About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Antony Warr, Bright Sodje, Bryan Barley, College Grove (Sports Ground), Craig Emmerson, Dan Scarbrough, Darrall Shelford, Dave Rollitt, Dave Scully, David Jeanes, Dean Schofield, Diccon Edwards, Frank Williams (rugby union), Geoffrey Clarkson, Geoff Cooke, Graham Marshall (rugby union), Herbert Kershaw, Jack Ellis (rugby union), John Duggan (rugby), John Leighton Davies, John McDougall (rugby player), John Warburton Sagar, Jon Sleightholme, Leslie Sheard, Les Cusworth, Mike Harrison (rugby union), Nick Lloyd, Nigel Melville, Noel McGrath (rugby player), Osbert Mackie, Paul Sykes (rugby league), Philip Joseph Taylor, Phil Murphy (rugby union), Reg Bolton (rugby union), Rob Parker (rugby league), R M A Kingswell, Stuart Lancaster (rugby union), Tim Stimpson, Warren Spragg, William Guest (rugby union). Excerpt: Wakefield RFC was an English rugby union club, founded in 1901, and which dropped out of the English leagues in 2004 as a result of the effects of professionalism. It was based at College Grove in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Wakefield RFC was founded in 1901, six years after the schism in rugby that saw the formation of the Northern Union and the move of Wakefield Trinity, who had been the principal rugby club in the city, to the new code. On 15 June 1901, the Wakefield Express printed a short notice: "A movement is on foot to form a new Rugby football club on purely amateur lines to play under Rugby Union rules, and a meeting to promote that object has been called." One of the clubs first vice presidents was former England and British Lion international Osbert Mackie. England International JW Sagar was the club's first captain and he expressed the wish that the formation of the club would provide the opportunity for the local grammar school boys to continue in the game in the city rather than having to move elsewhere. Players to benefit from this objective included Bill Guest, a former Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) pupil between 1918 and 1922, who was to become one of the leading figures at Wakefield both as a player and administrator until his death in 1991. Silcoates School produced among others, Steve Townend, the club's second leading appearance maker and prolific point scorer, who was to join the coaching staff after finishing his playing days, eventually becoming Director of Rugby. The club's first honours were in 1920, when they won the Yorkshire Cup ("T'owd tin pot") and were to win it on a further seven occasions, (1922, 1969, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994) The 1920s saw the first international capped while at Wakefield, when Dr John McDougall won three caps for Scotland to add to his caps won before the First World War while at Greenock Wanderers. The war saw the death of Frank Alford Kingswell, a member of the club's very first team at Mytholmro
