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* [[John Dawes]] ([[London Welsh RFC]], {{ru-rt|WAL}}, [[British and Irish Lions|Lions]] and [[Barbarian F.C.]])<ref name="Barbarian Player Archive">{{cite web| url= http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/player-archive/ | title= Archive, The Barbarians |publisher= Barbarian FC| author= | date= |accessdate= 5 March 2011}}</ref><ref name="Lions Player Archive">{{cite web| url= http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php | title= The British & Irish Lions : |publisher= The British Lions| author= | date= |accessdate= 5 March 2011}}</ref> |
* [[John Dawes]] ([[London Welsh RFC]], {{ru-rt|WAL}}, [[British and Irish Lions|Lions]] and [[Barbarian F.C.]])<ref name="Barbarian Player Archive">{{cite web | url= http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/player-archive/ | title= Archive, The Barbarians | publisher= Barbarian FC | author= | date= | accessdate= 5 March 2011 | deadurl= yes | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110325114541/http://www.barbarianfc.co.uk/player-archive/ | archivedate= 25 March 2011 | df= dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Lions Player Archive">{{cite web| url= http://www.lionsrugby.com/6012.php | title= The British & Irish Lions : |publisher= The British Lions| author= | date= |accessdate= 5 March 2011}}</ref> |
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* [[Sandy Hinshelwood]] ([[London Scottish FC|London Scottish]], {{ru-rt|SCO}} and [[British and Irish Lions|Lions]])<ref name="Lions Player Archive" /> |
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* Ian Conin Jones ([[London Welsh RFC]] and {{ru-rt|WAL}}) |
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Revision as of 16:35, 29 January 2018
Full name | Middlesex Rugby Football Union | |
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Union | RFU | |
Founded | 1879 | |
Region | London | |
Chairman | Peter Baveystock(Grasshoppers RFC) | |
President | Tom Brownsell(Hendon RFC) | |
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Official website | ||
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Middlesex Rugby is the governing body for rugby union in Middlesex, England; Middlesex is a historic county of England that has since been divided up and shared between Greater London, Surrey and Hertfordshire though the appellation is still in use when referring to sport, businesses and postal address in the area. Middlesex RFU was originally created as the Middlesex County Rugby Club but within six years was being referred to as the Middlesex County Rugby Football Union and is now known simply as Middlesex Rugby.
History
FR Adams Esq of Richmond F.C. called a meeting at the Bedford Hotel at which a resolution was passed bringing the club into being. He served as the Club and Union's first president until 1883 being succeeded by E. Temple Gurdon (also of Richmond F.C.).
Middlesex Sevens
The world famous Middlesex Sevens were organised by Dr. Russell-Cargill and the Middlesex Hon. Secretary CS Bongard, the first tournament taking place according to one source[1] in 1925 and others[2] in 1926. This was the first seven-a-side rugby festival in England. The first tournament took place at Twickenham in aid of Middlesex hospital was won by Harlequins.
Union officials
Past Presidents
Asterisk denotes President of the R.F.U.
Two asterisks denotes member of the International Rugby Board
Honorary Secretaries
Honorary Treasurers
Members who were Presidents of the RFU
County side
Current Kit
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Middlesex County Rugby Union was originally created as a rugby club and as such fulfilled fixtures for six years before becoming the Union for clubs within the county. After becoming a union the club continued to operate selecting players from its constituent clubs to play representative matches for the county and to go on tours.
Very early in its history, Middlesex played Surrey under floodlights at the Old Deer Park. This is possibly the first rugby match played under floodlights as electric light had only just been invented. A floodlit game was the ideal opportunity to try out the new technology although the game was not a great success by all accounts.[3]
On 24 October 1905, Middlesex played the touring South African side at Richmond for their ninth match. The Springboks won 9 - 0, their narrowest score so far in the tour; a penalty by Douglas Morkel and try by Brink made the half time score 6 - 0 whilst in the second half the only points came from a try by Loubser. Middlesex fielded a cosmopolitan team including Jim Louwrens the South African College scrum half of 1901, three Welshmen who were also later to play for Wales (Harding, Jenkins & Williams) and the Scottish international Geddes. The match referee was Cartwright.
