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Hockey XI of 1924 Hockey really took off at Rugby in 1921 though some attempts were made to introduce the game before this date. #SportsHistory #SportingHeritage

A XV cap from the 1950s. It has three stripes on the peak to represent the three years the owner was on the team. #sportingheritage #sportshistory

For 15 it just has to be a photo of an XV team. This is probably a Cotton House Team in the 1920s. #SportsHistory #SportingHeritage

A photograph of the Rugby School Team who entered the Public Schools Competition at Aldershot in 1910 . The competition included Gymnastics, Fencing and Boxing. Rugby won the Gymnastics shield, think…

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#SchoolGames Athletic Sports programme from 1889 #SportingHeritage #SportsHistory

Cross Country Run from 1902 #SchoolGames #SportingHeritage #SportsHistory

Yesterday we were sorting through a Rugby School XI wooden chest which held a duck egg blue cricket cap and a duck egg blue shirt. #SchoolBlues #sportshistory #Cricket

Has anyone seen a cap like this before? #sportshistory

Football (Rugby) fixtures from October 1921 #SportsHistory

In July 1943 The Meteor published a letter from a Rugbeian stating that that year was the centenary of the Following up cap and the blue cricket shirt. The Meteor also published some facts about othe…