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Three Day Golfing & Sporting Memorabilia Sale
Three Day Golfing & Sporting Memorabilia Sale - Day 2 Wednesday 05 December 2012 10:30 Mullock's Specialist Auctioneers The Clive Pavilion Ludlow Racecourse Ludlow SY8 2BT Mullock's Specialist Auctioneers (Three Day Golfing & Sporting Memorabilia Sale - Day 2) Catalogue - Downloaded from UKAuctioneers.com Lot: 1001 Rugby League tickets, postcards and handbooks Rugby 1922 S C R L Rugby League Medal C Grade Premiers awarded League Challenge Cup Final tickets 6th May 1950 and 28th to L McAuley of Berry FC. April 1956 (2 tickets), 3 postcards – WS Thornton (Hunslet), Estimate: £50.00 - £65.00 Hector Crowther and Frank Dawson and Hunslet RLFC, Hunslet Schools’ Rugby League Handbook 1963-64, Hunslet Schools’ Rugby Union 1938-39 and Leicester City v Sheffield United (FA Cup semi-final) at Elland Road 18th March 1961 (9) Lot: 1002 Estimate: £20.00 - £30.00 Keighley v Widnes Rugby League Challenge Cup Final programme 1937 played at Wembley on 8th May. Widnes won 18-5. Folded, creased and marked, staple rusted therefore centre pages loose. Lot: 1009 Estimate: £100.00 - £150.00 A collection of Rugby League programmes 1947-1973 Great Britain v New Zealand 20th December 1947, Great Britain v Australia 21st November 1959, Great Britain v Australia 8th October 1960 (World Cup Series), Hull v St Helens 15th April Lot: 1003 1961 (Challenge Cup semi-final), Huddersfield v Wakefield Rugby League Championship Final programmes 1959-1988 Trinity 19th May 1962 (Championship final), Bradford Northern including 1959, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1978 and -
Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie
Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie, Royal Navy, born at Mozufferpore, India, on 12 September 1886, was the son of Walter D Abercrombie, Indian Police, and Kate E Abercrombie. In cricket, he was a right hand bat and right hand medium pace bowler. In 1912 he hit 37 and 100 for the Royal Navy v Army at Lord’s. He played for Hampshire Cricket Club in 1913, scoring 126 and 39 in his debut against Oxford University, 144 v Worcestershire and 165 v Essex when Hampshire followed on 317 behind; in a stand with George Brown (140) he put on 325 for the seventh wicket. In first class matches that year he scored 936 runs with an average of 35.92. Between 1910 and 1913, he played six times for Scotland (won 2, lost 4). He was lost with HMS Defence on 31 May 1916, age 29, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His widow was Cecily Joan Abercrombie (nee Baker) of 22 Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington, London. (The following is from "The Rugby Roll of Honour" by E H D Sewell, published in 1919) Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie, Royal Navy, was born at Mozufferpore, India, on 12 September 1886, and fell in action on HMS Defence at the Battle of Jutland, on May 31, 1916, aged 29. He was educated at Allan House, Guildford, at Berkhamsted School, and on HMS Britannia. He was in the 1st XI and XV, both at school and of the Britannia, and on the training ship won for his Term the High Jump, Long Jump, Racquets, Fives, and Swimming, thus early his versatility proving the shadow of the coming event. -
November 2014
FREE November 2014 OFFICIAL PROGRAMME www.worldrugby.bm GOLF TouRNAMENt REFEREEs LIAIsON Michael Jenkins Derek Bevan mbe • John Weale GROuNds RuCK & ROLL FRONt stREEt Cameron Madeiros • Chris Finsness Ronan Kane • Jenny Kane Tristan Loescher Michael Kane Trevor Madeiros (National Sports Centre) tEAM LIAIsONs Committees GRAPHICs Chief - Pat McHugh Carole Havercroft Argentina - Corbus Vermaak PREsIdENt LEGAL & FINANCIAL Canada - Jack Rhind Classic Lions - Simon Carruthers John Kane, mbe Kim White • Steve Woodward • Ken O’Neill France - Marc Morabito VICE PREsIdENt MEdICAL FACILItIEs Italy - Guido Brambilla Kim White Dr. Annabel Carter • Dr. Angela Marini New Zealand - Brett Henshilwood ACCOMMOdAtION Shelley Fortnum (Massage Therapists) South Africa - Gareth Tavares Hilda Matcham (Classic Lions) Maureen