Chieftains enjoyed the first half wind but didnt really use it much with fly-half Christian Townsend missing touch from two consecutive penalties, only to see a neat chip ahead from his half-back buddy Gregor Christie roll into touch with no one at home. Cricket was played at the Academy almost as soon as it was open in the "Yards" which surround the main school building. Edinburgh Accies: Broad (60mins). LEWIS STUART @ Balgray. He also played first-class cricket for Kent and Warwickshire. The club have approximately 225 mini rugby players registered with a developing colts team run under the auspices of the BATS, a set-up which also embraces the Broughton and Trinity Accies youth . The newest member of the Edinburgh Accies family, our aim is to become the leading netball club in Scotland. Past captain and current EAFC president, Simon Burns, said Both Gilbert and Tommy could not have been more welcoming when I joined the club in the 80s and were steeped in all things RP. What disappoints me is the number of points that we left out there.. Curries forwards were quicker round the corner than the opposition which resulted in mismatch after mismatch as Accies slight midfield was tasked with stopping several of the visiting teams bigger behemoths on the charge. Ewan Ashman (Sale Sharks) 6 caps. The following Academicals have played Representative Cricket. The 3 day music event will be held at Accies Rugby DJ Marshall, JA Simson, T McClung, JH Marshall (Captain), JC Walker, AF Gardiner, KW Paterson-Brown. The New Field Pavilion is renovated in 2017 to include eight changing rooms. Our ground at Raeburn Place, can truly be said to be the cradle of rugby football in Scotland. An extended overview of the Clubs history can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. The club is the oldest Old Boys cricket club in Scotland. EDINBURGH ACCIES bounced back after last weekends shorthanded shellacking at Malleny Park to snatch this one at the very death. A number of Edinburgh Academicals have represented Scotland at both rugby and cricket, these include: Henry Stevenson, T. R. Marshall, L.M. The home side were not helped by losing their best back in the first half. Our 2nds are 7 from 7 now, so its putting pressure on guys to perform, and thats what we want.. It has also provided two of Scotlands three Grand Slam winning Captains in GPS MacPherson in 1925 and David Sole in 1990 and former player and Club President, Bill Maclagan, went on to captain the first official British (Lions) touring team in 1891. Replacements: M McGinley, H Campbell, J Mills, S Broad, N Armstrong. In 1886, Stevenson took five wickets in five balls for the Academy, and repeated this feat for Accies in 1894. . The victory does at least answer some questions about the spirit in the club. To continue to use this website you first need to accept the use of cookies. Marshall[3], Advent of competitive cricket (1953 - 1969). It's great when our guests really get to know the team. Defending champions. Adam Hall converted both scores which gave Currie a small lead over the plucky 14-man Accies team who still packed a punch. Given the close draw between those two teams at Raeburn Place in September, the size of . Accies reached the Plate Final in 2018. After retiring from playing, he became a popular committee member and was president of the Club from 1988-90. 5 Jan 2023 . Academical cricket at Raeburn Place was once again interrupted during the Second World War, with the playing field ploughed up for agricultural use, with the Academicals not returning until 18 June 1949. Our home ground is Raeburn Place, Edinburgh The Cradle of Rugby edinburghaccies.com Joined September 2009 128 Following 3,983 Followers Tweets & replies Media Edinburgh Accies Retweeted THE OFFSIDE LINE Celtic. Our thoughts and condolences are with Gilberts family and many friends, especially his wife, Zoe, children Mandy, Colin and Alastair, and sister, Janet, at this sad time. Hamilton Accies keeper Ryan Fulton hopes the 1-0 win over Morton can be the turning point that saves their season. Supporting a player via this item will be considered a donation to the Club. The 1930s saw a peak for the club with a strong 1st XI including eight of its playing members who had represented Scotland, and two other competitive teams. As others have said, he was incredibly welcoming to newcomers to Raeburn Place and made both Jane and I feel at home from the very first day we arrived. Past captain, Scotland internationalist and Honorary Life Member, Jeremy Richardson, said Gilbert was a top man in all walks of life. Player-of-the-Match: If this was unit of the match, it would go to the