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1914 Five Nations
The 1914 Five Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the thirty-second series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Nine matches were played between 1 January and 13 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Table Matches France vs. Ireland ---- England vs. Wales England: WR Johnston (Bristol Rugby), Cyril Lowe ( Cambridge U), FE Chapman (Hartlepool Rovers), Ronald Poulton (Liverpool) (''capt.''), JHD Watson ( Blackheath), FM Taylor (Leicester), GW Wood (Leicester), AG Bull (Northampton), AF Maynard ( Cambridge U), John Eric Greenwood ( Cambridge U), LG Brown (The London H.), J Brunton (North Durham), S Smart (Gloucester), G Ward (Leicester), Charles Pillman ( Blackheath) Wales: Bancroft (Swansea), Howell Lewis (Swansea), WH Eva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament contested by the Home Nations. The championship holders are France, who won the 2025 tournament. The tournament is organised by the unions of the six participating nations under the banner of Six Nations Rugby, which is responsible for the promotion and operation of the men's, women's and under-20s tournaments, and the Autumn International Series, as well as the negotiation and management of their centralised commercial rights. The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship (1883–1909 and 1932–39), played by teams from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, which was the first international rugby union tournament.Godwin (1984), pg 1. Though only matches involving Ireland could properly be considered international, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Lowe
Cyril Nelson "Kid" Lowe, (7 October 1891 – 6 February 1983) was an English rugby union footballer who held England's international try scoring record for over sixty years, a First World War flying ace credited with nine victories, and supposedly the inspiration for W. E. Johns' character "Biggles". Early life Lowe was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. He attended Dulwich College where he was a boarder in Orchard House. He edited the school magazine, ''The Alleynian'', from 1910 to 1911, as his fellow alumnus P. G. Wodehouse had done previously. At Dulwich, he excelled at a number of sports, and represented the school in boxing, athletics, swimming, cricket and rugby. He captained the Athletics squad in 1911 and in the same year played for the first XI cricket squad. In this same cricket side, he played alongside future England captain, Arthur Gilligan, the future Essex wicket-keeper Frank Gilligan and R. K. Nunes; the future captain of the West Indies. Eclipsing these spor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Eric Greenwood
John Eric Greenwood (known as Jenny Greenwood) was a rugby union international who represented England from 1912 to 1920. He also captained his country. During what would have been the prime of his playing career he fought in the First World War. Early life Jenny Greenwood was born on 23 July 1891 in Lewisham. He attended Dulwich College. Rugby union career Greenwood learnt his rugby at Dulwich College, before which he had been a keen soccer player. Whilst there he played in an unbeaten first XV in 1909 which contained five future internationals dubbed the 'Famous Five'. These five would all go on to play in the 1913 Varsity match, (and also produced the captains of both Oxford and Cambridge in 1919), and all served in the First World War. They were Eric Loudoun-Shand and Grahame Donald who both went on to play for Scotland, William David Doherty who went on to play for and captain Ireland, Greenwood himself who went on to play for and captain England and the record-breaking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Maynard
Alfred Frederick Maynard (23 March 1894 – ) was an English rugby union player. He was the son of William Maynard, former international association footballer. He won 3 caps as a hooker in the 1914 Five Nations Championship. He was killed at Beaumont Hamel in the First World War when serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Division and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. It is near the .... References 1894 births 1916 deaths British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme English rugby union players England international rugby union players Rugby union hookers Royal Navy officers of World War I 63rd (Royal Naval) Division soldiers 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-rugbyunion-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northampton Saints
Northampton Saints (officially Northampton Rugby Football Club) is a professional rugby union club from Northampton, England. The club plays in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby union. It was formed in 1880 as "Northampton St. James", which gave it the nickname ''Saints'' from the 1880s. The team plays its home games at the 15,249 capacity Franklin's Gardens, in the St James End, Northampton, St James area in the west of the town. Since the early 1900s, the team has played in black, green and gold colours. At the conclusion of the 2024–25 Premiership Rugby season, Saints finished 8th, which entitled them to compete in the 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current director of rugby is Phil Dowson, who was promoted to director of rugby in the summer of 2022. To date, Saints have won seven major titles. They were European Champions in 2000 Heineken Cup Final, 2000, and English Champions in 2013–14 Premiership Rugby#Final, 2014 and 2023–24 Premi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Gilbert Bull
