Saturday March 7th 1885
Probables v Improbables
Stirlingshire FA Trial Match
at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.
Result 5-2
Teams-
Probables
Angus(King's Park); Q.Macfarlane(Campsie) & Patterson(Campsie); A.Inch(East Stirlingshire) & McLaren(King's Park); Kennedy(Campsie) & Stewart(Campsie), P.McGregor(East Stirlingshire) & L.McLauchlan(East Stirlingshire), Dempsey(Central) & Anderson(Grasshoppers).
Improbables
Sharp(Tayavalla); Anderson(East Stirlingshire) & Mitchell(East Stirlingshire); Johnston(East Stirlingshire) & Watson(Campsie); Miller(Grahamston) & Hendry(Grahamston), Meffen(Campsie) & W.Macfarlane(Campsie), Dunn(East Stirlingshire) & Stewart(East Stirlingshire).
Scorers- Unknown.
Saturday March 14th 1885
Stirlingshire v Fife
Inter-County Match
at Merchiston Pk, Bainsford.
Result 4-4
Teams-
Stirlingshire
Angus(King's Park); Q.MacFarlane(Campsie) & Patterson(Campsie); Watson(Campsie) & McLaren(King's Park); Gray(1)(King's Park) & Kennedy(Campsie), L.McLauchlan(East Stirlingshire) & Dempsey(Central), Dunn(East Stirlingshire) & Stewart(Campsie).
Fife
Mackenzie(Burntisland); Sharkey(Cowdenbeath) & Dougray(Cowdenbeath); Addison(Alloa Athletic) & Sholbrey(Burntisland); J.Pollock(Cowdenbeath) & Geddes(Dunfermline), Doig(Dunfermline) & D.Brown(Dunfermline), Dodds(Alloa Athletic) & Laing(Alloa Athletic).
Scorers- Dempsey, Gray, Dunn 'Dunn/Stewart' : ??.
Note-
The report says the fourth goal was scored by 'the left wing' so either Dunn or Stewart.
Saturday April 11th 1885
Lanarkshire v Stirlingshire
Inter-County Match
at Coatbridge.
Result 2-4
Teams-
Lanarkshire
Watson(Dykehead); Calder(Drumpellier) & Jackson(Cambuslang); McLay(Drumpellier) & Semple(Cambuslang); Moodie(Motherwell Alpha) & Paterson(Drumpellier), Macpherson(Motherwell Alpha) & Calderhead(Wishaw Swifts), R.Brann(Wishaw Swifts) & J.Cowan(Albion Rovers).
Stirlingshire
Sharp(Tayavalla); Burns(Camelon) & MacFarlane(Campsie); Watson(Campsie) & McLaren(King's Park); J.Oliver(Camelon) & Gray(1)(King's Park), Dempsey(Central) & McLauchlan(East Stirlingshire), Dunn(East Stirlingshire) & Anderson(Grasshoppers).
Scorers- Dunn(2), Gray, McLauchlan : ??.