1909 Home Nations Championship
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The 1909 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship
. Six matches were played between 16 January and 20 March. It was contested by England
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
Although not officially part of the tournament until 1910, matches were arranged with the French national team
which were played during the Championship. During the 1909 Championship, three Home Nations faced France; England, Wales and Ireland. As they had done in the 1908 Championship, Wales beat all three Home Nation opponents and France, taking the Championship title, the Triple Crown
and the Grand Slam
.
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal was worth four points, while a goal from mark
and penalty goals were worth three points.
(Swansea
), Phil Hopkins
(Swansea
), Billy Trew
(Swansea
) capt., Johnnie Williams
(Cardiff
), Jack Jones
(Newport), Dick Jones
(Swansea
), Dicky Owen
(Swansea
), Jake Blackmore
(Abertillery
), George Travers
(Pill Harriers
), George Hayward
(Swansea
), John Alf Brown
(Cardiff
), Billy O'Neill
(Cardiff
), Jim Webb
(Abertillery
), Tom Evans
(Llanelli
), Ivor Morgan
(Swansea
)
England: Edward Jackett
(Falmouth
), Edgar Mobbs
(Northampton
), FN Tarr (Oxford University
), EW Assinder (Old Edwardians), BB Bennetts (Penzance), J Davey (Redruth) TG Wedge (St. Ives), JG Cooper (Moseley
), Robert Dibble
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AD Warrington-Morris (US Portsmouth), FG Handford (Manchester
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
----
), H Martin (Edinburgh Acads), CM Gilray (London Scottish
), JT Simson (Watsonians
), George Cunnigham
(Oxford University
), JM Tennant (West of Scotland), A Ross (Royal HSFP), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
), JS Wilson (London Scottish
), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.) capt., WE Kyle (Hawick
)
Wales: Jack Bancroft
(Swansea
), Mel Baker
(Newport), Billy Trew
(Swansea
) capt., Johnnie Williams
(Cardiff
), Jack Jones
(Newport), Dick Jones
(Swansea
), Dicky Owen
(Swansea
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
(Newport), George Travers
(Pill Harriers
), Dick Thomas
(Mountain Ash
), John Alf Brown
(Cardiff
), Jim Webb
(Abertillery
), Tom Evans
(Llanelli
), Ivor Morgan
(Swansea
), James Watts
(Llanelli
)
----
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
(Monkstown
), C Thompson (Collegians
), EC Deane (Monkstown
), FNB Smartt (Dublin University
), G Pinion (Monkstown
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
), T Smyth (Malone
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
), F Gardiner (NIFC
) capt., C Adams (Old Wesley
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
), HG Wilson (Malone
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
)
England: Edward Jackett
(Falmouth
), Edgar Mobbs
(Northampton
), CCG Wright (Cambridge University
), RW Poulton (Oxford University
), AC Palmer (London H.
), F Hutchinson (Headingley) HJH Sibree (Harlequins
), HJS Morton (Cambridge University
), Robert Dibble
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AJ Wilson (Camborne School of Mines
), FG Handford (Manchester
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
----
), T Sloan (London Scottish
), RH Lindsay-Watson (Hawick
), JT Simson (Watsonians
), JR McGregor (Edinburgh University
), JM Tennant (West of Scotland), A Ross (Royal HSFP), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
), CD Stuart (West of Scotland), WE Lely (London Scottish
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.) capt., WE Kyle (Hawick
)
Ireland: WP Hinton (Old Wesley
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
(Monkstown
), C Thompson (Collegians
), RM Magrath (Cork Constitution
), F Gardiner (NIFC
) capt., G Pinion (Monkstown
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
), T Smyth (Malone
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
), T Halpin (Garryowen
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
), HG Wilson (Malone
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
)
----
(Swansea
), Phil Hopkins
(Swansea
), Billy Trew
(Swansea
) capt., Johnnie Williams
(Cardiff
), Jack Jones
(Newport), Dick Jones
(Swansea
), Dicky Owen
(Swansea
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
(Newport), George Travers
(Pill Harriers
), Rees Thomas
(Pontypool
), Phil Waller
(Newport), Jim Webb
(Abertillery
), Tom Evans
(Llanelli
), Ivor Morgan
(Swansea
), James Watts
(Llanelli
)
Ireland: GJ Henebrey (Garryowen
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
(Monkstown
), C Thompson (Collegians
), TJ Greeves (NIFC
), FM McCormac (Wanderers), G Pinion (Monkstown
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
) capt., T Smyth (Malone
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
), T Halpin (Garryowen
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
), HG Wilson (Malone
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
)
----
(Falmouth
), Edgar Mobbs
(Northampton
), CCG Wright (Cambridge University
), RW Poulton (Oxford University
), AC Palmer (London H.
