The Rugby Racket

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We have griffins and a lion gamb on our crest. #ExploreYourArchive

A little break form animals today, does anybody know anything about Old Crocks and New Starters who may have played Rugby in the nineteenth century. Possibly @TheRugbyLions? as there are two Gilberts…

Have you heard about this legend? #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/PDFViewer/web/…

Did you know this about bees and wasps. From The Meteor December 18 1888. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

Four of our houses use animals for their crests. The plate in this image was produced before Griffin was established. Three griffins feature in the School crest. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

The Meteor, February 13th, 1868. Blake (now Kilbracken) house news. Apparently there was a debate suggesting a cat tax. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals

RT @rugbeiancom: Todays shows The Old Gym, another building we are fortunate to have at school designed by gothic revival architect Wi…

Letter to the editor of The Meteor, published June 29 1889. Featuring a dog in a classroom. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

Another photograph from Edward VII's visit in 1909 featuring horses. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

The Meteor June 9, 1881. reporting on a paper given by J K Worthington on animal bones found in three different caves. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals

The departure of King Edward VII on 3rd July 1909. How many horses can you spot in this image. #ExploreYourArchive #EYAAnimals

Something from our Natural History Collection today. #EYAAnimals #ExploreYourArchive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Steeplechase 1882 #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

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

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/…

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

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

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

The James Pavilion was built in memory of H A James (AKA The Bodger) Head Master of Rugby School 1895-1910. #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchive

Between 1877 and 1902 books describing the Big-Side Runs which took place at Rugby School, were published. One of these Runs was The Coton House Run #HBAHHealthAndFitness #EYASport #exploreyourarchiv…

Bigside 1886 Bigside, Big Side or Big-Side refers to a number of things. We believe this image is of the Holder of the Bigside Bags (Captain of Cross Country). There were three in 1886 so we are unsu…

The Old San #HBAHHealthAndFitness

Article in The Meteor 1996 about Girl's Hockey XI, so far the earliest mentions of a girls Hockey team at the School is in the 1980s. If you know of any earlier dates do let us know. Girls first join…

@avenuefive @AdnanSamiLive Squash does have its origins in Rackets, I think they were both developed at Harrow. @HSchoolArchives?

@Peter_Eedy @HSchoolArchives?

Rackets was first adopted as a school sport at Harrow in 1821 having previously been played in debtors gaols. Rugby School has been playing Rackets since 1861. #HBAHHealthAndFitness

@Frederic Thank you, all our copies have uncut pages in different places, so I am interested to know what others are like.