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FOREWORD

It is now over forty years since "The Cherrypickers"waswrittenandpublishedandprintedhereinMuirkirkwhen thepresent fi rm then cameunder the" Muirki rkAdvertiser and Douglasdale Gazette." It hasbeen outof print now for many years, yet stil l we are asked to

supply copies. We now feel that the timei s right thatother generationsshould have theopportunity to learnof theheritagethat wasonceGlenbuck. Wereproducethis booklet in i ts entirity, without any alterations oradditi ons in thehope that it wi ll do to-day what it didin 1951—bring to theattention of later generationsofthe prowess and achievements of the sportsmen of

Glenbuck

JAM ESTA YL OR (Printer)

33 FurnaceRoad, Muirkirk, AyrshireK A18 3QQ

Tel. 01290 661239

1997

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al itt le cottagesomedistancefrom themainroadandabouta mile anda half fromMuirkirk. Closeby theroadsidehebuilt himself ali ttleshelterl ikea sentrybox, and

there, oncold, rainy days, Willi e would sit as hewaited for thebusto takehim tohis work. The shelter is stil l there to-day. I t was in the cottage at A shieburn thatWill ie Wall acediedeleven years ago- died at theearly ageof fi fty-eight, avi ctim

of theminers’ scourge, sili cosis.It wasof thetoll of theseathat Kipli ngwasthinkingwhen hewrote:

“I f thisbe the priceo’ A dmiralty,

Lord God, we hae paid in full.”

And it’ s trueof themines, too.

Not longagoI sat by the fi reside in thel ittl e cottageand talked with those whoknew and loved Willie Wallace, this man so worthy to be remembered. On thehearthrugsata sturdy eight year old laddie, goingoverhi scollection of photographs

of famousfootball erswith anaccuracy of detail that wasremarkable.NeedI say thathis name is Will ie Wall ace! L ater, as we left the cottage and walked across thestretch of grass towardsthe river, I heard a famil iar sound, theplonk of a football .

I turned.Y es,i t wasweeWi ll ieWallacespeeding towardsani maginary cornerf lag.Glenbuck may languishin the changing circumstances of to-day; but her f ine oldtradition seemssafe enough for a while yet.

M. H.FAULDS



WILLIEWALLACE

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WILLIEWALLACEA li ttlewhil eagoI becameinterested in thestoryof theGlenbuck football ersand

set towork tol earnall I couldabout them.It wasanenjoyablejob.It ledmeintomany

friendly homeswhereI met men - andwomen, too- with whom it wasa pleasuretotalk. I listenedto reminiscences of bygone days and I heard stories of the giants ofyears longpast. From timeto timeI heard of Wil lie Wallace, but my attentionwas

not caught until oneday af riend remarked to me- “ When adisputearose, even theopposing sidewould say ‘ Ask Will ie Wall aceand we’ ll takewhat hesays’.” Therecanbefewerf inertributestoaman’scharacterandsportsmanship thana remarkl ikethat. I takei t to refer to practicegames in whichno referee was avail able. Football

is agamethatrousesanimositi esandsetstempersaglow. Whatamark of respect andaffection thewordsare! “ Ask Will ie Wall aceand we’ ll take what he says.”

Will ie Wallacewasborn in Glenbuck sixty-eight years ago. At an early agehe

went to work in the pits and continued there throughout his li fe. He was a bornfootball er and at the age of f if teen became a regular member of the well-knownGlenbuck Cherrypickers. Hi s positi on on thef ield was centre-half . He was a li ttlebandy legged andhad atendency to loomover theball , andthis madehima diffi cult

manto get past.No morepopularplayer ever woretheGlenbuck colours. How oftendid Burnside Park ring with hisname, as thecrowdapplauded his prowess or urgehim onto greatereff orts!His popularity restedsecurely onthereputation hehadwonfor hard, clean play.

When hisfootball dayswereover Will iefounda new interest in lif e in the country-sidearoundhim. With keennessandenthu-

siasm of his younger days he studied thenatural historyandthegeology of hisnativecounty. Nothing deli ghted him morethat tospend a day rambling through thecountry-

side - out in the open, close to nature,appreciating her beauty, studying her se-crets, acquiri ng knowledge of her ways.