), F Hutchinson (Headingley) HJH Sibree (Harlequins
), HJS Morton (Cambridge University
), Robert Dibble
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), HC Harrison (Royal Marines), FG Handford (Manchester
), FB Watson (US Portsmouth), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
Scotland: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), J Pearson (Watsonians
), H Martin (Edinburgh Acads), CM Gilray (London Scottish
), JT Simson (Watsonians
), G Cunningham (Oxford University
) capt., JM Tennant (West of Scotland), James Reid Kerr
(Greenock Wanderers
), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
), AR Moodie (St Andrews Uni), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.), WE Kyle (Hawick
)
(Falmouth
), Edgar Mobbs
(Northampton
), FN Tarr, RW Poulton (Oxford University
), T Simpson, F Hutchinson (Headingley) RH Williamson, CA Bolton, Robert Dibble
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AD Warrington-Morris, FG Handford (Manchester
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
France: J Caujolle, T Varvier (Stade Français), H Houblain, E Lesieur (Stade Français), Gaston Lane
(Racing Club de France
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Theuriet, A Masse (Stade Bordelais Universitaire), R Duval, P Guillemin, J Icard, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
), Marcel Communeau
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, G Fourcade
----
(Racing Club de France
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Theuriet, A Masse (Stade Bordelais Universitaire), P Dupre, P Mauriat (Lyon), J Icard, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
), Marcel Communeau
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, G Fourcade
Wales: Jack Bancroft
(Swansea
), Mel Baker
(Newport), Billy Trew
(Swansea
) capt., Johnnie Williams
(Cardiff
), Jack Jones
(Newport), Dick Jones
(Swansea
), Dicky Owen
(Swansea
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
(Newport), Thomas Lloyd
(Neath
), Rees Thomas
(Pontypool
), Phil Waller
(Newport), Jim Webb
(Abertillery
), Tom Evans
(Llanelli
), Ivor Morgan
(Swansea
), James Watts
(Llanelli
)
----
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
(Monkstown
), C Thompson (Collegians
), TJ Greeves (NIFC
), JJ O'Connor, G Pinion (Monkstown
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
), C Adams (Old Wesley
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
), T Halpin (Garryowen
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
), F Gardiner (NIFC
) capt., MG Garry (Bective Rangers
)
France: E de Jouvencel, M Burgun, F Mouronval, E Lesieur (Stade Français), Gaston Lane
(Racing Club de France
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), C Martin, M Legraine, P Guillemin, P Mauriat (Lyon), M Hourdebaigt, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
), Marcel Communeau
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, J Gommes
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
. Six matches were played between 16 January and 20 March. It was contested by England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
and Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
.
Although not officially part of the tournament until 1910, matches were arranged with the French national team
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
which were played during the Championship. During the 1909 Championship, three Home Nations faced France; England, Wales and Ireland. As they had done in the 1908 Championship, Wales beat all three Home Nation opponents and France, taking the Championship title, the Triple Crown
Triple Crown (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
and the Grand Slam
Grand Slam (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship manages to beat all the others during one year's competition...
