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Poloc Cricket Club is a cricket club based at Pollok Country Park in south Glasgow, Scotland. The club has approximately 220 members who participating in cricket, tennis and winter golf. The club's "Shawholm" 〔(Cricket Grounds ), from CricketArchive, retrieved 4 November 2007〕 ground encompasses the cricket oval, three all-weather tennis courts, and the world's only six-hole golf course approved by The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The clubhouse also hosts pool, table tennis, darts and poker tournaments in the winter months. Poloc Cricket Club's two principal senior cricket teams play under the names "Poloc" and "Shawholm". Poloc play in the Cricket Scotland organised Cricket Scotland League whilst Shawholm play in the Western District Cricket Union's ("WDCU") West Cricket Scotland Reserve League. Another XI - the Poloc Panthers - plays in the WDCU Evening League and in the WDCU Sunday League. ==History== Founded in 1878, Poloc Cricket Club spent its first season on the site of the old Pollokshaws Race Course and in 1880 moved to its current location at Shawholm. A pavilion was acquired by the club from the now-defunct Pollokshields Athletic Club, also located on Pollok Estates, and the building was moved to Shawholm on rollers. In the same year, the main avenue from Pollokshaws Road to Pollok House was opened, running past the north side of the ground in what is now Pollok Park. This avenue still provides the approach to Shawholm with the River Cart to the left. The club's winter golf section was formed in 1889, with bowls, putting and archery being added in the years following. Full tenancy of the current site was granted to the club in 1888 by Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, 10th Baronet who continued to be involved in Poloc's affairs until his death in 1956. In 1908 the Pollokshaws Working Lads Club decided to form a football team from amongst their ranks. Sir John Stirling Maxwell also allotted that club an area of land on the estate, rent-free. The footballers, to show their appreciation, took the name of Pollok Juniors FC, (later Pollok F.C.) and Sir John became their first Honorary President. The ground allocated became known as Haggs Park and was adjacent to Poloc Cricket Club; in fact, the different spellings of the two names "Pollok" and "Poloc" were adopted at this time, deliberately, to avoid confusion. Membership at Poloc reached a peak of 600 in the late 1940s. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Poloc Cricket Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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