entire Marr front five and it is harsh to single one player out. Please submit your donation along with your preferred player(s) and help support the players and the wider Club achieve our goals. One of the most prolific was Steve Spoljaric, who played First Grade cricket in Australia, and during his tenure for Edinburgh Accies, from 1999 to 2005, he scored 4092 runs at an average of 66, and took 148 wickets. Accies forwards fronted up pretty well, winning four set-scrum penalties overall, just to put down a marker, but they lost three line-outs in the first half alone which could have cost them on another day. In 1854, the Edinburgh Academy acquired a playing field at Raeburn Place, Stockbridge, and Edinburgh Accies was founded the following year. He tried to nudge ahead with his foot, but the ball beat him to the dead goal-line. Loomes added the extras and narrowed the deficit to just two points which put an extra spring in the home steps. I always wonder which Accies team will turn up at the start of each game?. On one occasion he took all ten wickets in a match against Perthshire Cricket Club. Former pupils of the Edinburgh Academy and members of EACC were integral in the development of Scottish cricket, and within a few years all the independent schools in Scotland had private cricket grounds. Accies needed a converted try to win this one and Accies got exactly that, courtesy of burly winger Wells who scored in the far left corner of the field, setting up a tricky conversion for a man who had missed a straight on sitter, but Loomes rose to the challenge quite brilliantly and Accies season is back on song. Edinburgh City . 2023-24 . Sign up to stay updated about the latest news, events and more about Edinburgh Accies. Tennent's Scottish Premiership Rugby, Selkirk vs Edinburgh Accies at Selkirk RFC, Philiphaugh on Saturday 24 September 2022. Email Address Sign Up Thank you! Our mission is to become the leading netball club in Scotland, creating a pathway for players with the ambition and potential to achieve representative honours or pursue professional contracts. Design a site like this with WordPress.com, St Andrews University vs Accies 02/02/2019, Cornelian Asset Managers Mixed Netball 25.07.2019. 1,134 were here. Despite a couple of big defensive plays which stopped Accies as they looked to close the game off Pacha winning a turnover penalty and Walker Graham thumping McVie to cause a knock-on the second placed side were not to be denied. The distinguished writer Andrew Lang captained the Academy in 1861. Providing high quality, independent and up-to-date coverage of all aspects of Scottish rugby. Edinburgh Accies currently plays at its second ground at New Field. Many of these club fixtures are internal competitions open to golfers of all ages and abilities and others are entered by EAGC selected teams including the prestigious Halford Hewitt Trophy, the Grafton Morrish, the Cyril Gray and The Queen Elizabeth Schools Trophy. Featured News United Kingdom Hamilton Accies must make more of their chances, admits star. The Halford Hewitt has been described as 'the greatest of all truly amateur tournaments'. The origin of Edinburgh Accies can be traced back to 1824 when cricket was played in the Edinburgh Academy yards. Never afraid to innovate, the club is especially proud to have developed the world's first rugby memories club, details of all our activities are available through our new website. In 1974 the Club won the Scottish Cup for the first time. Many of t. hese club fixtures are internal competitions open to golfers of all ages and abilities and others are entered by EAGC selected teams including the prestigious Halford Hewitt Trophy, the Grafton Morrish, the Cyril Gray and The Queen Elizabeth Schools Trophy. Can also often be heard on their podcast flapping his gums about the oval-ball (technically, its ellipsoidal) game and being pedantic. After university, Gilbert returned to Edinburgh and was a stalwart of the Accies team of the 1950s/60s, when the Club enjoyed a remarkable period of success, winning the unofficial club championship in 1955-56 and sharing the title with Jed-Forest the following season. Two Vincent Hart penalties sandwiched another spill over the line, this time it was earlier scorer McVie who was unable to ground, but after another weaving run from Kent had splintered the GHA defence, Hart was there with the assist for Ruairi Campbell to cross over on the right. They remained in the Scottish Premiership after the restructure of the Scottish league system. WELCOME TO EDINBURGH ACCIES SUPPORT Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Club Policies FAQs CONTACT