Thomas Arnold who later became the famous headmaster of
Rugby School and did more than any other man of the century to elevate the tone of English school life.
JUNE 12, 1964: A warm summer afternoon and the crack of leather on willow could be heard during a cricket match at
Rugby School, according to our archives.
According to legend, William Webb Ellis, a pupil at
Rugby School, picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the rugby-style of play.
Webb Ellis and
Rugby School were the first inductees, since when a number of rugby union's greatest players and coaches, as well as the pioneers and visionaries who have shaped it, have been added.
The rare booklet of rules - dated 1851 and measuring just 8.4cm by 5cm - is entitled The Laws of Football as Played at
Rugby School.
" The book - signed 20 years prior to the fmation of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) - is believed to have been owned by William Henry Waddington, a formprime minister France, who at
Rugby School in Warwickshire, where the game was founded.
The prince, a keen rugby fan, took part in a photo call with former World Cup-winning flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson at
Rugby School, the birthplace of the sport, to promote the tournament.
WARWICKSHIRE are anticpating a bumer crowd at
Rugby School today for their 50-over Royal London Cup match against Kent.
Having qualified in June through the North East Finals at Newcastle Falcons' Kingston Park, St Aloysius took on 24 other teams from around Britain at
Rugby School in Warwickshire.
A-level pupil Clemie fell ill at pounds 24,000-a-year
Rugby School, Warks, in May last year.
Five different tournaments were held in Castleford, Leeds, Bradford, Dewsbury and Halifax and two teams from each play in the national final at
Rugby School, Rugby.
n Legend has it schoolboy William Webb Ellis picked up a football and ran with it during a game at
Rugby school in 1823, thereby inventing the game.