Olney rugby team photographs from 1877 to date
A digital archive of team photographs of various Olney Rugby Football Club teams from 1877 to date, together with additional related images of key players and events. The original photographs are displayed at the Olney RFC Clubhouse. The images were scanned or photographed by Living Archive volunteers at the Clubhouse in 2015-2016.
Reference number
OLRC/001
Records in this Group
Olney Rugby Union Football Club 1st XV Season 1976-77. Players listed as P. Allman, S. Carr, P. Roberts, D. Howkins, A. Howkins, A. Williams, G. Middleton, F. Williams, N. Tite, M. Arthur, R. Taylor, M. Wilkinson (Captain), S. Howson, M. Mynard, J. Sommers.
Olney RFC, black and white team line-up information, season 1972-73. Back row: D. Boddy, F. Hindson, A. Collett, R. Adams, R. Middleton, G. Atkinson, G. King. Middle row: M. Mynard, D. Howkins, F. Williams (Vice Capt.), D. Atkins, D. Clarke. Front row: A. Williams, S. Howson, P. Rowlands.
Olney RFC, black and white team line-up information, season 1971-72. Back row: H.J. Osborn (President), R. Adams, J. Taylor, D. Fotheringham, J. Gregory, G. Atkinson, R. Middleton, R. Mann, J. Smail, G. Nevitte. Front row: M. Gray, F. Williams, L. Martin, A. Williams (Captain), D. Boddy, R. Fletcher.
Olney Rugby Union Football Club, 1977. 100 year team line-up photograph. No player names listed.
Olney Rugby Union Football Club team photo in rugby kit, in a field background. Three rows of players: W Bolton, D Crafter, P Allman, P Odell, S Carr, I Gadsby, R Jones, P Barrick, K McLean, M Blackburn, S Parkin (capt), M Mynard (v capt), M Alexander, E Dix, A Mynard, A Smith.
Olney RFC, colour team photo, 18 players plus coach in three rows, captain in centre holding ball, striped pink and grey kit. No names or date.
Photograph of a black and white printed image of a rugby match on a white ceramic tile in a wooden frame, celebrating Olney Rugby Football Club Occasional’s Tour to Rome 2012. There are two colour printed shields on the left and one on the right labelled ‘OLD RUGBY’. In the centre is FRASCATI 15 APRILE ...
(1)Four colour team photographs, with player names, displayed on a board:
(2)(Top left) Ist XV team photo in rugby kit, in front of Portakabin. Two rows: E Dix, A Smith, P Clift, S Carr, R Taylor, P Dell, K Burnett, P Allman, I Cox, D Crafter, A Mynard, M Butterfield, S Parkin (capt), M Mynard, ...
(1) Ray Longland profile photograph in England kit in the 1930s, he also had 19 caps for England between 1932-1938 in which he also played for Olney and Northampton.
(2) Ray Longland pictured in Lions badged blazer and England Tie, Date unknown.
Photograph with caption: Leslie (Les) Ernest Fairey MBE, 1914-1998, President Olney RFC 1977-1998
Black and white full-length portrait photo of H.J. Simcoe in team kit, with poetic tribute reading: He goes from start to finish, and is never known to slack, Just the toughest little fellow who works behind a pack. Stems a rush, or stops a rival, travels forward with a dash, Is for ever in ...
Programme incudes team lists, Northampton FC fixture list and results to date for 1st XV and A XV 1899-1900, and local advertisements. Olney players: (forwards) I Mynard (capt), FJ Church, C Nichalls, E Drage, F Mynard, H Harris, R Perkins, E Britten, (halfbacks) F Barnett, J Simcoe, (three quarters) R Dobbs, H Stanton, C Berrill, ...
Black and white full-length portrait photo of H. Clifton in team kit, with poetic tribute to the player reading: Hard and intense as the conflict may be, Clifton’s a fighter, robust and carefree. Launching a dash at the head of the pack, Impetuous and keen in the piercinig attack. First with his foot in ...
Olney RFC, black and white team photo, 15 players in three rows, with captain(?) holding ball. No players names or date given (see item 042 for details).. Photo is on a mount of pink card with a red line frame. ‘W E Wright, Olney’ is printed below the red border.
Titled ‘Our Sportsmen’s Gallery’, No.9 Sam Kitchener, a black and white full-size image of Sam Kitchener. The text below the image reads: ‘Sam’s a sportsman and trier to the core, Keen leader of the Bonny Boys in blue, In the scrummage he is ever to the fore, There he battles out the issue ...
Humorous cartoon by Harold Gittins about the England, Wales and Scotland rugby teams.
Fixtures from 22 Oct 1881 to Mar 25 1882 including Olney at Olney on 19 Nov 1881 and Olney at Northampton on 25 Feb 1882.
Olney RFC, young age group, colour team photo, 8 boys. No names or date.
Olney RFC, Under 10 Age Group, colour team line-up photograph and information, season 1976-77. Back row: C. Moody, P. Kemble, S. Fielding, P. Pearce, A. Orielly. Front row: J. Evans, A. Malarkie, M. Howkins, K. Lucken, J. Hargreaves
Olney Rugby Union Football Club youth team, season 1974-75. Players listed as A. Maynard, B. King, N. Smith, R. Adams, D. Crafter, C. Wells, D. Smail, M. Barrick, T. King, I. Crouch, M. Harris, P, Crouch, S. Harris, A. Harris, P. Abraham, G. Sands, K. Nichols.
Olney Rugby Union Football Club youth team line-up photograph, no names, unknown date.
Olney RFC, Under 11 Age Group, colour team line-up photograph and information, season 1976-77. Back row: D. Davies, I. Kemp, J. Brock, S. Jackson, G. King, M. Vernon. Front row: D. Hart, C. Litchfield, T. Stanbridge, J. Stanbridge, M. Rawlins.
Olney Rugby Union Football Club youth team, 1913/14. Back row L-R; Mr. Mitchell, ?, F. Willson, W. Tunn, C. Honson, F. Hooton, R. Lineham, ?, ?, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Eady. Middle row L-R; G. Millard, F. Trollope, Roger Harris, Owen Drage, J. Wright, F. Moss, Harold Osborn. Front row L-R: ?, W or ...
Olney RFC, young age group, colour team photo, 10 boys and one adult, two of the boys holding trophy shields. No names or date.
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