The Rugby Racket

On 27th May 1967 Queen Elizabeth II visited Rugby School and opened the Queen's Gate. Royal Visit to Rugby School 12th May 1967 macearchive.org/films/royal-vi…

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We are currently preparing a series of documents for cataloguing and conservation work.

#DidYouKnow that School Field designed by George Gilbert Scott was built 170 years ago in 1852 and was permanently named 90 years ago in 1932.

RT @RugbySchool1567: We join the world in celebrating Her Majesty the Queen's As she becomes the first British Monarch t…

A big thank you to our archive volunteers on They have been working on repackaging and describing our cap collections, the Bloxam Collection and our accessions backlog.

@Peter_Eedy 2/2 also Running with the Ball by Jenny Macrory. I will keep you posted on Guillemard.

@Peter_Eedy If you are looking for more on the early origins of the Rugby School game I would suggest reading if you haven't already the “Athletics and Football” volume of the Badminton Library by Mo…

@Peter_Eedy I will take a look to review the contents though I think that there might be more on this subject in the Old Rugbeian Society's Report of an investigation in to the origins of the game wh…

The Headmaster's garden, Barby Road. c1895-1910.

@Frederic and @Chris_Chatten, hopefully we will be able to make this accessible in someway in the future. For more information you can contact our enquiry service archives@rugbyschool.net

We came across this book while sorting out the collections. Guillemard (Arnold/School Field 1859-1864) was the fifth president of the Rugby Football Union and represented England in 1871. In this boo…