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From Dumfries and Galloway Standard – Wednesday 26 December 1883
Rugby Football—At a well-attended meeting called by advertisement, and held on Saturday evening, it was unanimously resolved to form a club under the title of Dumfriesshire Rangers. The old club colours having been appropriated by an Association team, the meeting decided upon adopting maroon jerseys and stockings, with white knickers. The following office-bearers were elected:- captain: Mr R. Ainslie; vice-captain: Mr J. Forrest; secretary and treasurer: Sir L. M. Dinwiddie; committee: Messrs Jas. Berwick, T. Ker, H. Symons, and T. Dodds. The captain (Mr Ainslie) has been selected to play for the South and North of Scotland International Trial Match on Saturday next at Edinburgh.
From the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser – Wednesday 02 January 1884
Resuscitation of the Dumfries rugby club —At a well-attended meeting called by advertisement, and held on Saturday week, it was unanimously resolved to form a club under the title of Dumfriesshire Rangers. The old club colours having been appropriated by an Association team, the meeting decided upon adopting maroon jerseys and stockings, with white knickers. The following office-bearers were elected:- captain: Mr R. Ainslie; vice-captain: Mr J. Forrest; secretary and treasurer: Mr L. M. Dinwiddie. The captain (Mr Ainslie) was elected to play in the South and North of Scotland International Trial Match on Saturday at Edinburgh.
From the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser – Wednesday 16 January 1884
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Lord Eskdaill has accepted the presidency of this club. Provost Lennox, Dumfries, and Mr J. H. S. Graham of Dunnabie have been elected vice-presidents, and accepted office. The opening match of this Club vs. Carlisle was played at Nunholm on Saturday. A good deal of interest centred in the event, it being the first appearance in the field of the Dumfriessians, who have revived their old club, and there was a large attendance of spectators. The game, however, was hardly a success, and was played in anything but a friendly spirit. In the first half, after a succession of fierce scrimmages. Dumfriesshire scored two tries; and soon after commencing the second half Carlisle gained a try, which was disputed. A good deal of shouting on both sides ensued, and eventually the strangers loft the field.
There was a Dumfries Rangers rugby club before, though it had by 1882 adopted association rules; and the Dumfriesshire Rangers rugby club was evidently a revival of this old club, just adding the ‘shire’ to the end of the Dumfries name.
The old club is mentioned in the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser – Wednesday 22 November 1882
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Football—The Dumfriesshire Medal—The draw for this medal took place in the Buck Hotel, Langholm on Saturday afternoon. Rugby clubs in the county of Dumfries are entitled to compete. There were four entries, viz., Langholm, Canonbie, Annan, and Bullfield (Langholm). The Dumfries club, which competed in previous years has adopted association rules. With the exception of Annan, all the clubs entered were represented at the draw, and it was arranged that the first club drawn should have the choice of ground. The following was the result of the draw— Langholm v. Canonbie, at Langholm ; Annan v. Bullfield, at Langholm.
The Dumfries Rangers rugby club probably had its first taste of association football rules when it played Queen of the South Wanderers in an association match in 1877.
From the Dumfries and Galloway Standard – Wednesday 21 November 1877
The Blantyre Calamity. — A grand football match will be played on Saturday first at Nunholm, between the ‘Queen of the South Wanderers’ and the ‘Rangers’, for the benefit of the sufferers by the disaster, and will be under the immediate patronage and presence of the Provost and Magistrates of Dumfries. Play will commence at three p.m., and will be under Association Rules, and the Rangers, although a Rugby club, will no doubt make a stout resistance against their experienced opponents. We would therefore recommend to our readers the advisability of manifesting their appreciation of the object by being present on the occasion.
This is probably the same side as turned out in 1874 against Carlisle.
From the Dumfries and Galloway Standard – Wednesday 21 January 1874
Football – We understand that the return football match between the Dumfries and Carlisle football clubs has been arranged for Friday first, to commence at three o’ clock in the afternoon, on the ground of the Dumfries club at Nunholm. The game will played on the rules of the Dumfries club (rugby union).
Old Dead Rugby Clubs 