Gala Abbotsford

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Founded: c. 1895

Disbanded:

Home ground: Boldside

Notes:

The club played Edinburgh Australasians in December 1895. They won by 4 tries to zero.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/18951205/003/0003

The club held its first annual dinner in 1896 (in the Abbotsford Arms)
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000469/18960423/005/0003

Its pavillion was broken into in 1897.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18970111/115/0002

The club won the Hawick Sevens and the Gala Sevens in 1917
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002783/19170511/088/0004

There was also a bowls side named Gala Abbotsford.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000470/19560529/176/0008