I remember on one occasion a squad of us started for such a run, and in Church Lane met old Mr. Some of us went in for serious training, mainly by runs into the country after working hours. It was not an easy matter to drill a lot of beginners who had had no opportunity of seeing other people play, into a respectable team, but everybody was very keen, and knowing nothing about it themselves, they took as gospel what was told them by those of us who were “professors”, and it was not very long before the hang of the thing was grasped and the rules and practice were mastered. Sometimes, I believe, differences of opinion on the path resulted in immersion in the Leat, but I cannot swear to this, as I was in the field and had a view only of the front row. This was frequently packed with an excited crowd, and it occasionally happened that ordinarily sedate and sober individuals, in their enthusiasm, lost their footing on the path and tumbled or jumped to the field below. It was not an ideal ground, though the path above the field afforded an admirable grandstand. Strong and Neame allowed us the use, whenever we wanted it, for practice or matches, of the field below Brewery Leats-stone post in the middle and all. The Redruth Brewery Co., then belonging to Messrs. The bulk of those who joined had done nothing at it, and saw a football for the first time when we purchased the one with which we began. Three or four others had seen football up country,” and one or two of them had played before coming to Cornwall. We were fresh from our school football experience and anxious to play again. Willimott, who had not long left Marlborough, was at the time at the West Cornwall Bank (now Barclays Bank), and I had left Clifton at Christmas, 1874, and was articled to the late Mr. Willimott and myself were, I believe, mainly responsible for Redruth’s start. All these helped in the organisation of the game later on, but Redruth started first. Wright, son of the then vicar of Stithians. Walter Borlase, of Penzance, I do not remember who was in the western team, but ours included Mr. I remember there were very few spectators, but the game was not the less enjoyed by those who took part in it. I was at home from school for the Christmas holidays, and was asked to play to fill a vacancy occurring at the last moment. The former collected his team from in or about Truro, Redruth and Falmouth, and the latter from Penzance and neighbourhood. Hockin, then in practice as a solicitor in Truro, and still living there, and his cousin, the late Mr. There had been one game played at Penzance, in January, 1874. It was the first to be formed in West Cornwall, and, I think, with the single exception of Bodmin, in Cornwall. THE REDRUTH Football Club was started in 1875. Henry Grylls, who helped to found the Club) The following is an extract from the 100th Anniversary Programme of Redruth RFC. Cornish Glory: The History of Redruth Rugby
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |