GLOUCESTER RUGBY FORMER PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION
An invitation to join us and notice of our planned events.
Football by Electric Light
Report from the Gloucestershire Chronicle, 1 Feb 1879
Familes in Gloucester Rugby
WB's list from 1948 - can you update it?
Hall Brothers
The Magnificent Seven
"WB" - Bill Bailey
Doyen of Gloucester Rugby Writers
Gloucester Players in Print.
Books produced by Gloucester players.
Search for 1924 Gold Medal
Can you help us find one?
Charles Cook
Place-kicking fullback
Fred Webb
Outstanding wing three-quarter
Keith Richardson
An interview with this rugby writer and former teacher; mobile prop and number 8; successful captain and coach
Harold Symonds
An interview with this long-serving forward and record-breaking second XV captain.
A Place in Military History
The exploits of Gloucester players during wartime
Kevin Dunn
An interview with Gloucester's try-scoring hooker.
1927 - 28
Match Programme
1926 - 27
Match Programme
Di Long
An interview with the wife of lock and club secretary Roy Long, and long term caterer to the club.
Tommy Oakes
An interview with Kingsholm's longtime groundsman
1931 - 32
Match Programme
1930 - 31
Match Programme
Alastair Hignell
An interview with Gloucestershire, Barbarian and England International, cricketer and broadcaster: The Shed's "Alice".
"None of this soccer nonsense..."
Thoughts regarding the use of substitutes
John Hudson
An interview with this well-known sports outfitter and member of Gloucester rugby dynasty
1929 - 30
Match Programmes
A ragbag of Citizen reports
These will ultimately be sorted into logical groups. In the meantime - enjoy browsing!
Diamond Jubilee
A Citizen report of a dinner held at the Connaught Rooms, Gloucester
Photograph Gallery
Various views of Kingsholm (click to browse)
1905 - 06
Match Programme
Jim Cook
A "box of tricks", and one of six brothers to play for Gloucester
Russ Hillier
An interview with the full back detached from Stroud, life and soul of the party, and now on the RFU committee
John Bayliss
An interview with this hard-tackling centre, Gloucester & Gloucestershire captain.
Mike Baker
An interview with the goal-kicking centre who was a 1st XV regular at 17
Medical Facts, 1989/90
Extract taken from the GRFC Players' Brochure
Ern Hall
An interview with the son of Ern Hall, one of the famous Hall Brothers
Season Records
Detailed stats, extracted directly from the original Season Notebooks and augmented from other trusted sources
Allan Townsend
An interview with this long-serving prop forward, Gloucester captain, GRFC & RFU committee member; GRFC President
Time for a Change
The Kingsholm Clock
John Watkins
An interview with this outstanding wing forward, Barbarian and England international
Don Rutherford
An interview with Gloucester fullback, Barbarian, Lion and long-term RFU Technical Director of Rugby
Eric Stephens
An interview with this record-breaking full back and exceptional place kicker
Bob Timms
Gloucester wing of the early sixties
Team Handbook, 1989-90
(Large pdf file - takes a time to download)
Team Handbook, 1988-89
(Large pdf file - takes a time to download)
Transcripts from the Minute Book of the Gloucester Football & Athletic Ground Company Ltd
Historic minutes dating from their earliest meetings, and in many cases complete with reports from local newspapers
Tom Voyce
Administrative Career
Peter Ford
Administrative Career
Mervyn Hughes
Administrative Career
John Brookes
Administrative Career
Jimmy Boughton
Administrative Career
Gordon Hudson
Administrative Career
Doug Wadley
Administrative Career
Doc Alcock
Administrative Career
Commodore Vears
Administrative Career
Arthur Hudson
Administrative Career
1988: A Visit to Kingsholm, 22 Oct
"the place where the rugby folk of Gloucester go to worship"
Exploring Gloucester Rugby's Heritage
and tracing BBC Radio Gloucestershire's Jo Durrant's rugby playing ancestors
Tatty Kit
Concerns in 1932
Gloucester v. Flamingoes
at the Spa Ground, 19 Feb 1876
MAC Cartoon, 1927
Featuring Gloucester & Gloucestershire players and administrators
Season Tickets
So how many of your old ones are at the back of a drawer?
Phil Blakeway
Gloucester, Barbarian and England Prop Forward.
Mickey Booth
"The General" - star scrum half of the 1960s, captain and long-term club committee member
Mystery Pic 2
Who, where, when, why?
Dick Smith
Wing forward, captain and coach
1952 - 53
Match Programmes
The Late Rev Canon Mervyn Hughes
Gloucester open side wing forward, GRFC Chairman for 22 years and President for a further 16 years
1938 - 39
Match Programme
1934 - 35
Match Programmes
1959 - 60
Match Programmes
1970 - 71
Match Programmes
1972 - 73
Match Programmes
1963 - 64
Match Programmes
Ken Daniell
Gloucester and Gloucestershire centre
1960 - 61
Match Programmes
1956 - 57
Match Programmes
1950 - 51
Match Programmes
1951 - 52
Match Programmes
1954 - 55
Match Programmes
1955 - 56
Match Programmes
1957 - 58
Match Programmes
1962 - 63
Match Programmes
1974 - 75
Match Programmes
Bill Hook
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, and England full back
1924 - 25
Match Programmes
1947 - 48
Match Programmes
1948 - 49
Match Programmes
Terry Hopson
Popular, magical, mercurial 1960s outside half
Rev Bill Phillips
Gloucester centre & occasional wing, who also played for Gloucestershire.
1946 - 47
Match Programmes
"Father" William Dix
An article from the Citizen, written by Bill Bailey to mark the retirement of W. Dix at the end of the 1921-22 season
Peter Ford
Gloucester Captain, Barbarian, England International, RFU Selector and GRFC President
The Barbarians at Kingsholm in 1900
Citizen Report on the 12 April 1900 match
1969 - 70
Match Programmes
1966 - 67
Match Programmes
1965 - 66
Match Programmes
1964 - 65
Match Programmes
The Gloucester Magpie Cartoons
Featuring players and matches from the 1891-93 era
Peter Butler
Record points-scoring Gloucester and England full back
J. V. Smith
Gloucestershire Selector and RFU President
Mike Dineen
Rugby reporter on The Citizen, 1960-66
Fortress Kingsholm
An enviable Home record
A Handy Rule
One way to beat Pontypool
Kingsholm catering in 1900
Maurice Volney's agreement
Ah, Oh, Ugh - Gloucester
Extract from a 1973 Coventry match programme
1975 - 76
Match Programmes
1968 - 69
Match Programmes
1958 - 59
Match Programmes
1953 - 54
Match programmes
1949 - 50
Match Programmes
TEEK Cartoon: 18 Jan 1930
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
TEEK Cartoon: 30 Mar 1929
"At Kingsholm Last Saturday"
TEEK Cartoon: 16 Mar 1929
Gloucester v. Bristol (part missing)
TEEK Cartoon: 9 Feb 1929
Gloucester "A" v. Cardiff Scottish
TEEK Cartoon: 2 Feb 1929
Gloucester "A" v. Swindon
TEEK Cartoon: 26 Jan 1929
Gloucester v. Northampton
TEEK Cartoon: 12 Jan 1929
Gloucester Boys v. Bristol Boys
TEEK Cartoon: 5 Jan 1929
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
TEEK Cartoon: 29 Dec 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Chepstow
TEEK Cartoon: 15 Dec 1928
Gloucester v. Devonport Services
TEEK Cartoon: 8 Dec 1928
Gloucester v. United Services
TEEK Cartoon: 1 Dec 1928
Gloucester v. Plymouth Albion
TEEK Cartoon: 13 Oct 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Bristol "A"
TEEK Cartoon: 21 Apr 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Cardiff Scottish
TEEK Cartoon: 14 Apr 1928
Gloucester v. Welsh Universities
TEEK Cartoon: 7 Apr 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Leicester
TEEK Cartoon: 28 Jan 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Evesham
TEEK Cartoon: 14 Jan 1928
Gloucester "A" v. Swindon
TEEK Cartoon: 17 Dec 1927
Gloucester v. St. Bart's Hospital
TEEK Cartoon: 3 Dec 1927
Gloucester v. Oxford University Greyhounds
TEEK Cartoon: 19 Nov 1927
Gloucester v. Devonport Services
TEEK Cartoon: 12 Nov 1927
Gloucester "A" v. Bath "A"
TEEK Cartoon: 29 Oct 1927
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
TEEK Cartoon: 8 Oct 1927
Gloucester "A" v. Hereford
TEEK Cartoon: 27 Sep 1927
Gloucester v. Northampton
Surely not the round ball at Kingsholm?
