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1372:Blackheath
1304:Heriots FP
1284:Blackheath
1243:Heriots FP
1219:Cunningham
1195:Gloucester
1181:Kilmarnock
1157:Collegians
1115:R.A. Howie
1105:Heriots FP
1058:Cove-Smith
1022:Blackheath
692:References
668:sic "1898"
616:Inverleith
597:Cumberland
568:St. Helens
514:Cumberland
480:, and the
215:Cumberland
57:1898-07-13
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1554:Jack Read
1497:Alf Higgs
1386:Manager:
1324:Ian Smith
1229:H. Davies
1223:Lansdowne
1143:McPherson
1087:Henderson
1073:D. Davies
1018:Blakiston
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603:in 1924.
506:armistice
498:Great War
488:Biography
211:1920–≤26
83:, England
66:, England
1362:Northern
1346:Scotland
1332:Scotland
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1274:Aspatria
1270:Holliday
1247:Scotland
1239:Drysdale
1185:Scotland
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1081:Scotland
1011:Forwards
960:Archived
815:cite web
612:Scotland
543:Carlisle
522:Scotland
518:Cheshire
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297:Fullback
293:Position
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1028:Bradley
650:England
608:England
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535:Ireland
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551:Oldham
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458:"Tosh"
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1205:Backs
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1038:Brand
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454:"Tom"
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257:1924
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