Arthur Joseph "Monkey" Gould was a Welsh international rugby union centre and fullback who was most associated as a club player with Newport Rugby Football Club. He won 27 caps for Wales,18 as captain,and critics consider him the first superstar of Welsh rugby. A talented all-round player and champion sprinter,Gould could side-step and kick expertly with either foot. He never ceased practising to develop his fitness and skills,and on his death was described as "the most accomplished player of his generation".
Broughton Rangers were one of the twenty-one rugby clubs which met at the George Hotel,Huddersfield,in 1895 to form the Northern Rugby Football Union. They were originally based in Broughton,Salford,but in 1933 moved to Gorton,Manchester to play at the Belle Vue Stadium,and were renamed Belle Vue Rangers in 1946. The club folded in 1955.
The 1883 Home Nations Championship was the inaugural series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Five matches were played between 16 December 1882 and 3 March 1883. It was contested by England,Ireland,Scotland,and Wales.
Ralph Bond Sweet-Escott was an English-born international rugby union half back who played club rugby for Cardiff and was capped three times for Wales. Sweet-Escott also played cricket for Glamorgan representing the county in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship. His brother,Edward Sweet-Escott,was a notable cricketer for Glamorgan.
Thomas Marriott Barlow was an English-born international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Cardiff Rugby Football Club and international rugby for Wales. An all round sportsman,Barlow also played cricket for Glamorgan and South Wales.
Dolway Bell Walkington was an Irish rugby union player and solicitor. Walkington played club rugby for North of Ireland FC and international rugby for Ireland,winning eight caps. Although captaining Ireland twice,he is more often remembered for his poor eyesight and the fact that he occasionally wore a monocle while playing,removing it when required to make a tackle.
Thomas Edgar Rees was a Welsh rugby union,and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales,and at club level for Pontyclun RFC,Crawshays RFC,Army XV and London Welsh RFC,as a fullback and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain,and at club level for Oldham and Broughton Rangers as a fullback.
Robert Lionel Seddon was an English international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Broughton Rangers and Swinton and county rugby for Lancashire. Seddon was capped at international level for both England and the British Isles. Seddon played three matches for England in 1887,and in 1888 was one of only four capped players to represent Britain in the 1888 tour of New Zealand and Australia. Seddon was given the captaincy of the British team,but died in a boating accident halfway through the tour. Seddon and the British team were honoured in 2013 with induction into the IRB Hall of Fame.
Tom White was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Somerset,at armed services level for the Army,and at club level for Bath (captain) and Bristol as a goal-kicking scrum-half or fly-half/outside-half,and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain,England and Lancashire,and at club level for Oldham,as a goal-kicking wing,stand-off,or scrum-half.
Peter Nicholas Williams is an English-born former dual-code international rugby union,and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played representative level rugby union for England and Lancashire,and at club level for Orrell R.U.F.C.,as a Fly-half and representative level rugby league for Great Britain and Wales,and at club level for Salford,as a centre.
Andrew Ramsay "Bunny" Don-Wauchope was a Scottish international rugby union back who played club rugby for Cambridge and Fettesian-Lorettonian. Don Wauchope played an important role within the early growth of Scottish rugby and after retiring from international rugby he became a referee and was the President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He was considered Scotland's outstanding half-back of the early 1880s and is credited as being one of the pioneers of modern half-back play.
The Anti-Assassins Rugby Union Football team (A-As) was an invitation team that selected players from the northern counties of England to play friendly charitable matches locally and to go on tour. The team was remodelled in 2004,teaming up with the Wooden Spoon Society to become the Spoon AAs.
Broughton Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Salford,Greater Manchester,which at the time of the club's founding in 1869 was in Lancashire,England. Its home venue is the Broughton Cricket &Rugby Club pitch on Yew Street. Broughton,although it currently occupies a low position in the English rugby union league system,is notable for its early important contributions to the development of rugby union most predominantly in the north of England,but also nationally. Broughton also hosted the first ever rugby match played under floodlights.
William Barry Holmes was a rugby union player who played for the England national rugby union team and the Argentina national rugby union team. As of 2011 he is the only player to have been capped at senior level by both those two countries.
John Garbutt Askew was an English rugby player and first-class cricketer. In rugby,Askew played as a fullback,while in cricket he played as a right-handed batsman. He was born at Gateshead,County Durham.
Charles Montague Sawyer was an English cricketer,and rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s and early 1890s. He played representative level cricket for Lancashire,Gentlemen of Lancashire,and at club level for Broughton Cricket Club,and representative level rugby union (RU) for England,and at club level for Broughton RUFC and Southport RFC,as a Three-quarters,e.g. Wing,or Centre.
Christopher Edward Bartram was an English cricketer of the 1880s and 1890s,and cricket umpire of the 1890s to the 1920s,and the first professional rugby union footballer who played in the 1870s and 1880s. He played representative level cricket for Northumberland (1892–99),and at club level for Wakefield (1879–80),North Leeds (1888–89),Benwell,Elswick Works (1891–92),Belford (1893),Wallsend (1897-1900),and coached at school level for Royal Grammar School,Newcastle (1893-1903),and Loretto School,and representative level rugby union (RU) for North of England,and Yorkshire,and at club level Harrogate RUFC (twice),York RUFC,and Wakefield Trinity,as a centre,he was a drop kick specialist. Prior to Tuesday 27 August 1895,Wakefield Trinity was a rugby union club.
Frank Jacob Slazenger Moss was an English rugby union footballer who played in the 1880s. He played at representative level for England,and Lancashire,and at club level for Broughton RUFC,as a forward.
John Brown Payne was an English first-class cricketer.
John Gauntlett Hirsch was a South African rugby union international and first-class cricketer.
