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Poloc Cricket Club's logo depicting aspects of its location. Poloc Cricket Club was a cricket club based at Pollok Country Park in south Glasgow, Scotland.. The club's Shawholm [1] ground encompassed the cricket oval, three all-weather tennis courts, and used to have the world's only six-hole golf course approved by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.
Pollok (Scottish Gaelic: Pollag, lit. 'a pool', Scots: Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,000 at its peak, its population has since declined due to the replacement of substandard ...
Pollok's badge is a simple shield containing a black and white saltire, a football and a tree, which is a nod to the coat of arms of Glasgow. Since their formation, Pollok have played in black and white as a tribute to their first honorary President [69] Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, who gifted the club land within the Pollok estate for use as ...
The club was founded in 1878. [1] The club attracted members quickly (65 in its first season) and entered the first Renfrewshire Cup in 1878–79. [2] In 1880–81 entered the Scottish Cup for the first time, and had its best season in each competition, reaching the semi-final of the Renfrewshire and the third round of the Scottish.
Pollok's first ground was at Haggs Park in the Pollok Estate, but they were forced to move out in 1926–1927 as Glasgow City Council wanted the land for school pitches. After playing temporarily at Rosebery Park and the Queen Mary Tea Gardens at Spiersbridge (in Thornliebank ), they acquired Newlandsfield Park, and began playing there in the ...
Shawholm is a former cricket ground in Glasgow, Scotland. Located within Pollok Country Park , it was the home ground of Poloc Cricket Club and staged three first-class matches. The earliest match hosted by the club that is, arguably, of historic interest was the game between a West of Scotland select team and the Australian Imperial Forces as ...
On 6 October 1888 the club lost 7–1 at home to Rangers F.C. in the Glasgow Cup. They were the last competitive matches of the Pollokshields club. By December, it had been taken over by fellow south Glasgow amateur side Battlefield F.C.. [18] The name was revived in 1892 by a junior club which lasted two seasons.
Pollokshaws (Scots: Powkshaws) is an area on the South side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.It is bordered by the residential neighbourhoods of Auldhouse to the east, Eastwood and Hillpark to the south and Shawlands to the north, with the Glasgow South Western Line railway and the open lands of Pollok Country Park to the west.