Extract from Gloucester v. Bristol match programme, 22 Sep 1984
Conflicting Interests
Extract from Gloucester v. Ebbw Vale match programme, 7 Dec 1983
French Ref and Glawster Accents
Extract from Gloucester v. Glamorgan Wanderers match programme, 2 Nov 1983
Experimental Line-up against Gloucester in 1884
Extract from Gloucester v. Cardiff match programme, 21 Sep 1983
Max Boyce stunned
Extract from Gloucester v. Clifton programme, 29 Oct 1980, following a recent win by Gloucester over Pontypool - apparently the first at Pontypool by an English team for over 2 years.
French Ref at Kingsholm
Extract from Gloucester v. Newport match programme, 20 Oct 1979
Wanted - wife with tickets
Extract from Gloucester v Newbridge match programme, 17 Oct 1979
TEEK Cartoon: 16 Apr 1927
Gloucester A v. Berry Hill
TEEK Cartoon: 9 Apr 1927
Gloucester v. Leicester Tigers
TEEK Cartoon: 2 Apr 1927
Gloucester v. St. Bart's Hospital
TEEK Cartoon: 12 Mar 1927
Gloucester v. U. C. S. Old Boys
TEEK Cartoon: 5 Feb 1927
Gloucester v. Old Blues
TEEK Cartoon: 22 Jan 1927
Gloucester A v. Hereford
TEEK Cartoon: 1 Jan 1927
Gloucester v. Old Merchant Taylors
TEEK Cartoon: 18 Dec 1926
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
TEEK Cartoon: 11 Dec 1926
Gloucester v. United Services
TEEK Cartoon: 4 Dec 1926
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
So Who was TEEK?
Can you help solve the mystery?
TEEK Cartoon: 27 Nov 1926
Gloucester A v. Newport A
TEEK Cartoon: 20 Nov 1926
Gloucester v. Devonport Services
TEEK Cartoon: 16 Oct 1926
Gloucester v. Guy's Hospital
TEEK Cartoon: 9 Oct 1926
Gloucester v. St. Thomas's Hospital
TEEK Cartoon: 25 Sep 1926
Gloucester v. Northampton
TEEK Cartoon: 20 Feb 1926
Gloucester A v. Cardiff A
TEEK Cartoon: 13 Feb 1926
Gloucester v. United Services
TEEK Cartoon: 30 Jan 1926
Gloucester A v. Bromsgrove
TEEK Cartoon: 9 Jan 1926
Gloucester A v. Berry Hill
TEEK Cartoon: 7 Nov 1925
Gloucester v. Cheltenham
"An Audience with Gloucester Rugby"
Extracts from a BBC Radio Gloucestershire programme
1967 - 68
Match Programmes
Roll call of Gloucester Players' international appearances.
A listing: year, player nationality, name, opposing country
1998 - 99
Match Programmes
1997 - 98
Match Programmes
1978 - 79
Match Programmes
1976 - 77
Match Programmes
The Sid Brown Fund
1926 Citizen Appeal
A Little Tribute by D. R. Gent
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
Gloucester International Players
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
Fifty Years' History
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
The Banquet - list of invited guests
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
The R.U. President's Team
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
R. U. President's Message
An excerpt from The Citizen, Saturday November 8, 1924
Contributing
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First Visit
Finding your way around
1996 - 97
Match Programmes
1995 - 96
Match Programmes
1994 - 95
Match Programmes
1993 - 94
Match Programmes
1992 - 93
Match Programmes
1991 - 92
Match Programmes
1900 (-ish)
Match Programme
1988 - 89
Match Programmes
1987 - 88
Match Programmes
1986 - 87
Match Programmes
1985 - 86
Match Programmes
1984 - 85
Match Programmes
1983 - 84
Match Programmes
1982 - 83
Match Programmes
1981 - 82
Match Programmes
1980 - 81
Match Programmes
1977 - 78
Match Programmes
1973 - 74
Match Programmes
1971 - 72
Match Programmes
1990 - 91
Match Programmes
1989 - 90
Match Programmes
1961 - 62
Match Programmes
About the Project
The Background Story