Rugby at Sedbergh School Into Existence with Its Laws Based Club’S First Captain and His Against Windermere Against the Old Composed/Performed
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1871 1879 1879 1879 1882 1889 1897 Below: 1906-1907 cap The Rugby Football Union came First inter House match R.A. Shepherd was the First inter-school fixture First School match Football Song Sedbergh produced its first Rugby at Sedbergh School into existence with its laws based Club’s first captain and his against Windermere against the Old composed/performed. international player for Scotland: on those of Rugby School. secretary was F. Thompson. College. Sedberghians. R.C. Stevenson (S 85-91). 1800s 1930-50 1879 1879 1881 1889 1900-10 1950-60 1879 Sedbergh School Football Club First “foreign” match was First match against First match against 1901-1905 1902-1907 was founded by Henry Heppenstall against Kendal Town but Giggleswick. Loretto. Above: however he died in the summer and it with 20 minutes left to play it J.M.B. Scott (S) Sedbergh v Loretto 1905 F.H. Turner (S) 1910-30 1960- was acting Headmaster Rev. J.W. became too dark and “ the Scott was one of Sedbergh’s greatest Played 1st XV in 1905 and 1906 Burrow that first saw Club take to the ball could not be distinguished forwards. He was a member of the and captained Sedbergh in 1906. field in the Brown jerseys which bore against the players jerseys” XV in 1903 and 1904 and captained Turner was one of many Liverpool the clubs monogram in thread of gold. It was decided to stop the the side in 1905. He wrote early Scottish at Sedbergh. He captained game leaving the match definitive book Rugby Football & How Scotland for the last pre-war Left: A.F. Barter drawn. to Play It based on Sedbergh’s strong Calcutta Cup game at Murrayfield forward play and effective dribbling in March 1913 before the outbreak of the ball which Scotland teams of war. At the post-match dinner 1912-1916 subsequently adopted. he invited the English Captain, W.W. Wakefield (SH) Post 1945 1937-1942 R.W. Poulton-Palmer, to stop off at Sedbergh on the return journey to After playing for Sedbergh and Sedbergh benefits from 4 distinguished rugby masters: P.W. Kininmonth (L) run the Ten Mile. Outstanding serving in the Royal Flying - D.B. Vaughan, England International, capped 8 times Kininmonth played 21 games for Scotland Early 1930’s 1926 & 1927 athletes and friends they were both Corps during the war, Wakefield Below: S.L. Waide shaking went on to captain England and 45-51 and captained them 8 times after the War The Sedberghian features fierce hands with King George VI England achieved first ever back killed in Flanders. to back Grand Slam under later became President of the - H.H. Mills MC PhD, Cambridge Blue and final trialist and played for the Lions in the early 50’s correspondence between Common Room, captaincy of W.W. Wakefield. Rugby Union. He rated in 1947 tour of New Zealand (though not as the writing under ‘noms de plume’, C.H. 1925 appointed Tour Captain). He never played “Blogg” Evans and J.M.B. Scott, voicing Left: R.C. Wakefield T.A. Herdman (SH 1913-1915) - A.F. Barter, Welsh fly half and triple Cambridge Blue, Buskholme hosts first above Littleside at Sedbergh. His elder arguments for and against man to man who was killed in 1918 as one of Cardiff player and Final Welsh trialist in 1957 matches. brother was very much the star. Peter joined Above: marking and what today would be known as Sedbergh’s greatest forwards and - Brooke Dowse of Trinity College Dublin 1948 whose the army from school and served throughout Sedbergh v Ampleforth 1937 drift and blitz defences. This reflects the W.F.T. La Touche (S 1909-1914), brother Peter Dowse (TCD, Lansdowne, Leinster and the war as a Ghurkha officer in some very 1930 intensity of the game’s development in the 1920 disabled in the war as one of Final Irish Trialist) was School Medical Officer university and public schools. Sedbergh’s greatest fly halves. tough combat zones, returning to the rugby 1st XV matches move 1st XV matches move to Above: B. Dowse 1995-2004 field to become a distinguished player and to Busk Holme. Powell House pitch on international Captain. Cricket Field. 