[2] The fact that the club changed at the "Edinborough Castle" public house and Nunhead Lane may be indicative of the fact the men who founded the club used that particular establishment and therefore the association with St Andrew and Edinburgh.
The club got off to a false start when they turned up for their first game against Brixton who insisted on playing association rules.
A return match under Rugby rules was arranged for the following week but Brixton did not turn up.
[1] Early that year three Scottish members of the team decided to break away to form their own club for Scots.
These men, George Grant, Neil Macglashan and Robert Arnot attracted a number of responses to a circular they sent out.