J. M’Pherson
Among the Vale of Leven back division, which was so powerful long ago, none was more devoted to the game than Mr. M’Pherson, who held his place for several years as one of the backs of whom Caledonia felt proud. Without the least show or fussiness, M’Pherson did his work quietly, and had the credit (and a good one, too) of being next to Mr. John Ferguson, the best-natured footballer in Dumbartonshire. He could play a magnificent game when he liked, and one season particularly—that of 1883—when he was one of the Scottish Eleven against England at Sheffield, ably assisted his team to win a hard match by three goals to two.