While football offers the world clichés;
While rugby produces facial deformity;
While hockey provides an acceptable outlet for psychotic violence;
Cricket alone breeds myths.
Welcome then to a home of legends that you knew not existed, of colossi striding the world, of great deeds remembered, and heroic failures commemorated.
From the distant reign of Dillon Burnett, who led the team to victory in the inaugural Scottish Universities' Championship of 1933; Robert Ogilvie McKenna, who won the club's first international cap shortly after; to the modern-day renaissance of Bubna and Goyaz; the recent visionary leadership of Euan Granger; and now the surreal genius of Frazer Howie- this site is a rich tapestry of statistics for the factually minded, information for current team members and old memories for those ex-players returning for a stroll down nostalgia alley - marvel as you wander through the dusty archives; Stand in awe before the rosta of heroes, laugh merrily at the antics of the fools, and gag violently in disgust at the gallery of those times best forgotten.
Thumbs, fire, wheels, words and cricket: the five great distinguishing achievements that set humankind apart from the animals. You can celebrate the first four all the time in everyday life, but as for the last: pilgrim, this is your temple.
Forget the MCC and welcome to the GUCC.
Enjoy...
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