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Origin of the Club

During the Winter of 1889-90 the idea of holding a friendly golf match between players of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh occurred to certain of the Fellows. The plan was warmly taken up, and ti was arranged to hold the match on Gullane Links on 26th March 1890. It was thereafter agreed that the match should be by holes, and should be played by teams from each College.

This match was played on the date mentioned, and was won by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh by 20 holes.

The Colleges were represented in the first match by the following players:-

Inaugural RCGC Inter-College match 1890
RCSEd RCPEd
John Duncan Alex Ballantyne
George A Berry Sir John Batty Tuke Sen.
Frances Cadell Stokman
D Argyll Robertson PA Young
John Chiene James Carmichael
RH Blaikie FWN Haultain
David Wallace TR Ronaldson
Scott Lang John Batty Tuke Jnr
RE Wood GHM Dunlop
RM Johnston D Noel Paton
J Bruce Ronaldson A Douglas Webster
CW Cathcart George A Gibson

After the match the Fellows were entertained to lunch by Dr Batty Tuke, and in the afternoon various foursomes and other matches were played.

On the return journey a meeting was held, Dr John Duncan, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in the Chair. The following resolutions were passed:-

1. That a Golf Club be formed amongst the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons, to be called the Royal Colleges Golf Club.

2. That each Fellow interested in Golf be asked to subscribe' one guinea towards the purchase of a suitable trophy, the said trophy to be played for annually by teams from each College, and to remain in the custody of the winning College for one year.

In response to a letter sent to all resident Fellows of the Royal Colleges, 90 Fellows joined the Club:

Original RCGC member, 1890
Physicians Surgeons
James Andrew JET Aitchison
TAG Balfour Joseph Bell
Alex Ballantyne George A Berry
AHF Balfour RH Blaikie
Byrom Bramwell Frances Cadell
NT Brewis FM Caird
Alexander Bruce CW Cathcart
JB Buist John Chiene
James Carmichael William Craig
TFS Caverhill RJ Blair Cunynghame
GHM Dunlop John Duncan
Sir TR Fraser James Dunsmore
George A Gibson WA Finlay
WS Greenfield JD Gillespie
FWN Haultain JWB Hodson
Alexander James RE Horsley
P McBride James Hutcheson
Sir Douglas Maclagen James Jamieson
R Craig Maclagen RM Johnston
Claud Muirhead Harvey Littlejohn
R Milne Murray J Lowe
D Noel Paton RA Lundie
RW Philip CW MacGillivray
John Playfair George Mackay
James Ritchie PH Maclaren
R Peel Ritchie A Matthew
TR Ronaldson D Menzies
Sir John Sibbald AG Miller
Sir AR Simpson Argyll D Robertson
Sir T Grainger Stewart J Bruce Ronaldson
Sir John Batty Tuke J Maxwell Ross
John Batty Tuke AM Sanderson
CE Underhill A Semple
A Douglas Webster John Smith
T Graham Weir Harold J Stiles
G Sims Woodhead J Symington
PA Young CH Thatcher
William Zeigler Alexis Thomson
David Wallace
Sir PH Watson
RE Wood

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