From The Vaults

01 December 2014

Lest We Forget - Francis Eckley Oakeley (England) 01/12/1914

Francis Oakeley was the fifth son of the vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford. His father James and his mother Frances had 11 children in all. He was educated at the Cathedral School in Hereford from where he went at the age of 13 to the Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight, before transferring two years later to Dartmouth to complete his training.

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01 December 2014

Lest We Forget - Francis Eckley Oakeley (England) 01/12/1914

Francis Oakeley was the fifth son of the vicar of Holy Trinity, Hereford. His father James and his mother Frances had 11 children in all. He was educated at the Cathedral School in Hereford from where he went at the age of 13 to the Royal Naval College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight, before transferring two years later to Dartmouth to complete his training.

27 November 2014

Wallabies Feeling Blue

The museum has recently acquired a New South Wales (NSW) jersey that was collected by Tom Smith of Leicester during the 1908 Anglo-Welsh (British Lions) tour to Australia and New Zealand.

25 November 2014

Lost and Found - The Asahi Trophy

After the annual Australian inter-varsity rugby competition ended in Sydney in 1990 the convenor reported that no trophies had been presented, '…the rugby trophy seems to be lost'.

19 November 2014

The Twickenham Streaker

For all the spectacular moments of triumph and despair played out on the Twickenham turf, for some people a selection of the stadium's most memorable moments have been of a rather different variety.

08 November 2014

'Forever England' - Shane Record

To commemorate the passing of a century since the outbreak of the First World War the RFU has commissioned a special painting of England's 1914 Grand Slam winning side.

06 November 2014

Lest We Forget - William Darby (Leicester Tigers) 15/09/1915

Over the next four years the World Rugby Museum will be describing the experiences of rugby players during the Great War (1914-1918). 128 full internationals lost their lives to the conflict, alongside thousands more players from local clubs, counties and representative sides.

30 October 2014

INTERVIEW - Frik du Preez

Legendary South African forward Frik Du Preez was an archetypal player. He loved the game beyond all else. Not even the oppressive shadow of Apartheid, which darkened the game during his career, could snuff out the candle he held for the noble sport of rugby union.

22 October 2014

The Last Game of Rugby (2029)

The following article by Leonard R Tosswill was first published in Rugby Football Weekly in January of 1929. It involves an imagined future (2029) in which women and men played rugby on the same team- women as backs, men as forwards.

17 October 2014

Crossing the Divide, 1908

A recent addition to the Museum's archives throws some fascinating light on a controversial part of rugby's history. 1908 marked a difficult time for English rugby.

15 October 2014

Lest We Forget - James Henry Digby Watson (England) 15/10/1914

James Henry Digby Watson was born in Southsea, Hampshire, and named after his father, who was a Royal Navy engineering officer. His mother Eliza was Canadian.

10 October 2014

ARTIST INTERVIEW - Hamish Patel

In advance of our forthcoming exhibition 'Old Streetonians: Life, Rugby and Art in Shoreditch' we will be interviewing several key contributors. The exhibition will include work by artist Hamish Patel, a formidable character, who for many years, had seemingly disappeared from the art scene.

08 October 2014

CLASSIC MATCH REPORT - France 43-31 New Zealand

Wales were the proud hosts of the 1999 Rugby World Cup and, like England in 1991, they chose to share key matches with their neighbours. This meant that Twickenham would be called upon to host several pool matches and both semi-finals.

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