And hewasalwaysready to sharehis inter-est with others. A bunch of wild flowerscame to mean more to him than a leatherfootball.

For many years Will ie Wall acel ived in



THECHERRYPICKERS

*GLENBUCK

NURSERY OF FOOTBALL ERS

Rev. M . H. FAULDSand

WM. TWEEDIE, Jnr.

*MUIRKIRKPrinted by "TheM uirkirk Advertiser andDouglasdaleGazette."

1951

WHISPERS

O, could the Glenbuck Burn but speak,An’ talesof yoreunfauld-But hark! dae I hear whispers

Frae its waters clear an’ cauld?

Listen - j ust l isten tae its chatterAs it gurgles ower the stanes;It’ s tell in’ noo o’ fitba’ lads,

O’ Knoxes, Taits, an’ Bains.

O’ ladsf rae Vass’ s Building,Grasshil l and Monkey Raw,

O’ some o’ the best auld playersThat ever kicked a ba’ .

It whispers names o’ bygone days,

Whaplayed upon its banks,

Whasyne won fame an’ gloryAn’ reached the highest ranks.

An’ as it murmurs softly on,It naither fi ghtsnor bickers,It kensthem a’, an’ tells thetaleO’ the Glenbuck Cherrypickers.

O’ could we but its story print,Glenbuck could hae nae fearsThat the memory o’ the“ Cherries”

Wadfadewi’ passin’ years.

Wi’ our brief eff ortswe ha’ e triedTaekeep their names alive,

An’ trust that in li fe’s pathwaysTheir glories wil l survive.

WM. TWEEDIE.

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TOMMY BONE

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A postscript remains to beadded. About thetime theCherrypickerscameto anendasmall boy waski ckingaball aroundtheplaygroundof theschool in Glenbuck.

His name was Tommy Brown. Since those days Tommy hasplayed f ootball forseveral well-known Clubs—Heart of M idlothian, Mil lwall , Leyton Orient, andCharltonA thletic. Hewasnot aCherrypicker - hewastooyoungfor that. Hisf ather,

John Brown, however, was a Cherrypicker, and thetradition li ves oni n theson. Inadditi on to being capped threetimes Schoolboy International, Tommy Brown was

capped twicef or Scotland—in 1940 against England. Another Glenbuck lad, JohnWallace, passedintoSenior football atabout thesameti me. Son of GeorgeWallace

andnephew of Wil lie Wall aceandTowey Brown- Cherrypickersall - hehasplayedfor A yr United and Partick Thistle.

Thistheni sthestory of Glenbuck Cherrypickers. In ratherl essthanhalf acentury

fi fty of them passed on to thesenior ranks. Many of them played for famouscl ubsand won renown for themselves in the world of football. Seven of them gainedinternational honours. This is arecord unequall ed by any other placeof similar sizein all Scotland - a record of which Glenbuck is justif iably proud.

Our thanksare due to thevariouspeople who helped with information and theloan of photos.



The Cherrypickers

GLENBUCK

NURSERY OF FOOTBALL ERS

Glenbuck is asmall miningvil lagei n thesouth of A yrshirewherei t borderswi thLanarkshire. It is li keany of themany other miningvil lagesto befound in Scotland.Three mil es f rom M uirkirk, it nestles by the roadside i n a tract of undulating

countrysidewhich is bothpleasant andpicturesque. Glenbuckwould rank nowherein acompetiti onf or theprettiest vil lagei n Scotland. It is drab andmonotonous, andplainly utilitarian.

Glenbuck came into being when mining operations began in that corner ofAyrshire away back in theearly seventiesof last century (19th). For morethanhalfacentury it fl ourishedandwasthecentreof avi gorous, closely-kit community, with

all the sturdiness and independenceof a typical Scottish mining vil lage. For someyearspreviousto this, lead mining wascarried on.andalsosomeironsmelting. The

remains of one of the earliest iron foundries in Scotland are stil l to be seen i nGlenbuck. In addition to theearli er minesthatwereworked, two pitswerelater sunk

in theneighbourhood and broughtameasureof prosperity to thevi ll age. At notime,however, did its population much exceed twelve hundred. When the mines ceasedto be operated just before the First World War and the pits closed down in thetwenties,thedeclineof Glenbuck defi nitely set in. In recent yearsthepopulationhas

steadily dwindled. Many of the village folk have moved away and many of thehouses have fallen into decay. There are not more than two hundred people li vingin Glenbuck to-day, and in all likelihood, before many more years have passed

Glenbuck will only bea nameanda memory.