Ryan (Physiotherapists) United States - Craig Smith Sue Gorbutt (Canada) MEMbERs tENt TouRNAMENt REFEREE AdMINIstRAtION Alex O'Neill • Rick Evans Derek Bevan mbe Julie Butler Alan Gorbutt • Vicki Johnston HONORARy MEMbERs CLAssIC CLub Harry Patchett • Phil Taylor C V “Jim” Woolridge CBE Martine Purssell • Peter Kyle MERCHANdIsE (Former Minister of Tourism) CLAssIC GAs & WEbsItE Valerie Cheape • Debbie DeSilva Mike Roberts (Wales & the Lions) Neil Redburn Allan Martin (Wales & the Lions) OVERsEAs COMMENtARy & INtERVIEWs Willie John McBride (Ireland & the Lions) Argentina - Rodolfo Ventura JPR Williams (Wales & the Lions) Hugh Cahill (Irish Television) British Isles - Alan Martin Michael Jenkins • Harry Patchett Rodolfo Ventura (Argentina) -
Summer Newsletter
PENGUIN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB Rugby Football Union Kent County RFU SUMMER NEWSLETTER2014 OVER 350 PENGUINS AND OUR VERY DISTINGUISHED GUESTS CELEBRATED THE CLUB’S 55TH ANNIVERSARY IN GREAT STYLE AT THE DORCHESTER ON 9TH MAY Also in this issue: + HSBC Penguin International Coaching Academy in Dubai, South East Asia & the Philippines + PIRFC at the SCC7s, HSBC COBRA 10s & HKFC10s + The COBRA story + + The story behind the Penguin badge & colours + Welcome to the PIRFC Summer Newsletter for 2014 Grove Industries and Tsunami - our sponsors Since the publication of the Autumn Newsletter the We are sure all members HSBC Penguin International Coaching Academy have run will join with us once again highly successful and enjoyable sessions in Dubai, South in expressing our thanks to East Asia and the Phillippines. On the playing front the Grove Industries and Tsunami Penguin International RFC have taken part in the for their continued support, Singapore Cricket Club International 7s, the HSBC interest and sponsorship COBRA International 10s and the GFI Hong Kong of the Penguin International RFC. Football Club International 10s competitions. Penguins XVs have also played their annual fixtures against Oxford and Cambridge Universities. You can read all about these tours and matches later on in these pages. May 2014 did, of course, bring with it our 55th Anniversary Dinner and Grand Reunion held, as usual, at The Dorchester in Park Lane, London. Among our distinguished guests on the night were the Presidents of the Rugby Grove Industries founded in 1983, operates apparel Football Union, the Scottish Rugby Union and sourcing and manufacturing operations on an the Irish Rugby Union. -
Rugby Football Union
RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION ·ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING held at the MAY FAffi HOTEL,. LONDON, on Friday, 22nd June, 1951, at 5 p.rn. The following Clubs (330) were represented :- Aldershot Services Christ's Hospital Hertfordshire Union' Army Rugby Union Civil Service Honourable Artillery Company RA.S.C. (Aldershot) Civil Service Union Hoover Sports 9 Trng. Regt. R.E. Clifton Ibis RM.A. Sandhurst College of Commerce Ilford Wanderers No. 4 (ARMT) Trng. Btn. College of St. Mark & St. John Ipswich Y.M.C.A. R.E.M.E. -Cornwall Count,Y' ~Jersey -- - .~~-~~~- 10 Trades Trng. Centre Coventrians Kenilworth 14/20 King's Hussars Coventry Kent County 16 Railway Trng. Regt. R.E. Cuaco Kersal Military College of Science Darlington Railway King Edward VI School, Depot & T.E. R.A.M.C. Davenport Nuneaton RA.P.C. Trng. Centre Derby . Kingsbridge . Ashford (Kent) Derbyshire King's College Hospital Aston O.E. Devon County· King' s College (London) Bancroft's School Devonport High School K.C.S. Old Boys Bank of England Devonport Services King' s College School Barbarians Dorset & Wilts Union Lancashire Barclays Bank Dulwich College Prep. School Leamington Barking ~ark Mod. Old Boys Durham County Leicester Barnstaple Ealing Lensbury Basingstoke Earlsdon Letchworth Bath Eastbourne College Lewes Beckenham Eastern Counties Lizards Bec. O.B. East Midlands Union Lloyds Bank Bedford Esher London & Home Counties Berkshire Union Exeter Schools Billingham Falmouth Grammar School O.B. London Irish Birkenhead Park Falmouth Y.M.C.A. London Scottish Bishopston . Felixstowe London Telecommunications Blackburn Finchley London Union " Blacklieath -~_:, ~Gar.goyles·:"'---- -.. ,- . bondon . Welsh-....."..-~ .-....... '.,' Borderers General Electric Co. -