Info@edinburghaccies.com STAY UPDATED Sign up to stay updated about the latest news, events and more about Edinburgh Accies. They [Accies] are a good side but I didnt see anything we shouldnt have been able to cope with, but we push on and look forward to Heriots.. Currie Chieftains: C Brett; I Sim, J McCaig, A Hall, K McGovern; C Townsend, G Christie; C Anderson, R Stewart, C Ramsay, J OBrien, E Stewart, M Vennel, G Nelson, R Davies (Capt). . The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. The 26-year-old has been one of Hearts' star players this season, making vital saves in the Edinburgh . When visiting our website just "add to home screen" on iPhone, iPad or Android. The committee is keen to increase the number of Academicals involved as members of the club, in Edinburgh, London and worldwide. GHA: Tries: Johnston, Pacha, McCutcheon; Cons: Hyde 2; Pens: Hyde 2. In 1886 for the Academy he took five wickets in five balls and repeated this feat for The Academicals in a club match in 1894. First half we didnt hit the ground running, we were pretty passive in what we were doing, and didnt kick very well, said GHAs head coach Trevor Carmichael. Jamie Bhatti (Glasgow Warriors) 25 caps. Stevenson was one of the great lob bowlers, and his notes were included in an MCC booklet "Instructions to Cricket Coaches at Lord's". The club is the oldest Old Boys cricket club in Scotland. The ball whizzed stylishly through the backs to their burly wing, who touched down in the corner. News. The East of Scotland District League was formed in 1953, with the Academicals first winning the league in 1957. The 1860s and 1870s produced a number of notable cricketers and also a distinguished cricket writer in Andrew Lang (Captain of the Academy 2nd XI in 1861). Fraser Brown (Glasgow Warriors) 57 caps. Limerick with a similar emphasis on youth to Accies fielded a team averaging 20.5 years, half of them teenagers against a Derry City team considerably older and experienced. Currie earned all three of their tries from very much the same ploy, forwards running at backs, oh, and they had another wiped off after the referee declared the ball not grounded. We have been keeping Scottish rugby in the news since 2016 and will have 3 million page views this year, making The Offside Line first for Scottish rugby. Molotov. We are The Edinburgh Academical Golf Club. TBA Prestwick . Mason Cullen grabs his 10th try of the season for Jed-Forest versus GHA to move up to third in the try-scoring tabl , Visitors bounce back from disastrous start at Philiphaugh , Mansfield men underline their title credentials , Visitors recover from the first-half red-carding of Rory Carmichael to ease their relegation concerns . 1st XV vs Stewarts Melville FPs (Home) - Sat 20th Aug. Edinburgh Accies have accepted invitations to the below tournaments in this seasons Kings of the 7s: Please contact us if you have any questions and we would recommend following our social media platforms for regular match reports, pre-match lunches and events information (tickets for which will also be published to the events section of our online Shop). Membership ofThe Edinburgh Academical Golf Clubis open to former pupils ofThe Edinburgh Academy.The club runs a large number of competitions each year which are played on an outstanding array of courses including Muirfield, Elie, Bruntsfield Links, Royal Burgess, Luffness New, Royal Cinque Ports, Royal St. George's, The Renaissance Club, St. George's Hill and Royal West Norfolk. One of those friends, ex-Scotland and Lions full-back, Andy Irvine, fondly recounted In 1984 I was on holiday in Iona and was walking along the beach when I bumped into my old friend Gilbert and his kids what a small world! The Academical Field at Raeburn Place was purchased by the Edinburgh Academy in 1854, and has several unique claims to fame - the first school playing field (of its kind) in Scotland, the oldest private cricket ground in Edinburgh and one of the oldest in Scotland, the "cradle of Rugby Football" in Scotland, being the scene of the first International Football Match and Scotland's 'home ground' for 24 years. Due to current redevelopment at Raeburn Place, the club has spent its longest period away from their home ground since the Second World War, and currently plays at its second ground New Field, which it shares with the Edinburgh Academy school. At the turn of the century, Edinburgh Accies built a reputation as the pre-eminent cricket club in Scotland. Edinburgh Accies, originally an exclusive club for alumni of the Edinburgh Academy, signed George Reifer in 1981, who represented Barbados and later Scotland, as the club's first