The Rugby Racket

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

@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…

@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…

@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 …

Tudor Rackets Team 1913 #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

Rugby School buildings c1750-1800.

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

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…

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

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

A history of The San written in 1984 #HBAHHealthAndFitness

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/…