5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers F.C.

The 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers Football Club was a football team based in Dumfries, Scotland. History The 5th Kirkcudbrightshire Rifle Volunteers were formed in 1860 in response to increasing unrest within Continental Europe and the British Empire. Ultimately eleven Companies were raised throughout Galloway and their services accepted by Queen Victoria. The 5th KRV were based in Maxwelltown, Dumfries until the re-organisation of private militias in 1908 when all volunteer forces in Galloway were absorbed into the 5th King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment. The football club was founded in 1879, as a result of a quarrel within the membership of Queen of the South Wanderers, and many of its founder members were ex-Wanderers men. Its first competitive football was in the Scottish Cup in 1880–81. After a bye in the first round and a win over Stranraer F.C. in the second, the club played at Beith F.C. in the third round. After five minutes the score was 1–1, but the K.R.V. conceded another five before half-time, and by the end of the match the score was 17–2.