It is strange that, although there were no football match reports in the Ardrossan and Saltcoats Heralds of 1883, the Ardrossan Clydesdale Football Club held its annual meeting at which it was reported to be in a healthy financial state.
ARDROSSAN CLYDESDALE
FOOTBALL CLUB ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of this club was held in the Eglinton Arms Hotel, Ardrossan
(shown right in the early 1960s) on the evening of Friday last (18 May 1883)
when the following office bearers were elected for season 1883-84 - Captain:
W Craig, Vice-Captain: F Smith, Secretary and Treasurer: C Hendry, Church Lane.
The Treasurer's account showed a handsome balance on hand which it was resolved
to expend in the necessary appliances for cricket.
Ardrossan
and Saltcoats Herald, 25 May 1883
CRICKET
TAKES OVER FROM FOOTBALL
Footballers seem to have reached to have lost the go they possess for carrying
on the game by the time the end of May is reached and give over their turbulent
scrimmaging, kicking and mauling. Cricketers then come on to the bedaisyed green
carpet like mayflowers or mayflies and vigorously prosecute the good old game.
It is gratifying to notice that there is an increasing interest being manifested
in the game in several places in Ayrshire this season - notably Ayr, Ardrossan,
Irvine and Mauchline.
Ardrossan
and Saltcoats Herald, 1 June 1883
FOOTBALL
NOT A SUITABLE GAME FOR ADULTS
Football - accidents notwithstanding - seems likely to retain the lessening
hold it has on public estimation for some seasons longer. There was quite an
epidemic of incidents the other week in the shape of broken arms and legs and
sprained ankles. The Lancet holds that football is not a suitable game for adults
full grown. Accidents do not readily follow the footsteps of boys who keep their
footing better on greasy ground than men. The number of severe accidents increase
proportionately with the age and unskillfulness of the players - such as rupture,
abdominal viscera, injuries to the spinal cord and blows on the chest causing
syncopy and death.
Ardrossan
and Saltcoats Herald, 7 December 1883