The Rugby Racket

Transplantation of the elm tree 1865

#OTD two first class English cricketers were born. Trevor Bowring in 1887 and Edward Hugh Falkwin Bradby in 1866.

Notes by Arthur Stanley (Later Dean Stanley), which he wrote as a boy while being lectured by Thomas Arnold.

From the Laws of Football as played at Rugby School 1846. "If, in the case of a run in, the ball be held in a scrummage, it shall not be lawful for the holder to transmit it to another of his own sid…

Rugby School House Rackets Final 1892.

#OTD in 1923 The Centenary Match was played on The Close to celebrate 100 years of. Rugby School's new book, Pass the Pig’s Bladder, celebrates 200 years of rugby football Buy the book here: rugbysch…

RT @RugbySchool1567: Our new book, Pass the Pig’s Bladder, celebrates 200 years of rugby football An essential read for any rugby fan! Fe…

You can search our school magazine The Meteor using the advanced search on our digital archive site. rugbyschoolarchives.co.uk/Authenticated/… #Digitalarchives

Photograph of some banjo players c1890s possibly played for the Rugby Mission Club in Notting Hill. #SchoolArchives #SchoolMusic

The XV in 1917 and the XV in the 2017 issue of The Meteor.

#OTD in 1907 Princess Henry of Battenberg visited Rugby School. The Head of School P Guedalla read the address.

@Frederic They're house caps. At one time you would decorate your house cap to show your sports awards if you didn't have a Following-up cap.