History of Sports in Scotland

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• History of Golf in Scotland
  Index page to our Golf Section
• History of Curling
  A book by John Kerr published in 1890.
• Angling
  Index page to our Angling Section
• The Moor and The Loch
  A book by John Colquhoun (1841) about hunting, fishing and shooting in Scotland
• Sporting Days
  By John Colquhoun (1866)
• Shinty
  Shinty's Place and Space in World Sport by Hugh Dan MacLennan, Aberdeen University, Scotland with some additional information supplied by Electric Scotland.
• 25 years of Village Cricket, 1983-2008, in Gargunnock, Stirling Scotland
  By John Henderson
• Scottish Backhold Wrestling
  By Trev Hill
• Football
  From "Old World Scotland".
• History of the Queen's Park Football Club 1867 - 1917
  By Richard Robinson (1920)
• Scottish Moors
  Scenes of Sport in the Lews by Captain J. T. Newall (1889)
• Bowling
  A brief history.
• The Game of Lawn Bowls
  An introduction
• Susie Wolff
  A wee biography of a potential Formula 1 driver.
• Ecurie Ecosse
  Scotland salutes Ecurie Ecosse motor racing team.
• Short Sketches of Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
  From the Journals of Charles St. John, Esq. (1846)
• Archery
  By C. J. Longman and Col. H. Walrond (1894) (pdf)
• The Sporting Review
  A monthly Chronicle of the Turf, the Chase, and Other Sports edited by "Craven"
• A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe
  On Rivers and Lakes of Europe by J. MacGregor, M.A. (1866)
• Sports and Adventures in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
  By W. H. Maxwell (1857) (pdf)
• Autumns in Argyleshire with Rod & Gun
  By the Hon. A. E. Gathorne-Hardy (1900) (pdf)
• Sandy Sutherland, athlete
  Born: 28 March 1931 in Portmahomack. Died: 19 November 2021 in Inverness, aged 90
• Jay Scott
  Highland Athlete
• Balquhidder, Lochearnhead and Strathyre Highland Games
  Featured athlete - Ewen Cameron
• Alexander Anthony (AA) Cameron of Mucomir, Spean Bridge
  Was a heavyweight legend and three times world champion, in 1903, 1904 and 1905.
• A Year of Sport and Natural History
  Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Falconry and Fishing with Chapters on Birds of Prey, the Nidification of Birds and the Habits of British Wild Birds and Animals edited by Oswald Crawfurd (1895) (pdf)
• Fur and Feather Series
  Edited by Alfred E. T. Watson
• Notes for Hunting Men
  By Captain Cortlandt Gordon Mackenzie, Royal Artillery (1901) (pdf)
• Hunting in the Highlands of Scotland
  An article from the Dublin Penny Journal (1833) (pdf)
• Ardenmohr Among the Hills
  A record of scenery and sports in the Highlands of Scotland by Samuel Abbott (1876) (pdf)