Historic Moments
The earliest match hosted by the club that is, arguably, of historic interest was the game between a West of Scotland select team and the Australian Imperial Forces as part of the latter's tour of England in 1919.
Shawholm also played host to Scotland versus the MCC in June 1965 in a three-day match played between the 23rd and 25th. Subsequent Scotland international matches staged at the ground included versus Ireland in 1978. and Sri Lanka in 1979.
Scotland's first televised cricket match also took place at Shawholm on 7 May 1955 when West of Scotland Cricket Club were Poloc's visitors. Poloc batted first making 110 for 9. In reply, West made 120 for 6.
The ground was invited to host three internationals as part of the 2006 ECC European Championships. The matches (The Netherlands versus Italy, Jersey versus Germany and The Netherlands versus Denmark ) saw white ball/black sightscreen cricket at Shawholm for the first time.
The club also hosts the Scottish club Twenty20 Finals Day, first played for in 2008.
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