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Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches

by David Drummond Bone

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A. Jackson

Cambuslang’s style of play, with their fast following up and jerky kicking, suited, or, I might say, favoured the old style of six forwards and only two half-backs, but they insisted on being in the fashion. The three half-backs, however, were only names to conjure with, but nothing in real practice, for Mr. Jackson was always made the kind of “flying man” of the team, and was nothing more or less than a forward. He always joined the latter division when they were attacking an opponent’s goal, and retired well up among the backs when his club were pressed at the lines. In 1886 Mr. Jackson played against Wales, and was also included in the team against Ireland in 1888.

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