But Glenbuck deserves to beremembered, for it holds a worthy placein history —at any rate, in thehistory of football . For many yearsi t maintained aJunior team

which established a great reputation f or itself . But the unique distinction ofGlenbuck is, that it became a f amous nursery of football ers. Year after year asuccession of Glenbuck lads passed i nto Senior Football , winning renown forthemselvesandbringingcredit to their native vill age. Thelist of Glenbuck ladswho

madegood in theworld of football is al ong oneandcontainsmany notablenames.It can besafely claimed that novi ll ageof similar sizei n all Scotlandhasarecord toequal that of Glenbuck. A ltogether, the Gl enbuck story is a remarkable page i nfootball history.

asateam,i ndeed,af amily team.Their tacticswerecarefully workedoutand pre-arranged, and there was a perfect understanding amongst the brothers. Their

opponentsplayedasa collection of indivi duals, and foundthetacticsof theKnoxesaltogether surprising and baff li ng.Whenwe remarked to Hughie Knox that thef ive-a-side gameseemedto bea very strenuousaff air, involvi ng a lot of running about,

he shook his head. “No,” he said, “ the art of the game is to make the ball do therunning about.” So oftendidthesemenwi ntheprizes- usuall y clocksor barometers

—offered in thecompetitions that, after a while, they didn’t even trouble to carrythem home, but would hand them as a gift to any acquaintance standing on the

touchline. Another team which wasmentioned asbeing hard to beatwascomposedof John Hastie, Bob Tait, Jimmy Tait, Wil li am Wallace and John Ferguson. Thisteams datesf rom the later, Cherrypicker period.

GLENBUCK CHERRYPICKERS

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There is no doubt that football began in Glenbuck as soon as the vil lageitselfbegan. There were neither motor bikes nor motor 'buses' in those early days, and

vill agel ife was much more self-contained than now. Thecinemaand wireless stil llay hidden in thef uture. But the young folk of those far-off ti mes did not find lif edull. They madetheir ownamusement and devised their ownentertainments. These

things come to us too easil y to-day and lif e has lost something of real value. TheGlenbuck ladsearly learnt to kick aball about,andthey did so to such goodpurpose

that thelocal teambecameprominenti nJunior football in Scotland. Whenwork wasover a Glenbuck lad would spend all his leisure time on the football pitch, and

matchesbetween teamsfromthedif ferent minesprovidedcompetit ion and fosteredrivalry.

TheClub hadits beginningsin thelate1870's and wasfoundedby Edward Bone,

William Bone and others. It was originally called Glenbuck Athletic. The Clubcolourswerewhitej ersey andblack pants. Theaffairsof theClub weremanagedandtheteamschosenby anelectedcommittee. Formany yearsMr JohnShankly, fatherof theShankly brothers,andMr JamesGibsonwereclosely connectedwith theClub.

At that time therewasnol ocal football league, buttheClub wasfrequently engagedin competiti onsfor the numerous local cups. Open dateswerefi ll ed by means ofadvertisementsin local papers. Theplayers provided their own gear and paid their

ownexpenses. In additi on,they contributed ashill ing aweektowardsthe upkeepofthe ground. For away matches they trav-elled usuall y in athree-horsebrake. Onthecold dark nights of wi nter, the homeward

journey wasf ar from comfortable, and theplayerswouldoftenwalk agooddeal of thedistance to ease their cramped limbs. Ri-valry was very keen and feeli ngs ran high.

It was not unusual for vi siti ng teamsto bepelted with stones.Eventhepresenceof theLaw,i n thepersonof thevil lagepoliceman

sitting onthebox besidethedriver, wasnot

enough to divert the rain of missiles. Butperhapsit was thereferee after all whohadtheroughest time, especially i f a pond was

conveniently near

Thefirstgroundonwhichtheteamplayedwas lost to them when one of the pit shaftswassunk. The second wasalmost

WILLIESHANKLY

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It is interesting to note that, under Ayrshire Rules, the goalkeeper was notpermitted to handle theball . It wasnot unfrequent for thef ive-a-side competit ions

to continuethrough thewholeday, many of theteamsplaying li terall y for hoursonend. On one occasion at Lanark they went on throughout Saturday and werecompleted on Monday morning. I t wasa marathon struggle - there were, indeed,

giants in those days.

In theGlenbuck Athletic daystwo teamsestabli shed abig reputation over awi dearea. Oneconsisted of Hugh, K nox, Al ec Knox, Tom K nox, Bobby Crosbie and

Wil li amM itchell ; theother includedJamesBlyth,A rchieMcBride,WattieFerguson,Wil li am Knox and Peter Knox. The fi ve Knox brothers subsequently playedtogether asa family team and proved almost invi ncible. So far did they carry allbefore them that they actuall y won 40 of the41 competiti onsi n which they played

in one season. This is an achievement which leaves li ttle scope for future recordbreakers. Thereasonfor their successi s clear enough. They playedtogether

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GLENBUCK JUVENILES



li terall y onthehil lside.Thethirdandlast,almost theonly level patchin thevill agelargeenoughfor thepurpose, lay alongsidethemain roadandmany of thespectators

stood thereto viewthematches. From theburn whichfl owed onthefurther side, theground wascall edBurnsidePark—andi t wastherethat football history wasmade.

Two things are noteworthy in Glenbuck football from its beginnings. It was

largely a family affair. This is to be ac-counted for by the fact that many of the

families in the village were related to oneanother. We fi nd thesame name occurring

againandagain- Tait,Bone,Knox,Menzies,Wallace and many others. Sons succeededtheir fathers, nephews their uncles, cousins

andbrothers played in the sameteam.And again, theteam continuedto bea purelylocal team almost to theend. It is refreshingto remember thisto-day whenmostteamsare

local only in name, andrecruit their members“ fraea’ theairts” excepttheir owni mmediateneighbourhood. The Glenbuck team, with

few exceptions, remained a team of Glen-buck lads, upholding theGlenbuck traditi on.

It was at the turn of the century that theteam changed its nameto that of Glenbuck Cherrypickers. Therei s li ttle doubt thatat first thiswasonly anickname, but aftera whilei t wasadoptedastheofficial name,and socontinued to theend. Thestory aboutthechangeof namei si nteresting. TomMenzies and his brother, we weretol d, would strut about the street asyoung lads,wearing their capsafter the manner of the Hussars and proclaiming that they wereCherrypickers. In thearmy the11th Hussars are known as theCherrypickers. Thenamedatesfrom thePeninsularWari n Spain, in which theHussarsserved.Arri vingone day at aSpanish vil lagehot andweary, they proceeded to strip anearby cherryorchard. Incidentally, the 11th Hussars wore cherry-coloured breeches. The story

about Mil li ken’s storei s probably a later i nvention. Thel adsof thevi ll ageused togather therei n theeveningandtheir talk would bemainly of football . Onesummerevening there was a large basket of cherriesi n theyard outside, but when thel adswent homeinthegloamingthebasketwasempty.Thequestionremains,whatturnedtheattention of Tom Menziesand his brother to the11th Hussars?A lthough exactinformation onthis point is lacking,i t is almost certain that themen from Glenbuckor Muirkirk served with theHussars in theBoer War in 1900.

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JOHNNY CROSBIE

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only ashil ling toenter andthey didnot ask if wehaddoneanyracing. Thechampionof County Down wasthescratch man and they gaveasall atwo minutes’ start from

him, as they thought he would win easil y. It was a big start to give anyone, but hedidnot gain ayardonmeandI woneasil y. They all backed himandthey weregoingto mob me. But when I got my prize they put meout theback of thehotel and told

meto get away. Now I had eleven years asa professional football er. I waschosento play l eft-back for Scotland against England and two days later I signed f or

Everton; and after that I played for theArsenal andGri mbsy Town,whereI fi nishedfootball . I then took up golf and did f airl y well . I won three gold medals. Then I

started bowling and did not too badly at that. I played for Yorkshire in theCountymatchesone year!"

No account of f ootball i n Glenbuck would becomplete without some referenceto thefive-a-sidegame. Li kethecorresponding seven-a-sidei nrugby, thisgamehas

alwaysbeen morepopular in Scotlandthani n England. It wasplayed in thesummermonthsandservedto bridgethegapbetweentheendof oneseasonandthebeginningof thenext. In thiswayf ootball becamepractically anall-the-year aff air. Five-a-sidefootball competiti ons were a f eature of most annual shows, sports, and simil ar

events. Here, too, theGlenbuck men werewell in the forefront.

THE K NOX BROTHERS



The War of 1914-18 brought a pretty complete break in football activities inGlenbuck andelsewhere. Theyoungmenof thosedayshad other thingsto attendto.

But theCherrypickersgottogether againsoonafter thewarendedandbuil t upateamthat again became prominent in Junior circles. It continued until the early thirti esand, although thedecline had defi nitely set i n, it went downf ighting to thel ast.

It hasbeendif ficult to compile ali st of thehonourswonby theCherrypickersandwef ear this li st is incomplete. For three years in succession they wonthe Ayrshire

Junior Chall enge Cup—in 1889, 1890, and 1891. I n 1906 they won three cups -AyrshireCharity Cup, Cumnock Cup, andtheMauchlineCup.TheAyrshireCharity

Cup was won again in 1910andthe Cumnock Cup in 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, and1921. In their closingyearsthey wontheAyrshireJunior Cup in 1931. It will beofinterest to put on record the names of the players who won the Ayrshire JuniorChallenge Cup for Glenbuck Athletic in 1889—the year in which the Ayrshire

Chall enge Cup was instituted. The team consisted of Thomas Bone, goalkeeper;JamesBone(Capt.) andA lex Tait, backs; JosephMenzies, Al ex.Wall ace, andPeterDevli n, half -backs; Robert Bl yth, James Tait, John Menzies, James Menzies and

Richard Tait, f orwards. Af ter beating Ai lsa Swifts (13-0), Hurlf ord Rovers (3-2),and Crosshouse (3-2) in preceding rounds, this team beat Tarbolton in thefi nal by9-2.

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Al ec Brown was capped twice for Scotland. He was a member of theScottishteam onthefamousoccasionof theIbroxdisaster in 1902. It isoftensaid that Bobby

Templetonof Ki lmarnock was the occasion of the disaster. He wasexecuting oneof hischaracteristicrunsdowntherightwi ngand aportionof thecrowdrosetotheirfeet and swayedforward to keephim in view. Templeton, however,did notcrossthe

ball but ran into thecentreandpassed to Brown, whoput it into thenet. It wasat thatmoment that the tragedy occurred. Part of the stand coll apsed and many of the

spectatorswereki ll edor injured. Thematchwasat onceabandoned and replayedata later datef or the benefi t of the victims of the disaster.

George Halley ended his football career with Burnley, f or whom heplayed 12seasons. Duri ng that time Burnley won the Engli sh Cup (1914) and the Engli shLeague Championship (1921).

ArchieMcBridedidnotgoi ntoSeniorf ootball ; but manywhoknew himheld himto be the fi nest player who ever wore the Glenbuck colours.

For Peter McIntyreit is claimed that, in hisday, hewasoneof thegreatest centre

halvesi n thegame.

Will iam Wall ace, too, was a redoubtable centre-half . A littl e bandy legged andinclinedto crouch,hewasadiff icult man togetpast. Hewasoneof themost popular

men ever to play at Burnside Park, and had a great reputation for clean play.Al ec McConnell , at theageof 78, wasgoodenoughto sendussomenotesof his

notableathletic career in amost interestingl etter. Wecannotdo betterthat reproduceit here:—

“ I could talk to you better than wri ting.Well, I wasdoingafairl otof cyclingaswellasf ootball ing. I belonged to Muirkirk Club

and I did fairly well at it. I won thehour’srecord of 23 miles1531 yardson thebike.They tell meit wasthe record for Scotlandat that time. Thebikeswerenot sol ightthen

and I had always to thank my old fri end,

David Greenwood, for helping me. He wasa grand man and had thecycle shop at that

time. After that, three ladsof uswent for aholi day to a placei n Ireland call ed Bangorand we took our bikes with us. It was tenmilesfrom Belf ast; thereweresportson the

Saturday. There was a fi ve mile cycle raceand we entered for it. I t was

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A fewnotesabout someof theplayersmay beof interest. They serveto il lustrateanother stri king fact about these Glenbuck men. They were not only adept at the

game of football , but, with few exceptions, they were fi ne all -round athleteswhocould more than hold their own at other f orms of sport and on theracing tracks.