.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 16 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 38 | −25 | 0 | |
Scoring system
The matches for this season were decided on points scored. A tryTry
A try is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union football. A try is scored by grounding the ball in the opposition's in-goal area...
was worth three points, while converting a kicked goal from the try gave an additional two points. A dropped goal was worth four points, while a goal from mark
Goal from mark
A goal from mark is a former scoring move in rugby football. It occurred when a player "marked" the ball by making a fair catch and shouting "mark". From this position the player could not be tackled. The player then had the option of a free kick, which can be taken as a place, drop, or tap kick...
and penalty goals were worth three points.
Results
Additional matches outside the Championship
Wales vs. England
Wales: Jack BancroftJack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft , born John Bancroft, was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Billy Trew
Billy Trew
Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of Welsh rugby union...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
) capt., Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jack Jones
Jack Jones (rugby player)
John "Jack" Phillips Jones was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for Wales and was known as The Prince of Centres.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Dick Jones
Dick Jones (rugby player)
Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFC Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1912, a record that was unbeaten until 1955 when Ken Jones surpassed him.-Influence in rugby:Born Richard Morgan...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Jake Blackmore
Jake Blackmore
Joseph Henry "Jake" Blackmore was an international rugby forward who played rugby union for Abertillery and rugby league with Hull Kingston Rovers. He won a single caps for Wales under the rugby union code and then represented his country at rugby league in two matches between 1910 and 1911...
(Abertillery
Abertillery RFC
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
), George Travers
George Travers (rugby player)
George "Twyber" Travers was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Pill Harriers and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 25 caps for Wales between 1903 and 1911....
(Pill Harriers
Pill Harriers RFC
Pill Harriers RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons..-Club origins:...
), George Hayward
George Hayward
George Hayward was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on five occasions and was part of the 1908 Home Nations Championship winning team.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), John Alf Brown
John Alf Brown
John "Jack" Alf Brown, colloquially known as John Alf or "Big John", was a Welsh international rugby union forward player who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Billy O'Neill
Billy O'Neill
William "Billy" O'Neill often recorded as Billy O'Neil or Billy Neil was a Welsh international dual-code rugby front row player who played club rugby under the union code for Cardiff and Aberavon and as a professional rugby league player he represented Warrington...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jim Webb
Jim Webb (rugby player)
Alfred "Jim" Webb was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Abertillery and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Abertillery
Abertillery RFC
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
), Tom Evans
Tom Evans (rugby player)
Thomas "Tom" Henry Evans was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Llanelli. Evans played in eighteen international games for Wales, and in 1908 was part of the Welsh team that faced touring Australian team...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.-Club career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
)
England: Edward Jackett
Edward Jackett
Edward John Jackett was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team and the British Isles and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...
(Falmouth
Falmouth RFC
Falmouth RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The club plays at the Recreation Ground.Founded in 1873, Falmouth have been moderately successful, producing two players to have been capped by the England national rugby union team: E.J...
), Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Roberts "Mobbsy" Mobbs DSO was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England. He played as a three quarter....
(Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
), FN Tarr (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), EW Assinder (Old Edwardians), BB Bennetts (Penzance), J Davey (Redruth) TG Wedge (St. Ives), JG Cooper (Moseley
Moseley Rugby Football Club
Moseley Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club, based at Billesley Common in Birmingham, that competes in the RFU Championship. The club was historically the premier rugby club in Birmingham, reaching the final of the John Player Cup three times in the late 1970s and early 1980s...
), Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble was a rugby union international who represented England from 1906 to 1912. He also captained his country.-Early life:...
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AD Warrington-Morris (US Portsmouth), FG Handford (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
----
Scotland vs. Wales
Scotland: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), AW Angus (WatsoniansWatsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), H Martin (Edinburgh Acads), CM Gilray (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JT Simson (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), George Cunnigham
George Cunningham (governor)
Sir George Cunningham, GCIE, KCSI, OBE was an administrator in British India who in his early years was a notable sportsperson, representing and later captaining the Scottish national team at rugby union.-Rugby career:...
(Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), JM Tennant (West of Scotland), A Ross (Royal HSFP), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JS Wilson (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.) capt., WE Kyle (Hawick
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
)
Wales: Jack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft , born John Bancroft, was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Mel Baker
Mel Baker
Albert Melville "Mel" Baker was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and South African regional team Griqualand West...
(Newport), Billy Trew
Billy Trew
Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of Welsh rugby union...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
) capt., Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jack Jones
Jack Jones (rugby player)
John "Jack" Phillips Jones was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for Wales and was known as The Prince of Centres.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Dick Jones
Dick Jones (rugby player)
Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFC Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1912, a record that was unbeaten until 1955 when Ken Jones surpassed him.-Influence in rugby:Born Richard Morgan...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard known as Edwin Thomas or "Beddoe" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport RFC...
(Newport), George Travers
George Travers (rugby player)
George "Twyber" Travers was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Pill Harriers and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 25 caps for Wales between 1903 and 1911....
(Pill Harriers
Pill Harriers RFC
Pill Harriers RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons..-Club origins:...
), Dick Thomas
Dick Thomas
Edward John Richard 'Dick' Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union back who played club rugby for Mountain Ash.-Rugby career:...
(Mountain Ash
Mountain Ash RFC
Mountain Ash RFC is a Welsh rugby union team from the town of Mountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, South Wales. Mountain Ash RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.-Early history:...
), John Alf Brown
John Alf Brown
John "Jack" Alf Brown, colloquially known as John Alf or "Big John", was a Welsh international rugby union forward player who played club rugby for Cardiff and county rugby for Glamorgan...
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jim Webb
Jim Webb (rugby player)
Alfred "Jim" Webb was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Abertillery and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Abertillery
Abertillery RFC
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
), Tom Evans
Tom Evans (rugby player)
Thomas "Tom" Henry Evans was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Llanelli. Evans played in eighteen international games for Wales, and in 1908 was part of the Welsh team that faced touring Australian team...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.-Club career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), James Watts
James Watts (rugby player)
James "Jim" Watts was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli. He won eleven caps for Wales and was part of the first Grand Slam winning side in 1908.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
)
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Ireland vs. England
Ireland: WP Hinton (Old WesleyOld Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...
(Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), C Thompson (Collegians
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
), EC Deane (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), FNB Smartt (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), G Pinion (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), T Smyth (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution is a club, based in Cork. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated...
), F Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
) capt., C Adams (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), HG Wilson (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
)
England: Edward Jackett
Edward Jackett
Edward John Jackett was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team and the British Isles and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...
(Falmouth
Falmouth RFC
Falmouth RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The club plays at the Recreation Ground.Founded in 1873, Falmouth have been moderately successful, producing two players to have been capped by the England national rugby union team: E.J...
), Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Roberts "Mobbsy" Mobbs DSO was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England. He played as a three quarter....
(Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
), CCG Wright (Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), RW Poulton (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), AC Palmer (London H.
Barts and the London RFC
St Barts and The Royal London RFC is the name given to the modern amalgam of two formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having both been founded in the 1860s...
), F Hutchinson (Headingley) HJH Sibree (Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), HJS Morton (Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble was a rugby union international who represented England from 1906 to 1912. He also captained his country.-Early life:...
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AJ Wilson (Camborne School of Mines
Camborne School of Mines
The Camborne School of Mines , commonly abbreviated to CSM, was founded in 1888. It is now a specialist department of the University of Exeter. Its research and teaching is related to the understanding and management of the Earth's natural processes, resources and the environment...
), FG Handford (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
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Scotland vs. Ireland
Scotland: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), J Pearson (WatsoniansWatsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), T Sloan (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), RH Lindsay-Watson (Hawick
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
), JT Simson (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), JR McGregor (Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), JM Tennant (West of Scotland), A Ross (Royal HSFP), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), CD Stuart (West of Scotland), WE Lely (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.) capt., WE Kyle (Hawick
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
)
Ireland: WP Hinton (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...
(Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), C Thompson (Collegians
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
), RM Magrath (Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution is a club, based in Cork. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated...
), F Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
) capt., G Pinion (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), T Smyth (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution is a club, based in Cork. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated...
), T Halpin (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
University College Cork RFC
University College Cork Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of University College Cork, based in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. They currently play in Division 1B of the AIB League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as Queen’s College Cork, as UCC was then known. Recent successes...
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), HG Wilson (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
)
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Wales vs. Ireland
Wales: Jack BancroftJack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft , born John Bancroft, was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins
Phil Hopkins was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Billy Trew
Billy Trew
Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of Welsh rugby union...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
) capt., Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jack Jones
Jack Jones (rugby player)
John "Jack" Phillips Jones was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for Wales and was known as The Prince of Centres.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Dick Jones
Dick Jones (rugby player)
Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFC Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1912, a record that was unbeaten until 1955 when Ken Jones surpassed him.-Influence in rugby:Born Richard Morgan...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard known as Edwin Thomas or "Beddoe" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport RFC...
(Newport), George Travers
George Travers (rugby player)
George "Twyber" Travers was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Pill Harriers and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 25 caps for Wales between 1903 and 1911....
(Pill Harriers
Pill Harriers RFC
Pill Harriers RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons..-Club origins:...
), Rees Thomas
Rees Thomas
Rees Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union back row player who was utilised usually as a flanker or Number 8. Thomas played club rugby for Pontypool and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Pontypool
Pontypool RFC
Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century...
), Phil Waller
Phil Waller
Phil Waller was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Johannesburg. He won six caps for Wales and also played for the British Isles in their 1910 tour of South Africa....
(Newport), Jim Webb
Jim Webb (rugby player)
Alfred "Jim" Webb was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Abertillery and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Abertillery
Abertillery RFC
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
), Tom Evans
Tom Evans (rugby player)
Thomas "Tom" Henry Evans was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Llanelli. Evans played in eighteen international games for Wales, and in 1908 was part of the Welsh team that faced touring Australian team...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.-Club career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), James Watts
James Watts (rugby player)
James "Jim" Watts was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli. He won eleven caps for Wales and was part of the first Grand Slam winning side in 1908.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
)
Ireland: GJ Henebrey (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...
(Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), C Thompson (Collegians
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
), TJ Greeves (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), FM McCormac (Wanderers), G Pinion (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
) capt., T Smyth (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution is a club, based in Cork. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated...
), T Halpin (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
University College Cork RFC
University College Cork Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of University College Cork, based in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. They currently play in Division 1B of the AIB League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as Queen’s College Cork, as UCC was then known. Recent successes...
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), HG Wilson (Malone
Malone RFC
Malone RFC is a rugby union club based in Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It is currently in the Second Division of the All-Ireland League. The club is affiliated with the Ulster Branch, itself part of the Irish Rugby Football Union...
), MG Garry (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
)
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England vs. Scotland
England: Edward JackettEdward Jackett
Edward John Jackett was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team and the British Isles and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...
(Falmouth
Falmouth RFC
Falmouth RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The club plays at the Recreation Ground.Founded in 1873, Falmouth have been moderately successful, producing two players to have been capped by the England national rugby union team: E.J...
), Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Roberts "Mobbsy" Mobbs DSO was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England. He played as a three quarter....
(Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
), CCG Wright (Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), RW Poulton (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), AC Palmer (London H.
Barts and the London RFC
St Barts and The Royal London RFC is the name given to the modern amalgam of two formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having both been founded in the 1860s...
), F Hutchinson (Headingley) HJH Sibree (Harlequins
Harlequin F.C.
The Harlequin Football Club is an English rugby union team who play in the top level of English rugby, the Aviva Premiership. Their ground in London is Twickenham Stoop...