RUGBY Foo1îball'i' UNION ANNUAL GENERAL Meetingj'held at the MAY FAIR HOTEL, LONDON, on Friday, 13 B JULY, 1956, at 5 P.Rn
'" l- I 1 RUGBY FOO1îBALL'i' UNION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGj'held at the MAY FAIR HOTEL, LONDON, on Friday, 13 b JULY, 1956, at 5 p.rn. The following Clubs (512) were represented:- Army Rugby Union 4 Trg. Regt., R.E.· Camborne Mons Officer Cadet School 3 Trg. Bn. R.A.O.tC.. Camp Hill Old Edwardians Western Command R.A.O.C.· Carlisle School of ArtiIIery 26 Field Engr. Regt., B.A.O.R.5. Centymca Welsh Guards Eaton Hall Office~ Cadet School Chartesey School RA.S.C. Bulford 32 Assault Eng. Regt., R.E. Cheltenham Staff College, Camberley 17 Port Trg. Regt.!, R.E. Cheltenham College 67 Regt. R.A. Royal Engineers ·1. Chesterfield lst Bn. The Welch Regt. 1 Engr. Stores Depot Chippenham RP.C. Depot & Training Centre 33 Parachute Field Regt., RA. Chipping Sodbury 3 Trg. Regt. R. SignaIs Lubbecke Districtj! Cinderford Colchester Garrison Depot, The Buffs (HCBD) Cirencester 27 Fd. Engr. Regt. R.E. Aldershot Service~ City of London School RA.C. Centre, Bovington Allhallows Schooll Civil Service 14 Bn. R.A.O.C. Ampthill and DiSVict Civil Service R.F. U. 1st Bn. West Yorkshire Regt. Ashleydown Old Boys Claremont School London District Aske's School l! Cleve 1st Bn. The Loyal Regt. Badingham College Clifton School of Military Survey Bank of England \ Colfe Grammar School Il S.M.E. Regt. Barbarian. Combined Birmingham Old Boys 6 Trg. Regt. R.E. Barclays Bank j Cornwall A.T.C. Army Catcring Corps Trg. Centre Barnstaple . Cornwall County 37 H.A.A. Regt. R.A. Bath Old Edwardians Cornwall Colts RE.M.E. -
Scottish Rugby Internationalists Who Fell
Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie, Royal Navy, born at Mozufferpore, India, on 12 September 1886, was the son of Walter D Abercrombie, Indian Police, and Kate E Abercrombie. In cricket, he was a right hand bat and right hand medium pace bowler. In 1912 he hit 37 and 100 for the Royal Navy v Army at Lord’s. He played for Hampshire Cricket Club in 1913, scoring 126 and 39 in his debut against Oxford University, 144 v Worcestershire and 165 v Essex when Hampshire followed on 317 behind; in a stand with George Brown (140) he put on 325 for the seventh wicket. In first class matches that year he scored 936 runs with an average of 35.92. Between 1910 and 1913, he played six times for Scotland (won 2, lost 4). He was lost with HMS Defence on 31 May 1916, age 29, and is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial. His widow was Cecily Joan Abercrombie (nee Baker) of 22 Cottesmore Gardens, Kensington, London. (The following is from "The Rugby Roll of Honour" by E H D Sewell, published in 1919) Lieutenant Cecil Halliday Abercrombie, Royal Navy, was born at Mozufferpore, India, on 12 September 1886, and fell in action on HMS Defence at the Battle of Jutland, on May 31, 1916, aged 29. He was educated at Allan House, Guildford, at Berkhamsted School, and on HMS Britannia. He was in the 1st XI and XV, both at school and of the Britannia, and on the training ship won for his Term the High Jump, Long Jump, Racquets, Fives, and Swimming, thus early his versatility proving the shadow of the coming event. -
Rugby Football Union Annual General Meeting 2021 Agenda
ItIIIIItem RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2021 AGENDA 1. To consider and approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Friday 12 June 2020. 2. To receive a report from the Chief Executive for Season 2020/21. 3. To receive a Financial Report and to review the Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20 (previously circulated). 4. To appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to audit the 2020/2021 financial statements. 5. To approve changes to the Rules attached to this Notice as Appendix 2 6. To consider any other business of which due notice shall have been given. 