Butler's Leap is named after Arthur Butler who jumped across the river here in Rugby. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

Sir Pelham Francis Warner, better known as Plum Warner or "the Grand Old Man" of English cricket, attended Rugby School from 1887 to 1892. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

RT @RugbySchool1567: Testing the route! You can join in too Webb Ellis Cycle Pilgrimage: The Close to Twickenham, Sunday 2nd July 2023 -…

The Meteor 1994 announced the first Girl's fixtures and entry of the girls into the inter- House competitions. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/…

A history of The San written in 1984 #HBAHHealthAndFitness

The Meteor 2004, Cross Country Review #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

Two of Chambers illustrations of the laws of football as played at Rugby School 1845. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

The Meteor used to have a section called our contemporaries which highlighted news from other schools. In October 1881 they reported on Geelong School in Australia. Apparently they favoured Squash to…

Earliest mention of the School playing Soccer in The Meteor is in March 1894 when they played the Notting Hill Home Mission Club. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

Rugby School buildings c1750-1800.

Tudor Rackets Team 1913 #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

@CasparHobbs There isn't anything specific in The Meteor which would help us identify them. We are nearly at the end of our conservation/cleaning project so hopefully we will be able to access house …

@Peter_Eedy 1/2 The School didn't officially play Soccer till 1972. Until the 1960s these were ad hoc teams which were organised to play against The Rugby Clubs. The Rugby Clubs were setup and funded…

@Peter_Eedy 2/2 The Rugby Clubs were originally set up for missionary work, they later became more like Youth Clubs run by ORs. Later reports in The Meteor suggest these ORs felt they could teach Rug…

In 1877 a Lawn Tennis Club was formed at Rugby School. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

@Peter_Eedy I will look and see what I can find.

Steeplechase 1882 #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

RT @rugbeiancom: Today’s image shows Edward VII planting a tree on 3 July 1909. He attended the school for the opening of The Temple Speech…

RT @rugbeiancom: Today's is taken using a shot from Barby Road looking up towards the Macready Theatre during the visit…

This month we are going to look for photos and mentions of animals in our collections. Here is one of our favourites the School Cockatoo. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

Alfred and Rupert Brooke age 8 and 11 with a dog, possibly a family pet. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

Lion door knocker from our object collection. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

A stone lion from our object collection. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

RT @rugbeiancom: Today’s shows School House from the Old Quad and was taken c1890. The Old Quad is a quadrangle original…