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/…

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?

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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.