7. To hear any other relevant matter for the consideration of the Council and/or the Board of Directors during the ensuing year, but on which no voting shall be allowed. 8. To approve the following Board appointments: 8.1 Chair of the Board of Directors 8.2 Independent Non-Executive Director 9. To elect the President, Senior Vice-President and Junior Vice-President for season 2021/22. 1 of 5 AGENDA ITEM DETAILS ITEM 4 TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS FOR 2020/21 To appoint BDO LLP as Auditors to audit the 2020/2021 financial year. This is recommended by the Board of Directors and the Audit and Risk Committee. ITEM 5 TO APPROVE CHANGES TO THE RULES To approve the changes to the Rules, as set out in a redline version in Appendix 1 and a clean version in Appendix 2. We would like to highlight the following changes: Rule 21.1 – signature of the Annual Report and Accounts Currently, the Rules require that the annual report and accounts are signed by the CEO and two Council members. -
Handbook Army Rugby Union Season 2014—2015
HANDBOOK Registered Charity No.1149105 ARMY RUGBY UNION SEASON 2014—2015 trusted to deliverTM SUPPORTING THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN PREPARATION FOR BEING OUT IN THE FIELD Babcock is the number one support and training provider to the British Armed Forces and proud sponsors of the Inter-Services Championship. BABCOCK. PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR ARMED FORCES. www.babcock.co.uk I Airports I Communications I Defence I Education I Emergency Services I Energy I International I Nuclear I Property I Rail I Security I Training I 1358_BabcockARURugbyAd_V1.indd 1 04/07/2011 19:23 Supporting Army Rugby Sodexo Defence is proud to sponsor Army Rugby and is committed to the wellbeing of all those in the Armed Forces Community and to their families, past and present. Sodexo is a leading provider of Quality of Life services to the corporate, education, healthcare, leisure and defence sectors. www.sodexo.com DEFENCE © Sodexo 2014 Army Rugby Union_A5_3mm_Bleed.pdf 1 01/07/2014 16:41 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K CONTENTS Officers of the Union 2 – 6 Provisional Fixture Lists 7 - 9 Senior XV 7 Army A 7 Army Women 7 Army Academy 7 Masters XV 8 British Army Germany 8 Army 7‟s 8 Combined Services 8 ARU Championship Cup 9 ARU Premiership Cup 9 Corps Fixtures 9 Army Rugby Union 2014 / 2015 Season Summary 10 Inter Service 2014 / 2015 Season Summary 10 Army Rugby Union RFU Affiliated Clubs Season 2014-2015 11 Army Rugby Union ARU Affiliated Clubs Season 2014-2015 12-15 Constitution of the Army Rugby Union 16 The Aims of the ARU 17 Objectives of the ARU 17 – 18 Bye-Laws 18 – 21 -
Physical Culture in the Evolution of the British Army, 1860-1920 James Dunbar Campbell
The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fogler Library 2003 "The ra my isn't all work": Physical culture in the evolution of the British army, 1860-1920 James Dunbar Campbell Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd Part of the Military History Commons Recommended Citation Campbell, James Dunbar, ""The ra my isn't all work": Physical culture in the evolution of the British army, 1860-1920" (2003). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 185. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/185 This Open-Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. "THE ARMY lSh1'1'ALL \VOKK": PHYSICAL CULTURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITlSH ARMY, 1860-1920 BY James Dunbar Campbell B.A. Colby College, 1986 M.A. Un~versityof Malne, 1997 A THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Individualized in British History) The Graduate School The University of Maine December, 2003 Advisory Committee: William J. Baker, Professor of History, Advisor Richard Blanke. Professor of History Janet TeBl-ake, Assistant Professor of Ili,s!ory Robert LVhulen. Lecturer in Enylish Da\,id klclxan. t'rol'csso~. ot f listorq. Ki17z.i C'c*llczc 1.o1icl01~ "THE ARMY ISN'T ALL WORK": PHYSICAL CULTURE IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH ARMY, 1860-1920 By James D. Campbell Thesis Advisor: Dr. William J. Baker An Abstract of the Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Individualized in British History) December, 2003 Between the Crimean War and the end of WWI the British Army underwent a dramatic change from being an anachronistic and frequently ineffective organization to being perhaps the most professional and highly trained army in the world. -
