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Stourbridge RFC was founded in 1876 as a branch of the Stourbridge Cricket Club and shared the cricket ground in Amblecote. As association football flourished, the rugby section was ousted and from 1883 rugby football soldiered on in a variety of locations throughout the town, with the highlight being a mini golden era in the two seasons 1887–88 and 1888–9 when only four games were lost ...
Joe Pearson, who had previously played football for Aston Villa and was a member of the club's 1905 FA Cup winning team was appointed headmaster in September 1919. The schools had capacity for 534 children in 1926. Pearson retired as headmaster in April 1946; he was also Mayor of Stourbridge for two years from November 1941.
Stourbridge Football Club, founded in 1876 and nicknamed "The Glassboys", shares the War Memorial Athletic Ground in Amblecote with Stourbridge Cricket Club. Stourbridge Rugby Club play at Stourton Park in nearby Stourton. Dudley and Stourbridge Harriers have trained at the Dell Stadium since 1964.
Old Swinford Hospital RFC is the rugby union football club of Old Swinford Hospital School in Stourbridge.The school is acknowledged as one of the top rugby schools in the country, holding a highly successful playing record and with many players playing at regional level and an increasing number going on to play professionally and internationally.
Located within Amblecote is the War Memorial Athletic Ground, home of Stourbridge Football Club (nicknamed the Glassboys) and Stourbridge Cricket Club.Amblecote Cricket Club used to play on land off Church Avenue (now Cricketer's Green estate), to the rear of the Parish Church, before the land was sold to Hassall Homes for housing in the mid-1980s.
The 2012–13 National League 2 North was the third season (twenty-sixth overall) of the fourth tier (north) of the English domestic rugby union competitions since the professionalised format of the second division was introduced. The league system was 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and additional bonus points being awarded for scoring ...
Pages in category "Stourbridge R.F.C. players" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Will Davis (rugby union) Alan Dickens (rugby union) F ...
Regional 2 Midlands West is an English level 6 rugby union league for rugby clubs in the western region of the Midlands.It includes sides from Birmingham, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the West Midlands, Worcestershire and occasionally Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire.