#NSHD2022 The Close has had three Cricket Pavilions, two are still in use today. The Green Pavilion and James Pavilion are on opposite sides to each other. The Old Pavilion was by the Old Gym.

#NSHD2022 Other sports around The Close include Gymnastics, Rackets and Fives. Both buildings were built by William Butterfield.

#NSHD2022 The Pushcart Race also takes place on The Close.

#NSHD2022 When Goulburn was Head Master he purchased the part of The Close now know as New Big-Side. Cricket was first played there in 1856. (photograph has no date but could be 1860s/70s)

Rugby Football on The Close in 1851. #NSHD2022

@70s_mo If you email our enquiry service we can sort something out for you. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/authenticated/…

The Doctor's Wall is where you will find the stone commemorating the exploits of William Webb Ellis in 1823. #NSHD2022

#OTD in 1873 Plum Warner was born. This is an image of him at the coin tossing for the Centenary "Tom Brown" Match.

H C Bradby's House XI 1919. This House was later renamed School Field.

#ArchveBox 46 - publication from 1846 Rugby Micellany. Poem from October 1846.

#ArchiveBox number B8. From the collection of Matthew Bloxam papers. Box B8 contains lots of information about churches in the Midlands. This one is about Melton Mowbray.

@RGSOldNovos @RGSNewcastle Sounds like a really great project, would be great to hear about what is produced.

THE LAST OF THE SEA-KINGS from Rugby Miscellany, a school magazine published in 1845 and 1846. The poem is 4 pages long and says to be continued... #NationalPoetryDay

The inside of the old chapel at Rugby School built by Hakewill.

RT @ICSHC: From Tom Brown's School Days, the evolution of football codes, rugby union and Pierre de Coubertin's vision for the modern Olymp…

Image of the Lower TRR.

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

#OTD in 1894 a committee was appointed by the Old Rugbeian Society to investigate the origins of the game. They wrote to many Old Rugbeians and kept responses in this book including letters from Thom…

Payne-Smiths House today known as Cotton in 1894.

We really enjoy updating and adding new material to our exhibits in the Museum. The book on the left is a record of Rugby Football matches played from 1850s to 1890s.

Really looking forward to this. are encouraging members of the public to join in so do share your memories of Rugby School during week. twitter.com/explorearchive…

Researching your this autumn? If you think one of your ancestors attended Rugby School after 1675 you can search our annotated registers online - rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/authenticated/… #digitalarc…

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

#OTD in 1822 (although our registers say 19th October) Thomas Hughes was born. Hughes was in School House from 1834 and joined the same year as his brother George.