Rugby Collection (page 13)

The Village, Hillmorton, Warwickshire
The Village, Hillmorton, Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1900s

France v England rugby match 1914
A scene from the France v England rugby union match, at Colombes, Paris. This concluding match in the Five Nations Championship of 1914 was won 13-39 by England to give them overall victory in

England v Ireland rugby match 1914
A scene from the England v Ireland rugby union match at Twickenham, won 17-12 by England, in the Five Nations Championship

England rugby victory 1914
A scene from the England v Wales rugby union match at Twickenham in the Five Nations Championship. England won 10-9 in a game in which the lead changed hands several times

England v Wales rugby match 1914
A scene from the England v Wales rugby union match at Twickenham, won 10-9 by England, in the Five Nations Championship. Here, the England full back W.R.Johnston

Bath Cricket Ground
The Recreation ground in Bath, pictured in 1909, one of the grounds used then by Somerset County Cricket Club. It was, and is, used in winter by the Bath Rugby Union team. Date: 1909

2nd Bahamas Boy Scouts Rugby Team
The 2nd Bahamas Boy Scouts Rugby Team, 1929-1930. Seated (left to right): Leonard Roberts, Fred Smith, Edison Russell, Aubrey Taylor, George Roberts, Mark Pritchard, Peter Cole, Howard Johnson

Scotland Wins Calcutta Cup 1938
A page of The Illustrated London News reporting on victory for Scotland over England at Twickenham in the annual Calcutta Cup match, part of the Home Nations Rugby Union tournament

Lieutenant E. G. Loudoun-Shand, rugby international, WW1
Eric Gordon Loudoun-Shand MC TD MA (born Eric Gordon Shand on 31st Mar 1893) was a Rugby Union international who played for Scotland

Lt. -Col. Edgar R. Mobbs, 7th Bn. Northants Reg. Rugby Intern
Lieutenant Colonel Edgar R. Mobbs, D.S.O. Edgar Roberts Mobbs DSO (1882 - 1917) was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England

Rugby suit for boys 1914
The Rugby suit for boys, available in tweed, homespun or navy serge from D H Evans and Co Ltd, Oxford Street, London. September 1914

Boy standing in garden with rugby ball, Eltham, London
A boy standing in a garden wearing sports kit, with a rugby ball under his arm, at Eltham, south-east London. Date: 1933

Wellington Applauded
WELLINGTON cheered by the crowd at Rugby railway station. Date: 1814

Rugby School, Warwickshire, England, was founded by a bequest from Lawrence Sheriff, wealthy grocer to Elizabeth I. The famous Victorian parts are by William Butterfield (1875). Date: founded 1567

Frederick Temple - Archbishop of Canterbury - caricatured
The Story of the High-Flyer. Frederick Temple (18211902) - a controversial English academic, teacher, churchman, and Archbishop of Canterbury, from 1896 until his death. Date: 1899

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Sport / Rugby / Cartoon
BARBARIANS AT PLAY John Bull: " Play football by all means, my boy - but don t let it be this brutal sort of thing!" Date: 1888

England / Rugby
Little Church Street, Rugby, Warwickshire, England, with the spire of St. Andrews church in the background. Date: 1950s

Frederick Temple
FREDERICK TEMPLE churchman, headmaster of Rugby school, Bishop of London, then Archbishop of Canterbury Date: 1821 - 1902

Warwickshire Scenery
View from the Burton Hills, near Fenny Compton, Warwickshire, England, looking towards the Rugby area. Date: 1960s

Inauguration of the new rugby ground at Murrayfield, Scotland
The new ground at Murrayfield inaugurated by Scotlands first winning of the international championship (against England) since 1907 before a record crowd of 60, 000. Date: 1925

Canada Dry advertisement, 1953
Mildly humorous advertisement for Canada Dry sparkling drinks featuring a photograph of two glamorous young women being flirted with by a sweaty rugby player after a game. Date: 1953

Statue of Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), the Author of Tom Browns Schooldays (1857) which stands outside the Rugby School Library. The statue was created by sculptor Thomas Brock and unveiled in 1899

Rugby. Artist: Ada Leonora Bowley. Kicking the ball Date: circa 1920

Wales versus Australia at Wembley, 1930
Vigorous defending by the Australian side during the first rugby league match to be played at Wembley Stadium in January 1930. Date: 1930

Scene at a rugby match, with two players colliding. circa 1940s

LNWR - Royal Mail Train at Rugby Station
London and North Western Railway Company - The Scotch Express at Rugby Station. The locomtive is the Invincible. Date: 1904

Scoring a Try
Scoring a try despite valiant tackling by his opponents... Date: circa 1890

Boys playing rugby at Rugby School. This truly English game is played in perfection at the fine Elizabethan school, at Rugby in Warwickshire. Date: 1845

Training a police dog
A Police Dog and handler at Twickenham Rugby Stadium. The dog is being trained to sniff out suspicious packages that could have been planted under the seats in the South Stand (now re-developed)

C. D Aarvold 1928
Carl Douglas Aarvold(1907-1991), Cambridge University rugby Captain and English International, here wearing his rugby kit and British Lions blazer

The Varsity rugby match 1932
The Oxford university left wing on the run: V. G Jenkins passes the ball cleverly, as he falls, to his wing man, S.L Waide

Prince of Wales (later George V) at football match
The Prince of Wales (soon to become George V) attending a football (probably rugby) match between the students of Guys Hospital and the London Hospital

Rugby match Middlesex 7s 1930
Tackling a Blackheath man in the final of the Seven a side rugby tournament: London Welsh win by six points to nil

But, Please, I was told to mark him by Fougasse
Humorous colour illustration by Kenneth Cyril Bird (pseudonym: Fougasse), showing an overly large rugby player being admonished by the referee for (accidentally) hurting another player

Adelaide, 1930s
The Adelaide Oval, sports stadium, in Adelaide, South Australia

Windsor Lewis
Hopkin Windsor Lewis (1906- 1982), rugby player and Welsh international

England vs. Scotland Rugby Football Match, London, 1872
Engraving of the Rugby Football match between England and Scotland, held at the Kennington Oval, London, 5th February 1872

A Curtis Vertical Turbine, 1904
Photograph of a Curtis Vertical Turbine at the power-house of the British Thomson-Houston Company, Rugby, February 1904. Designed by Curtis, a New York engineer

Rugby Tackle 1892
Collared! - the player with the ball is tackled

Sport / Rugby / Maul
A Maul in goal

Rugby Market
The Market Place in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, showing original Victorian shop fronts, such as Liptons and Foster Brothers. Date: circa 1950

Cove-Smith / Merch Taylors
R Cove-Smith, player for Old Merchant Taylors and for England

Fairclough / St Helens Rug
Leslie Fairclough, Rugby League Stand-Off for St Helens

Hanrahan / Ireland Rugby
C J Hanrahan, Forward for Ireland

Lewis / Wales Rugby
Windsor H Lewis, player for Wales

Oliver / Batley Rugby
E Oliver, Rugby League player for Batley and England

Taylor / Oxford Rugby
E G Taylor, player for Oxford and Scotland

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