On 2 September 1964 Staines RFC played a Middlesex XV on the occasion of the opening of their new ground, "The Reeves".
English County championship
Year | Winners | Opponents | Score | Venue |
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1893 | Yorkshire | Cumberland, Devon, Middlesex | ||
1905 | Durham County | Middlesex | 9 - 8 | West Hartlepool |
1929 | Middlesex | Lancashire | 8 - 8 | Twickenham |
8 - 9 | St Anthony's Road ground, Blundellsands | |||
1951 | East Midlands | Middlesex | 10 - 0 | Northampton |
1952 | Middlesex | Lancashire | 9 - 6 | Twickenham |
1954 | Middlesex | Lancashire | 6 - 24 | St Anthony's Road ground, Blundellsands |
1955 | Lancashire | Middlesex | 8 - 14 | Twickenham |
1956 | Middlesex | Devon | 13 - 9 | Twickenham |
1966 | Middlesex | Lancashire | 0 - 6 | St Anthony's Road ground, Blundellsands |
1968 | Middlesex | Warwickshire | 9 - 6 | Twickenham |
1976 | Gloucestershire | Middlesex | 9 - 24 | Athletic Ground, Richmond |
1977 | Lancashire | Middlesex | 17 - 6 | St Anthony's Road ground, Blundellsands |
1979 | Middlesex | Northumberland | 19 - 6 | Twickenham |
1985 | Middlesex | Notts, Lincs & Derby | 12 - 9 | Twickenham |
1987 | Yorkshire | Middlesex | 22 - 11 | Twickenham |
1990 | Lancashire | Middlesex | 32 - 9 | Twickenham |
1968 tour of East Africa
Middlesex were the English county champions for the sixth time in 1968, having defeated Warwickshire in the final (tries by Brian Stoneman and Sandy Hinshelwood helped them to their 9-6 win at Twickenham).[4] At least ten of the players that had participated in the final went on the tour in July of that year. Middlesex played a total of seven matches on a tour that lasted a little over two weeks, two games being played in Uganda and five in Kenya. The tourists won all seven matches comfortably and reported that the standard of rugby in the region had dropped noticeably since some members of the touring party had last played there. It was generally felt that the East African sides lacked stamina and tactical nous;[5] the latter is understandable as the opportunities for playing high level rugby in the region were limited, though the former is surprising as much of the region is at altitude and it would be expected that the visitors would suffer more than the hosts.
The Middlesex tour party consisted of 70 members though the minority of these were players, the majority were officials and non-playing members who were travelling as supporters. Amongst the players, at least three had previously toured East Africa; Patrick Orr (twice, with Anti-Assassins in 1965 and Richmond F. C. in 1963), Chris Ralston (with Richmond F. C. in 1963) and Brian Stoneman (twice, with Richmond F. C. and Combined (Oxford and Cambridge) Universities, both in 1963).[1]
Date | Opposition | Location | Result | Score |
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1968-07-06 | Uganda | Kampala | won | 5 - 47 |
1968-07-08 | Uganda Invitation XV | Entebbe | won | 0 - 32 |
1968-07-10 | West Kenya Province | Eldoret | won | 3 - 57 |
1968-07-13 | Central Province | Nairobi | won | 6 - 35 |
1968-07-14 | Scorpions RFC | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi | won | 0 - 47 |
1968-07-17 | Coast Invitation XV | Mombasa | won | 0 - 16 |
1968-07-20 | East Africa | RFUEA Ground, Nairobi | won | 0 - 28 |
Middlesex scored 262 points in seven matches, an average of more than 37 per game. In total they conceded only 14 points. They scored 61 tries, 32 conversions, three penalty-goals and two dropped-goals. Top scorer was Gordon MacDonald (45 points, all from goal-kicking), Ricky Parsons was second highest scorer (33 points, from 5 tries, the rest from goal-kicking), Mike Alder was third (31 points from 6 tries, the rest from goal-kicking). Top try scorers were Tim Rutter and Robin Jolliffe (7 each), Mike Alder and Roger Weaver (6 each). Francis Mann was the outstanding player of the tour.[5]
The tour had been organised by the Middlesex Hon. Secretary Barry Boyden, his assistant Cyril Brandon and the RFUEA's appointed Tour Chairman Bernard Nicholls. As with all rugby tours to East Africa in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, it would not have been possible without the hosting arrangements offered by the rugby fraternity in Kenya and Uganda; in order to cut down on costs, members of the tour party were welcomed into the homes of the hosts and provided for in a manner that was acclaimed by those that were lucky enough to have toured the region.[6] Hence the frequency with which first time tourists rapidly made certain they returned a second or third time.
