caps'
East Stirlingshire       7            9
Falkirk                  7            8
Camelon                  2            2
Grahamston               1            2
Laurieston               1            1

Scorers for Falkirk District XI

Player            Gls
D.Fleming         1
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