Newlyn RFC

Newlyn RFC
Newlyn RFC
Founded 1894
Location Newlyn, Cornwall, UK
Ground(s) St Goulders

Newlyn RFC was a rugby football club based in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK. The club was formed in 1894 (or 1895) by a young curate of St Peter’s Church, the Rev. Fred Peel Yates.[1] Before the founding of the club it was said that the young men of the village played a form of rugby on St Goulders Common and on moonlit nights a ball covered in chalk was used to make it easier to see.[2] In 1897-98 Newlyn RFC won the Cornwall Junior Cup, however the cup had to be returned to the Cornwall RFU because of an un-registered player.[1] The following year the cup was won again. Newlyn, like many Cornish towns and villages, was hit by the migration of its young men and shortly after, the club disbanded only to restart in 1904 as a Senior Club.[2]

There was always a certain amount of animosity with near neighbours Penzance RFC, although it was never in either clubs interest not to play matches, because of the income lost when the matches were suspended. The gate receipts for a Boxing Day match, in the 1890s, against Penzance Reserves came to over £40. With an entrance fee of 4d, a crowd of well over two thousand attended. A 1906 minute records ...that we accept no player or committee man from Penzance. Despite this players did play for both clubs.[3]

As was usual for many clubs, Newlyn RFC did not operate during the Great War but occasional games were played near the Penlee Quarry by personal of the Seaplane Base.[2]

Newlyn RFC final match was in December, 1939 when they beat St Ives.

In November 1944, after a public meeting held in St Peter’s Schoolroom, it was agreed to hold talks with Penzance RFC with a view to amalgamation. A Penzance RFU committee meeting on 21 November agreed to wind up the rugby club; and at a public meeting at the Guildhall on 12 December 1944 it was agreed to start a new club. Despite the animosity the two clubs combined.[3]

Contents

Honours

  • Cornwall Junior Cup: 1897-98 (returned),
  • Cornwall Junior Cup: 1898-99.
  • Cornwall Junior Champions 1911-12

Playing record

Season League Teams Pos P W D L F A Pts Notes
1911–12 Cornwall Junior Cup 1st 28 22 3 3 222 45 45 Champions

Grounds

  • The St Goulders pitch was known for its slope and was grazed by cows during the week. In an attempt to stop people watching for free furze was put in the holes in the hedges to try and stop people sneaking in.
  • Trereife

Cornwall Players

[1]

First Year Last Year Name Number of Caps Notes
1 1901 1901 O Gilbert 1
2 1920 1928 N ‘Nicky’ Peake 22 Forward
3 1922 1924 R A ‘Dick' Curnow 9
4 1924 1924 Edwal L Rees 5 Three quarter; knee injury shortened career
5 1927 1927 Jack Matthews 2 Forward
6 1931 1935 Gerald Kneebone 4
7 1936 1936 R ‘Dick’ Kitchen 1 Stand-off
8 1936 1936 Jack Stafford 1

Other Newlyn Teams

  • Newlyn Old Boys XV (acted as a nursery for Newlyn RFC)
  • St Peters
  • The Adult School

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Salmon, T. 1983. The First Hundred Years. Illogan: Cornwall Rugby Football Union.
  2. ^ a b c Batten, B. G. (1978) Newlyn, Penzance and the Pirates. Penzance: Penzance & Newlyn Rugby Football Club.
  3. ^ a b Westren, P, Thomas, J and Matthews, H. 50 Golden Years. Penzance: Penzance & Newlyn RFC.



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