Notable players
- John Dawes (London Welsh RFC, Wales , Lions and Barbarian F.C.)[7][8]
- Sandy Hinshelwood (London Scottish, Scotland and Lions)[8]
- Ian Conin Jones (London Welsh RFC and Wales )
- George James Hamish Keith (Wasps FC and Scotland )
- Andy Ripley (Rosslyn Park F.C., England , Lions and Barbarian F.C.)[7][8]
- Chris Ralston (Rosslyn Park F.C., England and Lions)[8]
- Arthur Gould (London Welsh RFC Richmond F.C. and Wales )
- Peter Kininmonth (Scotland )
- CEL “Curly” Hammond (for four successive years was captain of Harlequin F.C. and Middlesex and later captained England )
- Patrick C.R. Orr (Harlequin F.C. and Barbarian F.C.)[7]
- Brian Stoneman (Richmond F.C. and Barbarian F.C.)[7]
- Charles Webster Thorburn (Guy's Hospital RFC and Barbarian F.C.)[7]
Affiliated clubs
There are currently 143 clubs affiliated with the Middlesex RFU, most of which have teams at both senior and junior level. All these clubs are based in Greater London - in what used to be the historic county of Middlesex, although a large number of clubs are also members of the Surrey RFU.
- Aesculapians
- Allen & Overy
- Askeans
- Bank of England
- Barnes[a 1]
- Barnet Elizabethans
- Battersea Ironsides[a 2]
- Bec Old Boys[a 3]
- Bedfont Sports
- Belsize Park
- Black Baa Baas
- Blackheath[a 4]
- British Airways
- Brunel University
- Bulldogs
- Centaurs
- Chiswick
- City & Guilds
- City of London Police
- Commons & Lords
- Courage
- Croydon[a 5]
- CS Rugby 1863
- Customs & Excise
- Ealing Trailfinders[a 6]
- Effingham & Leatherhead[a 7]
- Enfield Ignatians
- Epping Upper Clapton
- Feltham
- Feltham Phoenix
- Finchley
- Finsbury Park
- Footscray
- Foresters
- Goodenough College
- Grasshoppers
- Great Western Railway
- H.A.C.
- Hackney
- Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hampstead
- Hanwell
- Haringey Rhinos
- Harlequin Amateurs
- Harlequin Ladies
- Harlequins
- Harrodians (veterans only)
- Harrow
- Hayes
- Hendon
- Hillingdon Abbots
- Ickenham
- Imber Court
- Imperial Medicals
- Inland Revenue
- Investigation Division
- Jones Lang Lasalle
- Kilburn Cosmos
- King's College London
- Linklaters & Alliance
- London Cornish[a 8]
- London Exiles[a 9]
- London Guildhall University
- London Irish[a 10]
- London Irish Wild Geese[a 11]
- London Media
- London New Zealand
- London Nigerian
- London Polish
- London Pumas
- London School of Economics
- London Scottish
- London Tribes
- London Welsh Amateur[a 12]
- London Wildebeest
- Merton[a 13]
- Metropolitan Police
- Middlesex University
- Mill Hill
- Millfield Old Boys
- Millwall
- Ministry of Defence
- Mitcham
- Morgan Stanley
- Northolt
- Old Actonians
- Old Alleynians[a 14]
- Old Cliftonians
- Old Colfeians[a 15]
- Old Dunstonians
- Old Emanuel
- Old Grammarians
- Old Haberdashers
- Old Haileyburians[a 16]
- Old Hamptonians
- Old Isleworthians
- Old Merchant Taylors'
- Old Millhillians
- Old Pauline[a 17]
- Old Priorians
- Old Streetonians
- Old Tiffinians[a 18]
- Old Tottonians
- Old Whitgiftian[a 19]
- Old Wimbledonians[a 20]
- Orleans Former Pupils
- Osterley
- Phantoms
- Pinner & Grammarians
- Queen Mary & Westfield College
- Quintin
- R.I.Chartered Surveyors
- R.U.M.S.