professional. In season 200910 the club's 1st XV was relegated to Scottish Premier Division 2 after they lost to Heriot's FP in the last game of the season and on the same day Watsonian's beat Melrose. . Featured News United Kingdom Hamilton 0, Queen's Park 2: Wasteful Accies fall into Spiders' trap. An extended overview of the Club's history can be downloaded by clicking on the button below. The Clubs name omits rugby from its title as its formation predates the split in rugby and association (soccer) rules which occurred in the 1860s. Former Glasgow Hawk Kerr Gossman produced a typically bullish charge down the right flank for Accies, but having broken through two challenges the ball slipped from his grasp with the line within smelling distance. T.H. Published by the Edinburgh Academicals Club, This page was last edited on 26 July 2022, at 10:27. Posted 11 hours ago. Never miss a kick. . We care about your data, and we'd use cookies only to improve your experience. The 2022-23 Scottish Cup, known as the Biffa Scottish Women's Cup for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the national cup competition in Scottish women's football. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Edinburgh Accies 13. Man-of-the-Match: Accies backs looked good, especially the unfortunate Robbie Kent and full-back Harry Patterson, but at the heart of Curries forward power was flanker Mike Vernel making a huge impact on the game and the scoreboard with his two tries and endless effort. Replacements: E McCallum, G Scougall, J Duncan, C Meager, R Daley. Cosh 119, and former Academy captain Max Banks 142, scored a club and Championship record opening partnership of 258 against Freuchie in 2018. Trinity Accies competes in the East Division 2 . We may not be the finest rugby team in the country but we do some things very well. He captained the Scotland XI which defeated the Australians in 1872 at the age of 18. Teams - Edinburgh Accies: K Gossman; M Wallace, R Kent, N Armstrong, L Wells; V Hart, M Love; C Imrie, H Campbell, C Lacour, C . JB Neill, RJ Marshall, G McClung, S Coughtrie, JK Millar, MTR Marwick, MJ Sands, JDL Fairburn. Daniel Rixon, son of Steve Rixon, Chennai Super Kings and Australian National Team coach, took all 10 wickets against Gala in 2011. Stevenson, defeated Gloucestershire (including W.G. The Edinburgh Academical FC | Edinburgh The clubs distinguished history includes 42 Academicals who have played representative cricket, 6 have played both rugby and cricket for Scotland, and a few have played for the MCC. The monogram of the Academical Cricket Club (ACC) symbolise the cricket activities of both the Academy and the Academicals, as the club was originally intended for both boys and Old Boys. Centenary Match, 6th Oct 1957 - Academicals (24) vs. International XV (12), Gilbert (middle row, third from the right) played in the now legendary Centenary Match against a very strong International XV captained by fellow Accie, Douglas Elliot and including such greats as Tony OReilly, Ken Scotland, Clem Thomas, Jean Prat etc. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Edinburgh Accies 22 pts (t 3, c 2, p g 1) v Currie Chieftains 21 pts (t 3, c 3) . For more information, read this page. The club played a match against the Barbarians in April 2008 to mark the club's 150th anniversary. Currie are a tough team to play against, very physical. That same season they experienced a successful Scottish Cup run, reaching the final with victories over Premiership 1 teams Currie, Hawick and Boroughmuir. Gilbert on the ball with his old friend, Stan Coughtrie, in support, Gilbert (back row third from left) missed out on the 1955-56 season as he only returned to Edinburgh in the summer of 1956, but he starred in the 1956-57 championship winning side, captained by Robin Marshall. The club is the oldest Old Boys cricket club in Scotland. Our 3rd XI play in the Sunday League. One of the players currently not fully professional is goalkeeper Charlotte Parker-Smith. The first cricket match, for which any scores have been traced, appeared in The Courant of 17 April 1855. Subs: Liness, Murray, Findlater, Adams, E. With the last kick of the match their captain, who . Second oldest in the world. Theres four or five guys who played for our 2nd XV last week who stepped up this week, and that was based on how they performed. There was no escaping the fact that both sides came into the sixth weekend of the Premiership season enjoying vastly differing form so far. Man-of-the-Match: Any number of Accies put their hands up, including half-backs Max Love, who kept the defence honest, and Vincent Hart, who bossed things