Quoits wasavery popular gametowardstheendof thel ast century, and many of

the Glenbuck men became very skill ed at i t. Thomas Bonewasreputed to be theWorld Champion and could encirclesa watch with exact precision at 21 yards. I n

additi onto hisskill sat quoits, ThomasBonecould cover 10f eet in astanding broad jump. Hegained impetusswinging two of his30-lbsquoits pendulumf ashion, and

discarding them at the moment of take-off . His brother James won many localquoiting championships and held the Scottish Championship for some years. Inadditi on hewasa notable athlete. On one occasion at a sports meeting hewon the100 yards, thequarter mile, the half -mile, and thel ong jump.

Oneof the speediest men who ever played in theCherrypicker’s team is said tohave been Robert Blyth. It is claimed for him that hecould do the100 yardsi n 11secondsin his football boots.

One of thefi rst men to go into Senior football wasA lecTait. He was a memberof theTottenham Hotspur team at ati mewhen it wasoneof theleadingclubsin thecountry. Hewastheholder of anEngli shCupFinal Medal, being in theHotspurteam

which won theCup in 1901. Hehad as team mate Alec Brown, also of Glenbuck.This, by theway, wasthef irst timef or many yearsthattheCup waswon by aSouthof Englandteam. Tottemham beat Shef-field United in thesemi-final by4-0,and

Southampton i n the final by 1-0. Al lthesegoals werescoredby Al ecBrown.The Sheffi eld goalkeeper, Foukles—hewasalsoEngland’ skeeper —wasagiant

of a man weighing nearly 18stone. It issaid that when Al ec had scored thef irstgoal Foukles picked up the wi ly Spursforward andswunghim in the air. Later

in theyear theEngli sh Cup was brought

to Glenbuck and exhibited in one of theshop windows there. This was theorigi-

nal Engli sh Cup, made of gold, whichwas stolen in 1905 from a Birminghamshopwi ndow whil einthetemporary pos-session of Aston Vi ll a. It was never re-

covered,andthepresentcupisareplicai nsilver. ALEX. BROWN

But the real place of Glenbuck in the history of football is as a nursery offootball ers. Thel ist of namesof thosewho passedinto Senior football isa long one.

It i s too much to hope that inaccuracieshavebeenaltogether avoided, Most of theplayers had a nickname and an attempt has been made to i ncludethem as far aspossible. For example, at one time the half -back l ine consisted of Bush M enzies,

PushMenzies, and Biscuit Blyth.

Here then, is a li st of theGlenbuck men who went into Senior football :—

JOHN ANDERSON, Ki lmarnock.

WILL IA M BAIN, Solway Star.

WILL IA M BANKS, Ki lmarnock, Manchester City.

JOHN BARR, Belfast Distill ery.

WILLIA M BARR, Ayr United.

JOHN BISHOP, Ayr United.

ROBERT BLY TH (Reindeer),Cowlairs,Gl asgowRangers, PrestonNorth

End, Portsmouth. He wasl ater Chairman of the Portsmouth Club.

WIL LI AM BL YTH, Portsmouth, Preston North End.

JOCK BONE, Aston Vi lla.

JOHNNIE BONE, Everton.

AL EC BROWN (Towey), Preston North End, Tottenham Hotspur.

TOMMY BROWN (Bogey), Leicester Fosse, Dundee, Chesterfi eld,Port-

smouth.

TOMMY BROWN, Blackburn Rovers.

ROBERT CRAWFORD (Laddie), Preston North End, Blackburn Rovers,

Blackpool.

JOHN DAV IDSON, Solway Star, Coventry.

JOHN CROSBIE, Ayr United, Birmingham City, Blackpool.

JOHN FERGUSON, Hamil ton Accies, Cowdenbeath.