- Regents Park Royals
- Rosslyn Park[a 21]
- Royal Hospitals
- Royal School of Mines
- Ruislip
- Saracens
- Saracens Amateur
- School of African & Oriental Studies
- SODAM
- Southgate
- Southwark Lancers[a 22]
- St Mary's College
- Staines
- Streatham-Croydon[a 23]
- Sudbury & London Springboks
- Teddington[a 24]
- Thamesians
- Twickenham
- UCS Old Boys
- United Hospitals
- University College London
- University of North London
- University of West London
- University of Westminster
- Uxbridge
- Warlingham[a 25]
- Wasps Amateurs[a 26]
- West London
- Whitton Lions
- Wimbledon[a 27]
- ^ Barnes are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Battersea Ironsides are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Bec Old Boys are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Blackheath are members of the Kent RFU, Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Croydon are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Ealing Trailfinders are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Effingham & Leatherhead are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ London Cornish are joint members of both the Cornwall RFU and Middlesex RFU.
- ^ London Exiles are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ London Irish Wild Geese are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ London Irish Wild Geese are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ London Welsh went into liquidation in January 2017.[10] Amateur side still in existence.
- ^ Merton are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Alleynians take part in competitions organized by the Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Colfeians are joint members of both the Kent RFU and Middlesex RFU.
- ^ Old Haileyburians are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Pauline are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Tiffinians are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Whitgiftian are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Old Wimbledonians are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Rosslyn Park are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Southwark Lancers are joint members of both the Kent RFU and Middlesex RFU.
- ^ Streatham-Croydon are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Teddington are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ Warlingham are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
- ^ London Wasps moved to Coventry in 2014. Amateur side still based in London.
- ^ Wimbledon are joint members of both the Middlesex RFU and Surrey RFU.
County Club Competitions
The Middlesex RFU currently helps run the following competitions for clubs based in the historic county of Middlesex (now part of London):
Leagues
- Herts/Middlesex 1 - (alongside Hertfordshire RFU) league at tier 9 of the English rugby union system
- Herts/Middlesex 2 - league at tier 10
Cups
- Middlesex Senior Cup - founded in 1971, currently open to clubs at tiers 6-7 of the English rugby union system
- Middlesex Bowl - founded in 2003, clubs at tiers 6-9
- Middlesex Vase - founded in 2002, clubs at tiers 9-10
- North West Floodlight Cup
Discontinued competitions
- Herts/Middlesex 3 - tier 11 league, discontinued in 2014
- Herts/Middlesex 4 - tier 12 league, discontinued in 2010
See also
Within Wikipedia
Photos on the web
- Middlesex v 1905 New Zealand scrum [1]
- Peter Kininmonth who scored a drop goal to propel Scotland to a famous win against Wales in 1951 [2]
- The Middlesex side that played Somerset on 28 December 1889 at Weston-super-Mare [3]
- Middlesex v 1906/7 Sprinboks at Richmond (South Africa won 9 - 0) [4]
References
- ^ a b Programme of Middlesex RFU tour of East Africa. Rugby Football Union of East Africa. 1968.
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(help) - ^ "The First Middlesex Sevens". The Rugby History Society. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ^ "Middlesex RFU: History". Middlesex RFU. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
- ^ "ESPN Scrum". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b c Cherry, Rupert (1968). "262 points in 7 matches". Rugby World (September). Rugby World: 39.
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- ^ *David Cooke Captain of Winning County side in 1985, Harlequins and England
- ^ "London Welsh: RFU refuses permission for Exiles to stay in Championship". BBC Sport. 24 January 2017.
- ^ "FIND A CLUB IN LONDON". Middlesex RFU. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
- ^ "Middlesex Cup". Middlesex RFU. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
External links
- www.middlesexrugby.com
- Middlesex Sevens
- Middlesex Sevens Profile on UR7s.com
- [5] The First Middlesex Sevens From The Rugby History Society