1913 Right: A.F. Dorward R.W. Poulton-Palmer 1932 1930’s 1926-1931 1920’s Reckoned to be the finest ever 1948 The varsity match was known as the Sedbergh’s National S.L. Waide (L) Left: P.S. Douty The game at Sedbergh breaks new centre to play for England in the Also known as the ‘Sedbergh Varsity reputation is cemented – ground, with various positional early years. Poulton-Palmer asked “Sedbergh Match” with H.M. Kelly While at Sedbergh, Waide trialled for Ireland Match’ as 4 Sedberghians were won 46; lost 5; drew 4 experiments including 2 scrumhalves, if he could play at Sedbergh as and SL Waide (L) playing for Oxford 1928 and was capped while at Oxford University in selected for Oxford or Cambridge: against school boy teams. Buskholme Pavilion completed. New Zealand style 1st 5/8 in place one of the ‘cradles of the game’. and the Leather brothers, W.H. & W.J. 1932. He played against Wales in Cardiff, a Now called the Wavell Wakefield of fly half and back row He guested for Liverpool at A.W. Scott (SH) for Cambridge (S), for Cambridge. match celebrated by being played throughout 1925 Pavilion in honour of William permutations which anticipated Sedbergh in March 1913, A.F. Dorward (SH) for Cambridge with an over inflated ball which the referee The first ever British Isles Tour to Argentina included 1950s Wavell Wakefield, later Lord todays 3-4-1 in place of the playing on Back Lane pitches. refused to replace. Waide was denied a P.S. Douty (Scotland) (SH 1917-1922) the uncapped Two Scottish Sedberghian P.W. Kininmonth (L) for Oxford Wakefield of Kendal, Captain of prevailing 3-2-3 scrum formation. W.W. Wakefield was the touch touchdown from a kick ahead in the first half R.C. Wakefield (SH 1919-1925), the brother of internationals share similar feats at G.M. Wilson (H) for Cambridge judge in that game. England and OS. W.W. Wakefield. This tour was renowned for the party Murrayfield in achieving wins over when the ball bounced erratically into touch. In Geoffrey Wilson was awarded his Below: spirit, being pursued by a posse of Argentinean beauties the much fancied Welsh teams of the second half, fortune turned Ireland’s way Blue but then injured before the Below: P. Dowson J.D. Simpson-Daniel around the country and notable for a diplomatic incident the 1950’s by dropping spectacular 1979-1984 Right: SSF Club Plate from the when a certain Wales try was denied by similarly game at Twickenham. at a post match dinner when tomato ketchup was poured goals from the touchline in the 1996 Fundraising Appeal bizarre behaviour of the ball, only for Waide to WDC Carling (W) over the Italian ambassador. dying moments to close out or H.H. Mills also played in the “snaffle the ball” and run 80 yards to outstrip Carling made a “shaky” first 1st XV snatch the win – P.W. Kininmonth Cambridge side of 1948, and the Welsh defence and successfully touch down. appearance as a Colt against Loretto in 1951, which Scotland won 19-0, A.F. Barter in the 1954 side.They All kicks at goal failed due to the extraordinary for the final match of an unbeaten and A.F. Dorward in 1957 when both opted to teach at Sedbergh as flights of the ball, and Ireland duly won the season. He captained all his Scotland won 9-6 in a major upset. their first post after graduation, and Below: M.A. Biggar Below: J.S. Spencer game 12-10! went on to distinguished academic representative teams, including a 1953 and coaching success as Masters i/c record breaking 59 times for England, Right: W. Greenwood SSFC. but never a SedberghXV in the Sedbergh travel to Dublin to play 1997 Michaelmas term. Carling was the first Blackrock College in front of a England were captained by England captain after Wakefield to 2003-04 to 2013-14 6,000 crowd at Donnybrook. The Will Carling, England A by The Club has fielded 7 senior International 2012 achieve back to back England Grand result was a 5-5 draw. £250 was Will Greenwood and England players over the past decade, Greenwood, 2008 2010 Rugby World School Slams, a feat consequently claimed to 1993 2005 raised for charity from gate receipts. First Sedbergh School rugby Under 18 by James Lofthouse. Simpson-Daniel, Dowson, Fearns (South SJS U13’s and Colts U18’s win National 7’s for Abbie Scott (R 2009-2011) Team of the year. this day by Sedberghians! ball to orbit the Earth aboard Ross Winney represents Africa tour); Dowes (League); McCarthy U16’s win National second time. selected for England STS-56 Discovery. England in the Under 16s. (Ireland), and Cross (Scotland bench). 7’s at Rosslyn Park under 20’s 1954 1960 1979 1989 2000 2003 2004 December 2004- 2006 2009 October 2013 Sedbergh play Blackrock Alan Barnes (L 55-61) SSFC celebrates its centenary. On 16 Sept Centenary match against First time Sedbergh wins First unbeaten 1st XV SSFC celebrates 125th December 2007 Rugby World School Rugby World School 2010 Sedbergh win College again and an International England XV captained by Loretto. Sedbergh win 20-15. the National 7s Open at since 1983. anniversary. All Ampleforth School record of 38 consecutive Team of the Year.