@Frederic It is an open question, I do have a theory though and seeing if anyone else has the same thought.

@Frederic My theory was that when houses have a similar colour cap at least one has the symbol to distinguish them. Although Bradley is the odd one out.

RT @RugbySchool1567: We are delighted to welcome the public to its latest Lewis Gallery exhibition ‘Inspirations: the artistic heritage of…

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…

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School 16th September - 9th October.

Cross Country Run c1902

Bigside 1886

@LudovicoAriost3 He is preparing his bigside bag for one of the Hare and Hounds cross country runs.

1 day to go till the Inspirations exhibition

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School Focuses on the work of Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly British army officer, school teacher, and artist. The exhibition also features the work of …

Inspirations - A History of Art Masters at Rugby School The exhibition also features the work of several Art Master's who taught at the School from 1809 to the present day.

Cricket on the close 1910 view from Chapel to Barby Road.

In the collection we also have rugby footballs, quad balls and some which need to be identified. Not quite sure if the red one is a rackets ball?

This week we have been sorting objects in the archives and came across this 2nd place trophy with a accession number hidden inside. So we have also been able to tackle our accessions backlog. It was …

@WSchoolArchives One of the purple and black 3 stripe ties could be a butterfly cricket club tie? @ButterfliesCC?

We also have records and objects relating to Swimming events at Rugby School including these two medals for HWL Reddish (Town 1912-1914) who came 2nd in the 2 Lengths in 1913 with a time of 35 2/5 se…

Football (Rugby) fixtures from October 1921 #SportsHistory

Hockey was first played at Rugby School in 1921. This is an age of the 1942 Hockey team we came across while sorting through our collections.

Images of a school steeplechase from the 1902 album. #NSHD2021

Jumping the Brook in the steeplechase

@RishiRival Hockey originated in England in 18th century and grew in popularity in public schools. @EtonArchives are you one of the first to play it? However it didn't take off at Rugby until 1921, a…

The start of a race and tug of war

Cricket 🏏 on the close

We don't just have documents in our collection we also have technology like this cine camera.