‘this rugby spellbound people’ (eBook)

The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales

Gwyn Prescott (Autor)

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2024 | 3. Auflage
304 Seiten
St. David's Press (Verlag)
978-1-904609-19-3 (ISBN)

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Now in it’s third edition, The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales is the essential guide to the importance and significance of rugby in Cardiff to the development of Welsh rugby in the nineteenth century.

In this new and updated edition, and available for the first time as an eBook, Gwyn Prescott provides a fascinating insight into the origins and early years of the game in Cardiff. He outlines how its citizens of all backgrounds, its many distinct districts, and its commercial and religious interests took rugby to their hearts through the growth of clubs, competitions and the establishment of the famous Arms Park as the focal point of rugby in Wales.

Autor

A native of Cardiff who captained the Welsh Secondary Schools XV in 1965 and played for Cambridge University’s 1st XV, Gwyn Prescott was awarded an MPhil in 2006 on the history of rugby and is the author of numerous rugby histories including, Call Them to Remembrance - The Welsh Rugby Internationals Who Died in the Great War (St. David's Press, 2014 & 2021) and Arthur Gould - Rugby’s First Superstar (St. David’s Press, 2023).

Inhalt

Foreword by Professor Gareth Williams
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations

1. Introduction:
‘The contagion will spread’
2. From Football to Rugby:
‘Neither dribbling fish nor handling foul’
3. The Game is Established:
‘The running business’
4. The Clubs:
‘In Cardiff and district surely their name is legion’
5. Organisation and Participation:
‘Administered by the few, played by the many’
6. Rugby’s Wider Impact:
‘Football, or, Life in Cardiff’
7. Conclusions:
‘The noble game is not totally unknown here’

Appendix 1 Welsh Rugby Teams 1880-1
Appendix 2 Cardiff and District Rugby Teams 1895-6
Appendix 3 Competitions in Cardiff
Cardiff District Challenge Cup
Cardiff District Junior Cup
Cardiff and District Mallett Cup
Cardiff and District Union Shield
Cardiff and District Ninian Stuart Cup
Cardiff and District Senior League to 1900
Cardiff and District Junior League to 1900
Cardiff and District Second Junior League to 1900
Cardiff FC Junior Cup to 1900
Appendix 4 South Wales Challenge Cup
Appendix 5 Cardiff and District Club Secretaries 1889-91
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.5.2024
• Zusatzinfo: b/w
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Cardiff • Cultural History • history of Cardiff • History of Rugby • History of sport • History of wales • Rugby Football • Rugby Union • Social History • Victorian Cardiff • victorian wales • Wales • welsh rugby union
• ISBN-10: 1-904609-19-8 / 1904609198
• ISBN-13: 978-1-904609-19-3 / 9781904609193