Stirlingshire Matches, 1887-88 Season

Saturday December 24th 1887
Forfarshire v Stirlingshire
at West Craigie Pk., Dundee[Our Boys FC].
Result 4-1

Teams-
Forfarshire
Doig (Arbroath); O'Kane(Harp) & Campbell(Arbroath); Rennie(Arbroath), Milne(Arbroath) & Spalding(East End); Mackie(Montrose) & Hendry(Wanderers), Dickson(Strathmore), Crawford(Arbroath) & Cable(Forfar Athletic).

Stirlingshire
R.Sharp(East Stirling); Q.McFarlane(Campsie) & D.Doyle(East Stirling); A.Inch(East Stirling), Quigley(Campsie) & Johnstone(East Stirling); A.Stark(Falkirk) & Stewart(East Stirling), L.McLauchlan(East Stirling), W.Dunn(East Stirling) & J.Honeyman(East Stirling).

Scorers- Cable, ????, 'scrimmage' (2) : Stewart.

Saturday March 24th 1888
Fife v Stirlingshire
at Crawford's Pk., Cowdenbeath.
Result 1-3

Teams-
Fifeshire
Unknown.

Stirlingshire
J.Mitchell(Falkirk); Reid(Camelon) & M.Harley(Falkirk); Trotter(Laurieston), D.Inglis(Camelon) & Binnie(Stenhousemuir); Brown(Camelon) & T.Donnelly(Falkirk), Sinclair(Falkirk), J.Cox(Grangemouth) & J.Gardner(Grangemouth).

Scorers- ???? : Sinclair, Cox (2).

Saturday May 5th 1888
Stirlingshire v Linlithgowshire
Inter-County Match
at Brockville Pk., Falkirk.
Result 5-1

Teams-
Stirlingshire
P.McMartin(Laurieston); J.Liddle(Falkirk) & Duff(King's Park); Binnie(Stenhousemuir), & D.Inglis(Camelon) & Graham(Grangemouth); A.Stark(Falkirk) & T.Donnelly(Falkirk), H.Reid(Stenhousemuir), J.Cox(Grangemouth) & J.Gardner(Grangemouth).

Linlithgowshire
Docherty(Broxburn Thistle); D.Grant(Bo'ness) & Cuthbertson(Broxburn Thistle); Cowie(Bo'ness), Thornton(Bo'ness) & Hannah(Champfleurie); D.Sneddon(Champfleurie) & W.Campbell(Bo'ness), R.Lynch(Bo'ness), Potter(Champfleurie) & Cowie(Erin Rovers).

Scorers - Donnelly, Gardner, Reid(2), OG(Grant) : ????.

This match originally scheduled for January 28th 1888, was postponed, for completeness, here is the Stirlingshire squad originally selected-
Angus(King's Park); Wilson(King's Park) & Burns(Camelon); Gray(King's Park), Bellingham(Falkirk) & Trotter(Laurieston); Stark(Falkirk) & Donnelly(Falkirk), McLauchlan(East Stirling), Dunn(East Stirling) & Copeland(Laurieston)

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