Initially the team was formed for the sole purpose of a challenge match against the St. Aloysius College 1st XV rugby side.

[1] (An Old Aloysians FC side was previously formed to play football and competed in the West Amateur Cup.

)[2] The success of the 1955 challenge match led to the Old Aloysians club being founded on a permanent basis and regular fixtures were arranged.

This was not without its detractors as The Glasgow Herald newspaper then noted: 'Some of the old boys of both Hutchie and Wally Dishes - as the Jesuit College in Garnethill was often less than affectionately known - are already convinced it is a bad idea.

[5] The SRU chief at the time, a former President of Hutchesons GSFP RFC, Jimmy McNeil, declared himself neutral on the merger.