throughout. List of Edinburgh Academical C.C. Inverness CT . Forfar Athletic . He was 88. The club regularly fields three teams and is also involved with Broughton and . Is rumoured to believe that Finn Russell is The Messiah. The Pavilion, 1901, with stable and score-box on right. Scratch foursomes, 10-man team. HAWICK showed off his performance of the season at the stunning Edinburgh Accies with a seven-fold demolition that keeps the Greens at the top of Tennent's Premiership table and makes a home semi-final in this season's play-offs look like a good bet. At one stage, Dario Ewing produced a great chop tackle on Max Wallace in the Accies 22, and seconds later GHA winger Fergus Johnston spilled as he tried to slice through the middle of the Accies line. Steve Spoljaric scored 275 not out in the Scottish Cup, 2001. Sign up to receive free weekly updates to your inbox. Andy Winter's 19th-minute penalty earned a precious win, and with rivals . Click here to view the latest league and cup fixtures and results for all Edinburgh Accies teams. News History Teams Membership Shop Gallery Contact. v Edinburgh Accies 2XV (1) v Heriot's 2XV (Away) Players/Coaches; . If you would like to support a player on behalf of a business or would like an invoice, then please contact the team at info@edinburghaccies.com to discuss. A conversion from skipper Jamie Loomes gave them the lead for the first time in over an hour and it proved to be the last kick of the game. (Lions) touring team in 1891. Accies 2nd XI achieved promotion in consecutive seasons, 2016, 2017 and 2018, in the East League. After university, Gilbert returned to Edinburgh and was a stalwart of the Accies team of the 1950s/60s, when the Club enjoyed a remarkable period of success, winning the unofficial club championship in 1955-56 and sharing the title with Jed-Forest the following season. A conversion from skipper Jamie Loomes gave them the lead for the first time in over an hour and it proved to be the last kick of the game. The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland.The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby.Its home ground is Raeburn Place, in Stockbridge, Edinburgh.The team is coached by Iain Berthinussen. Edinburgh were 15-5 winners against Caledonia, while Glasgow and the West won 35-15 against The Borders and East Lothian. Copyright The Edinburgh Academical Golf Club 2020 - 2023, The club runs a large number of competitions each year which are played on an outstanding array of courses including Muirfield, Elie, Bruntsfield Links, Royal Burgess, Luffness New, Royal Cinque Ports, Royal St. George's, The Renaissance Club, St. George's Hill and Royal West Norfolk. In death, as in life, the brothers were inseparable. GHA:L Bardelli; F Johnston, C Hyde, K Dixon, A Caqusau; G Drummond, G Baird; A Pacha, A Falconer, M Fox, A Kerr, S Callaghan, W Graham, D Ewing, L McCutcheon. Alarm bells rang for Accies whenever the visitors set up camp inside the home red zone. This link will divert you to the Club Rugby section of the Scottish Rugby website. *We will make every effort to allocate players in line with submitted preference. Stevenson was one of the great lob bowlers, and his notes were included in an MCC booklet "Instructions to Cricket Coaches at Lord's". Balfour-Melville captained the Academy in 1871, and went on to captain Scotland, defeating Australia in 1872 at the age of 18. In 2018, Cosh won the Championship batting award, as the leading Scottish qualified player, becoming the first batsman to win the Division 1 and Championship awards in successive years. Share this: Twitter; Facebook; dailyrecord.co.uk January 14, 2023 1 min read. With the clock ticking into the final five minutes, Loomes did kick a penalty, eventually, when he could have thrown the ball over the posts, and those three points seemed to breathe belief back into his struggling side who kept their best till last. On Saturday, the U17s played an academy festival where Caledonia took on Edinburgh and Glasgow and the West played The Borders and East Lothian. In fact, it is the oldest existing football club of any code in Scotland, predating Queens Park Football Club by ten years. Edinburgh Accies (@EdinburghAccies) / Twitter Follow Edinburgh Accies @EdinburghAccies Oldest Rugby Club in Scotland. In 1854, the Edinburgh Academyacquired a playing field at Raeburn Place,Stockbridge, and Edinburgh Accies was founded the following year. I felt we had done enough to win this match, said Currie coach Mark Cairns whose side had a nine point lead well inside the final ten minutes. THE teams are separated by almost the length of Premiership 1 and the result left