The Patron's Lunch and the Value of Patronage
A FEAST OF THANKS THE PATRON’S LUNCH AND THE VALUE OF PATRONAGE AUTHORS Professor Paul Palmer Jim Clifford OBE Fiona Sheil 48TH HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA • 603 CITY OF EDINBURGH SQUADRON ROYAL AUXILIARY AIR FORCE • ABF THE SOLDIERS’ CHARITY • ACTION FOR CHILDREN • ADJUTANT GENERAL’S CORPS • ADJUTANT GENERAL’S CORPS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION • AGGIES • AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION OF CANADA • AIR RESERVE OF CANADA • ALL ENGLAND LAWN TENNIS AND CROQUET CLUB • AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION • AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION • ANGLO- BELGIAN SOCIETY • THE ANGLO-DANISH SOCIETY • ANGLO-NORSE SOCIETY • ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST • THE ANNUAL NATIONAL SERVICE FOR SEAFARERS IN ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL • THE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA (PRINCESS LOUISE’S) • ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS REGIMENTAL ASSOCIATION • ARMY AND NAVY CLUB • ARMY CADET FORCE ASSOCIATION • ARMY FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION • ARMY RUGBY UNION • THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC • THE ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES • THE ASSOCIATION OF LANCASTRIANS IN LONDON • THE ASSOCIATION OF ROYAL NAVY OFFICERS • ASSOCIATION OF ROYAL YACHTSMEN • AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS • AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION • AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION • AUSTRALIAN RACING MUSEUM • AYRSHIRE CATTLE SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND • BALAKLAVA COMPANY, 5TH BATTALION THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF SCOTLAND • THE BALLATER ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY • BARNARDO’S • BATTERSEA DOGS & CATS HOME • BERKHAMSTED SCHOOL • BERKSHIRE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY • BIBLE SOCIETY • BLIND VETERANS UK • THE BLUES -
ARMY RUGBY UNION SEASON 2011—2012 Trusted to Deliver TM
HANDBOO K Registered Charity No.245517 ARMY RUGBY UNION SEASON 2011—2012 trusted to deliver TM SUPPORTING THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN PREPARATION FOR BEING OUT IN THE FIELD Babcock is the number one support and training provider to the British Armed Forces and proud sponsors of the Inter-Services Championship. BABCOCK. PROUD TO SUPPORT OUR ARMED FORCES. www.babcock.co.uk I Airports I Communications I Defence I Education I Emergency Services I Energy I International I Nuclear I Property I Rail I Security I Training I Sgt Darrell Ball RE and LCpl Apo Satala 1 SCOTS Supporting Army Rugby Sodexo Defence is proud to sponsor Army Rugby and is committed to the well-being of all those in the Defence Community and to their families, past and present. Sodexo is the leading provider of on-site service solutions to the corporate, education, healthcare, leisure and defence sectors. www.sodexo.com © Sodexo Defence 2011 BATTLESPACE SOLUTIONS ARMY RUGBY UNION HANDBOOK SEASON 2011-2012 CONTENTS Officers of the Union 2 – 6 Provisional Fixture Lists 7 - 10 Senior XV 7 Army Women 7 Army A 7 Academy U23‟s 7 Academy U20‟s 8 Masters XV 8 British Army Germany 8 Army 7‟s 8 Combined Services 8 Community Cup 9 Community Shield 9 ARU Premiership Cup 9 Corps Fixtures 9 Army Rugby Union 2010 / 2011 Season Summary 10 Inter Service 2010 / 2011 Season Summary 10 Army Rugby Union RFU Affiliated Clubs Season 2011-2012 11 Army Rugby Union ARU Affiliated Clubs Season 2011-2012 12-15 Constitution of the Army Rugby Union 17 The Aims of the ARU 18 Objectives of the ARU 18 –