Arthur Gilbert Bull MRCS LRCP (1890–15 March 1963),Obituary in ''The Eagle'', Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Vol.XXXIV(2) No. 252, Easter 1963 also known as A.G. Bull, was an England rugby international and Captain of Northampton Saints in 1924. Life Arthur Gilbert Bull was born in Olney, Buckinghamshire in 1890. He was baptised on 13 July 1890 at Hardingstone in the County of Northamptonshire, the son of Arthur Bull of Leicestershire and Annie Bull of Inverness-shire. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Bull's only game for England was against Wales at Twickenham on 17 January 1914. Bull played for Leicester Tigers in the 1918–1919 season following the end of the First World War. He later played club rugby for Northampton Saints and was captain of the team in 1924. After ending his career as a rugby player he became the manager of Northampton Saints. Bull trained as a doctor and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedlar Wood
George William Wood known as Pedlar Wood (5 February 1886 – 12 June 1969) was a rugby union scrum half who played 388 games for Leicester Tigers between 1906 and 1922, the 8th most of any player, and once for England in 1914. Career Wood made his Leicester debut on 10 November 1906 at Welford Road against Newport in a 3–3 draw. Wood was a regular in the team and missed just 24 games as he became the 5th player to make 300 appearances for Leicester, in terms of club matches this is the fewest any player has taken to reach 300 individual appearances. However, as the First World War intervened in his career it was not the quickest. Wood played in four victorious Midlands Counties Cup finals for Leicester between 1909 and 1913. Leicester left the Midlands Counties after the First World War but on joining Nuneaton in 1922 Wood won the competition a further two times. Wood played 170 games for Nuneaton over 5 seasons and retired aged 40 in 1927. Wood formed a long lasting ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home matches at Welford Road Stadium, Mattioli Woods Welford Road in the south of the city. The club has been known by the nickname Tigers since at least 1885. In the 2024–25 Premiership Rugby, 2024–25 Premiership Rugby season Tigers finished 2nd, losing the Premiership final, this entitled them to compete in the 2025–26 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current head coach is Geoff Parling who will join for the 2025–26 Premiership Rugby season. Leicester have won 21 major titles. They were European Champions twice, back-to-back in 2001 Heineken Cup Final, 2001 and 2002 Heineken Cup Final, 2002; have won a record 11 Premiership Rugby, English Championships, five RFU Knockout Cups and three Anglo-Welsh Cups, most recently in 2016-17 Anglo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Taylor (English Rugby Union)
Frederick Mark Taylor known as Tim Taylor (18 March 1888 – 2 March 1966) was a rugby union fly half who played 294 games for Leicester Tigers between 1907–1923 and once for England in 1914. Taylor made his Leicester debut on 5 October 1907 at Welford Road against Manchester in a 32–6 win for Leicester, he also played the next match against Bristol but did not feature again in the 1907/08 season. For the next two season's Tim was the back up to Tigers captain Jamie Watson before forcing Watson to centre in the second half of the 1909/10 season. Taylor started the Midlands Counties Cup final in 1910 against Coventry which Leicester won, he also played as Leicester won the cup in 1912 and 1913. Tim Taylor formed a long lasting half back partnership with Pedlar Wood playing 188 games together for Leicester, this is the third most selected half back partnership in the club's history. Taylor played his only international for England on 17 January 1914 against Wales at T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackheath F
Blackheath may refer to: Places England * Blackheath, London, England ** Blackheath (Lewisham ward), an electoral ward for the Lewisham London Borough Council ** Blackheath railway station ** Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England * Blackheath, Surrey, England ** Hundred of Blackheath, Surrey ** Blackheath SSSI, Surrey, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest * Blackheath, West Midlands, England Other places *Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia *Black Heath, Virginia, USA, a late 18th and 19th century plantation and coal mine *Blackheath, an industrial quarter of Cape Town, South Africa * Blackheath, Gauteng, in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and Xhosa language, Xhosa: eGoli ) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") is the most populous city in South Africa. With 5,538,596 people in the City of Johannesburg alon ..., South Africa Education * Blackheath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungy Watson
James Henry Digby "Bungy" Watson (31 August 1890 – 15 October 1914) was an English rugby union player. He won 3 caps for England, all in the 1914 Five Nations Championship. He was killed while serving as a surgeon aboard when it was torpedoed and sunk by ''U-9'' in 1914 during World War I, and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial. Early life Watson was born on 31 August 1890 at Southsea to Eliza V. Watson and her husband Captain James Herbert Watson, an engineer in the Royal Navy. He attended The King's School, Canterbury from September 1899 to April 1906, and played for the First XV in 1905. He then transferred to Edinburgh Academy for his final two years of schooling, playing for the First XV there too. There he earned his nickname "Bungy" after using the King's Canterbury term for a rubber, which was unknown at the Academy. He then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1908 to 1913, graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery. At Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool St Helens F
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