Edinburgh Accies facing Premiership 2 sides and a battle for a top-10 place next season. Accies last won in 2019. Last edited on 9 September 2022, at 09:57, "Edinburgh Academical Football Club History", "Barbarians: A club in touch with history", "Book review: The Accies: The Cradle of Scottish Rugby", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Edinburgh_Academical_Football_Club&oldid=1109347562, Champions (16 + 4 shared): 186566, 186667, 186768, 186869, 187071, 187475, 187677 (with, Champions (3): 1929, 1936, 1946 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (3): 1947 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (5): 1929, 1932, 1933, 1942 (jointly fielded team with, Champions (9): 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1954, 1970, 1998, This page was last edited on 9 September 2022, at 09:57. Previews. Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Hamilton Academical Football Club | Since 1874. Cardiff v Edinburgh: three changes to Mike Blairs team for Sunday match, Super6: Watsonians and Ayrshire Bulls announce line-ups for Championship Final, 2022-23 Premiership Leaderboard after eight rounds, When wed get into the 22 wed have control sometimes, but then wed make a silly mistake or a silly decision, so second half was all about controlling the game a bit more and having more front-foot ball, which we did but there was critical points of our game that werent accurate enough. Yellow card -. bas tards! Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies orAccies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. 2021-22. Halftime score - Currie Chieftains 17 pts, Edinburgh Accies 8 pts. If you would like more information on joining the club, please emailedinburghacciesgolf@gmail.com. We dabbled in and out of the game for 60 minutes and then, in the last 20 minutes, we actually turned up! We ask for 250 (reduced to 150 for the rest of this season) per player with all funds going towards the provision of rugby and meeting our goal of having 3 teams representing Edinburgh Accies throughout the season - last year physio/medical and team travel alone cost over 250 per playing member. With [] Read more Jed-Forest 14. I am absolutely delighted, said Iain Berthinussen, Accies head coach. IN a deeply unsatisfying match, Edinburgh Accies cemented their spot at the top of the Premiership table with a dour, hard-fought win against one of their play-off rivals. It was not thought necessary to include Edinburgh in the title. Ian D. Stevenson, 52 pages, One Hundred Years at Raeburn Place 1854 - 1954 (1954). After Kent opened Accies account as early as the fourth minute, Curries big men went to work. Newcastle United kid was impressed with Accies, but says finishing let them down, Lucas de Bolle made his Scottish Championship debut in the 2-0 defeat at home to Queen's Park Anyone can donate to support a player and you do not need to be a Club member or sponsor to do so. In season 201011 the club were Premier 2 League champions and returned to the top level of Scottish club rugby, the Premier 1 League, for the 201112 season. Our Player Supporter initiative allows you to donate towards Accies rugby goals with your support noted next to an allocated* player when they are selected for any team, or if they are awarded man of the match for the 1st XV. The origin of Edinburgh Accies can be traced back to before the club was officially formed to the establishment of the Edinburgh Academy in 1824. Edinburgh Academical Cricket Club, generally known as Edinburgh Accies or Accies, is a cricket club founded in 1855 and based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our mission is to become the leading netball club in Scotland, creating a pathway for players with the ambition and potential to achieve representative honours or pursue professional contracts. 6 Jan 2023 Cherry and Haining back for Zebre Parma clash. Hibernian . New to the freelancing journalistic world as of August 2019, Iain has previously written for The Scottish Rugby Blog since 2017, covering matches for Glasgow Warriors, Scotland and opinion pieces. 21h Official MISSING FEMALE - JESSIE LECKIE There are concerns for the 87 year-old, who lives in Corstorphine. I think any team can beat any team in this league, and well see that more and more as players are returning to clubs, but for us, its about us. The line-out was a bit of a shambles, however they did manage to win another penalty right in front of the posts, so decided to take the three on offer with enough time remaining to get the points required to complete the most unlikely of turnarounds. 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