), HJS Morton (Cambridge University
Cambridge University R.U.F.C.
The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, or CURUFC, is the rugby union club of Cambridge University, and plays Oxford University in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham stadium every December. CURUFC players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest...
), Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble was a rugby union international who represented England from 1906 to 1912. He also captained his country.-Early life:...
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), HC Harrison (Royal Marines), FG Handford (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), FB Watson (US Portsmouth), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
Scotland: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), J Pearson (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), H Martin (Edinburgh Acads), CM Gilray (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JT Simson (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), G Cunningham (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
) capt., JM Tennant (West of Scotland), James Reid Kerr
James Reid Kerr
James Reid Kerr was a Scottish sportsman who played both rugby union and cricket for his country. He was also part of the first official British and Irish Lions team that toured South Africa in 1910.-Early life:...
(Greenock Wanderers
Greenock Wanderers RFC
Greenock Wanderers R.F.C. is a rugby union team based in Greenock, Scotland. It consists of 1st XV, 2nd XV, under 18s, under 17s, under 16s, under 15s, S2 and S1 plus a complete Mini section; a mini rugby tournament is organised every year. Greenock Wanderers was formed in 1873, making it one of...
), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum (Watsonians
Watsonians RFC
Watsonian Football Club is a rugby union club based in Edinburgh and part of the Scottish Rugby Union. The club is connected with George Watson's College as a club for former pupils, but now accepts players who did not attend the school...
), AR Moodie (St Andrews Uni), GC Gowlland (London Scottish
London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England. It is a member of both the Rugby Football Union and the Scottish Rugby Union.-History:...
), JM MacKenzie (Edinburgh University
Edinburgh University RFC
Edinburgh University Rugby Football Club is a leading rugby union side based in Edinburgh, Scotland which currently plays its fixtures in the top Scottish National League and the British Universities Premiership. It is one of the eight founder members of the Scottish Rugby Union...
), JMB Scott (Edinburgh Acads.), WE Kyle (Hawick
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
)
England vs. France
England: Edward JackettEdward Jackett
Edward John Jackett was an English rugby union player, who represented the England national rugby union team and the British Isles and competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics...
(Falmouth
Falmouth RFC
Falmouth RFC is a rugby union club based in the town of Falmouth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The club plays at the Recreation Ground.Founded in 1873, Falmouth have been moderately successful, producing two players to have been capped by the England national rugby union team: E.J...
), Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Mobbs
Edgar Roberts "Mobbsy" Mobbs DSO was an English rugby union footballer who played for and captained Northampton R.F.C. and England. He played as a three quarter....
(Northampton
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints are a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The Northampton Saints were formed in 1880. They play in green, black and gold colours. They play their home games at Franklin's Gardens, which has a capacity of 13,591....
), FN Tarr, RW Poulton (Oxford University
Oxford University RFC
The Oxford University Rugby Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Oxford. The club contests The Varsity Match every year against Cambridge University at Twickenham.-History:...
), T Simpson, F Hutchinson (Headingley) RH Williamson, CA Bolton, Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble
Robert Dibble was a rugby union international who represented England from 1906 to 1912. He also captained his country.-Early life:...
(Bridgwater & Albion) capt., WA Johns (Gloucester), AL Kewney (Rockcliff), AD Warrington-Morris, FG Handford (Manchester
Manchester Rugby Club
Manchester Rugby Club, formerly known as Manchester Football Club, are one of the oldest rugby union clubs in existence, having been founded in 1860, 11 years before the RFU....
), H Archer (Guy's Hospital
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club
Guy's, Kings and St. Thomas' Rugby Football Club is the name given to the modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Guy's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital were the first to merge...
), ET Ibbitson (Headingley)
France: J Caujolle, T Varvier (Stade Français), H Houblain, E Lesieur (Stade Français), Gaston Lane
Gaston Lane
Gaston Lane was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 68 cm tall and weighed 68 kg.He played right wing three quarter for Racing club de France and for the French national team; at first he also played for AS Bois-Colombes then for the Paris Cosmopolitan Club.He played in the first...
(Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Theuriet, A Masse (Stade Bordelais Universitaire), R Duval, P Guillemin, J Icard, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions.-References:...
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, G Fourcade
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France vs. Wales
France: E de Jouvencel, T Varvier (Stade Français), P Sagot, E Lesieur (Stade Français), Gaston LaneGaston Lane
Gaston Lane was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 68 cm tall and weighed 68 kg.He played right wing three quarter for Racing club de France and for the French national team; at first he also played for AS Bois-Colombes then for the Paris Cosmopolitan Club.He played in the first...
(Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Theuriet, A Masse (Stade Bordelais Universitaire), P Dupre, P Mauriat (Lyon), J Icard, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions.-References:...
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, G Fourcade
Wales: Jack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft
Jack Bancroft , born John Bancroft, was a Welsh cricketer, and rugby union international. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper who played for Glamorgan. Bancroft also played rugby for Swansea RFC...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Mel Baker
Mel Baker
Albert Melville "Mel" Baker was a Welsh international, rugby union wing who played club rugby for Newport and South African regional team Griqualand West...
(Newport), Billy Trew
Billy Trew
Billy Trew was a Welsh international centre, outside half and wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club. He won 29 caps for Wales and is seen as one of the key players of the first Golden Age of Welsh rugby union...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
) capt., Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams
Johnnie Williams was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Club. A three times Triple Crown winner, out of seventeen appearances for Wales he was on the losing side only twice....
(Cardiff
Cardiff RFC
Cardiff Rugby Football Club is a rugby union football club based in Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The club was founded in 1876 and played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park where they have been based ever since...
), Jack Jones
Jack Jones (rugby player)
John "Jack" Phillips Jones was a Welsh international centre who played club rugby for Pontypool Rugby Club and Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 14 caps for Wales and was known as The Prince of Centres.-Rugby career:...
(Newport), Dick Jones
Dick Jones (rugby player)
Richard Hughes "Dick" Jones was a Welsh international fly-half who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Club. He won 15 caps for Wales and played county rugby for Glamorgan.-Rugby career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen
Dicky Owen was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Swansea RFC Owen is seen as one of the greatest Welsh scrum-halves and won 35 caps for Wales between 1901 and 1912, a record that was unbeaten until 1955 when Ken Jones surpassed him.-Influence in rugby:Born Richard Morgan...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard
Edwin Thomas Maynard known as Edwin Thomas or "Beddoe" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Newport RFC...
(Newport), Thomas Lloyd
Thomas Lloyd (rugby player)
Thomas John Lloyd was a Welsh international, rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath. He won seven international caps for Wales from 1909 to 1914; his last as part of the 'Terrible Eight', the Wales pack that played Ireland in a violent match before the First World War ended...
(Neath
Neath RFC
Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...
), Rees Thomas
Rees Thomas
Rees Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union back row player who was utilised usually as a flanker or Number 8. Thomas played club rugby for Pontypool and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Pontypool
Pontypool RFC
Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century...
), Phil Waller
Phil Waller
Phil Waller was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Newport and Johannesburg. He won six caps for Wales and also played for the British Isles in their 1910 tour of South Africa....
(Newport), Jim Webb
Jim Webb (rugby player)
Alfred "Jim" Webb was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Abertillery and county rugby for Monmouthshire...
(Abertillery
Abertillery RFC
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Abertillery. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883, though other sources state 1884. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the...
), Tom Evans
Tom Evans (rugby player)
Thomas "Tom" Henry Evans was a Welsh international rugby union flanker who played club rugby for Llanelli. Evans played in eighteen international games for Wales, and in 1908 was part of the Welsh team that faced touring Australian team...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
), Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan
Ivor Morgan was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan.-Club career:...
(Swansea
Swansea RFC
Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...
), James Watts
James Watts (rugby player)
James "Jim" Watts was a Welsh international rugby union player who played club rugby for Llanelli. He won eleven caps for Wales and was part of the first Grand Slam winning side in 1908.-Rugby career:...
(Llanelli
Llanelli RFC
Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...
)
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Ireland vs. France
Ireland: GJ Henebrey (GarryowenGarryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), HB Thrift (Wanderers), James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke
James Cecil Parke was an Irish rugby player, tennis player, golfer and Olympic medallist.Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland. He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster...
(Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), C Thompson (Collegians
Collegians (Belfast)
Collegians is the name of a club for former pupils of Methodist College Belfast. In the 108-year history of the club, it had rugby union, cricket, hockey, basketball and athletics sections...
), TJ Greeves (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
), JJ O'Connor, G Pinion (Monkstown
Monkstown Football Club
Monkstown Football Club is an Irish rugby club based in Dublin. They currently play in Division One of the Leinster League.In addition to the First XV, they also have Second , Third and Fourth XV's, a mini rugby section and a Golden Oldies team.-History:The club was founded in 1883 in Monkstown...
), GT Hamlet (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), C Adams (Old Wesley
Old Wesley
Old Wesley Rugby Football Club was founded in 1891 from the past pupils of Wesley College, Dublin. Since then it has become one of Leinster's most famous clubs. The club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1909 and 1985 as well as winning the AIL Division 2 title in 1989...
), OJS Piper (Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution
Cork Constitution is a club, based in Cork. It was founded by staff of the Cork Constitution. Since the paper did not publish on Sundays, the staff were looking for activities to pursue on Saturday afternoons. In the summer, cricket was played, while in the winter, rugby was the designated...
), T Halpin (Garryowen
Garryowen Football Club
Garryowen Football Club , usually referred to as Garryowen, is a rugby union club from Limerick, Ireland. Historically it has been one of the most successful clubs in Irish rugby union leagues.-Name:...
), JC Blackham (Queens College, Cork
University College Cork RFC
University College Cork Rugby Football Club is the rugby union team of University College Cork, based in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. They currently play in Division 1B of the AIB League. Founded in 1872, they originally played as Queen’s College Cork, as UCC was then known. Recent successes...
), BA Solomons (Dublin University
Dublin University Football Club
Dublin University Football Club is the rugby union club of the University of Dublin, Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland.-History:...
), F Gardiner (NIFC
North of Ireland FC
North of Ireland Football Club is a former Irish rugby union club that was based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the first rugby club formed in what is now Northern Ireland and only two other clubs - Dublin University and Wanderers - were formed earlier anywhere else in all Ireland . It was...
) capt., MG Garry (Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers
Bective Rangers is a rugby union club in Dublin, Ireland founded in 1881.The Club is affiliated to the Leinster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union and play in Division 2 of the All Ireland League....
)
France: E de Jouvencel, M Burgun, F Mouronval, E Lesieur (Stade Français), Gaston Lane
Gaston Lane
Gaston Lane was a French rugby union player. He was 1 m 68 cm tall and weighed 68 kg.He played right wing three quarter for Racing club de France and for the French national team; at first he also played for AS Bois-Colombes then for the Paris Cosmopolitan Club.He played in the first...
(Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), C Martin, M Legraine, P Guillemin, P Mauriat (Lyon), M Hourdebaigt, R de Malmann (Racing Club de France
Racing Metro 92 Paris
Racing Métro 92 is a French rugby union club based in suburban Paris that was formed in 2001 with the collaboration of the Racing Club de France and US Métro. "92" is the number of Hauts-de-Seine, the département of Île-de-France, bordering Paris to the west, where they play, and whose council...
), Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau
Marcel Communeau was a French rugby union player, who represented the France national rugby union team. Communeau was the leading French player prior to World War I, representing his country a record 21 times and captaining the side on 13 occasions.-References:...
(Stade Français) capt., G Borchard, J Gommes