WAL TER FERGUSON (Wattie), Sheff ield Wednesday.GEORGE HAL LEY, Ki lmarnock, Bradford Park A venue, Burnley.

JOHN HASTIE, Glasgow Celtic, Raith Rovers.

ARCHIE GARRETT, Hamilton Accies, Mil lwall.

DAVI D HENDERSON, Motherwell .

HUGH KNOX, Sunderland, Greenock Morton.

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THOMAS KNOX, Hamilton Accies.

WILL IA M KNOX, Maxwellton, Everton, L iverpool.

ALEX. McCONNELL, Everton, Woolwich, Arsenal, Grimbsy Town.

JOHN McCONNELL, Kilmarnock, Brentford, Grimbsy Town, QueensPark Rangers.

PETERMcI NTYRE, St.Bernard’s,PrestonNorth End,SheffieldWednes-

day, Hamilton Accies.JOCK McKENZIE,Heart of Midlothian,NewcastleUnited,NorwichCity,Walsall.

JOHN MENZIES, Lanemark (Cumnock).

WIL LI AM MUI R (Gooley), Everton, Dundee, Heart of Mi dlothian, Ki l-marnock.

JAM ESMUNCIE, Middlesborough.

JOHN MURDOCH (Deedie), Clyde.

JAM ESNI SBET, Ayr United.

ALEC PARK, Fall River, U.S.A.

ALEC SHANKLY, Ayr United, Clyde.

JAM ESSHANKLY , Portsmouth, Sheffi eld United, Carlisle.JOHN SHANKL Y, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Al loa.

ROBERT SHANKL Y, All oa, Turnbridge Well s, Falki rk. Hei sat presentManager of the Falki rk Club.

WILL IE SHANKL Y, Preston North End, Carli sle. He is at present Man-ager of Grimbsy Town.

HUGH SMI TH, Solway Star.

AL EC TAI T, Royal A lbert (L arkhall), Preston North End, TottenhamHotspur, Sheffield United.

ROBERT TAI T, Ni thsdale Wanderers, Motherwell, Cowdenbeath, Car-li sle, Tottenham Hotspur.

JOHN TAY LOR (Hardy), Bathgate.ALEC WALLACE, Airdrie.

BERT WALL ACE, Hamilton Accies, Plymouth Argyle.

JOE WALL ACE, Newcastle United.

JOHN WALL ACE, Partick Thistle.

JAMES WEIR, Cowdenbeath, Southend United.

JOHN WEIR (Chavers), St. Bernard’s. GLENBUCK VILL AGE

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Amongst many otherswho played for the Cherrypickers at various times wereThomasBarr, ThomasBell , DavidBlyth,JamesBlyth (Crow),EdwardBone, James

Bone (Wig), ThomasBone(Chuck), Wil liam Bone, John Brown, W. Clark, JamesCrawford (Caley), Thomas Crawford, Bobbie Crosbie, George Davidson, PeterDevli n, Peter Devli n, jr., Will iamDocherty, Guy Grant, Al ec Grant, David Hastie,

Alec Knox, Peter Knox, A rchie McBride (Silver Toes), Bob Hans, and JimMcConnell , JamesMenzies (Peery), Joseph Menzies (Doodles), Robert M enzies

(Pimp),Wil li amM itchell , Matthew Park (Lots), JohnSim,JamieTait,RichardTait,Will iam Telf er, Will iam Wall ace, and Bobby Wall ace.

Thel ist of players who entered Senior football from theCherrypickers includesno l ess than seven who were chosen to play for Scotland. Those who wonInternational honours were Will iam Mui r against I reland i n 1907; Al ec Brown

against England in 1902 and 1904; GeorgeHalley against England in 1910; JohnCrosbie against Walesi n 1920 and against England in 1922; Bob Shankly againstIreland in 1938. But the man who won most International honours was Will ieShankly. He wascapped thirteen timesbetween1938 and 1943 (fi ve full and eight

wartimeInternationals). Al ecM cConnell waschosento play against England, butsignedf or Everton two dayslater,andso, asananglo Scot, becamei neli gible. JohnTaylor wascapped in theJunior International against England. It is highly probably

that other Glenbuckmen werechosento play in Junior Internationalsi n subsequentyears, but, unfortunately, information on this point is lacking.



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