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Rugby was officially cancelled between 1939 and 1945, but that didn’t stop the people of Cornwall from playing the game. Here is the largely untold story of Cornish rugby during the war years…
Cornish Rugby During World War Two
On this date…
...11 November 1955: Redruth’s Francis Gregory appeared in the first ever televised wrestling bout. Gregory was also a fine rugby player, representing Wigan and England Rugby League as well as Cornwall…
Cornwall’s Rugby Codebreakers
Coming soon…a major new study…
My most recent…
Cornish Sporting Heroes, #7: Ken Plummer
Sport on the Dole: Cornwall’s Unemployed Rugby Clubs
John Jackett’s Ghost: Cornish Rugby and the 1928 County Championship
Cornish Rugby’s England Trialists, 1919 to 1939
Fore Street, Redruth, 1870s. From Kresen Kernow, ref. corn0584
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Terry Bracher, Judging Panel, Alan Ball Local History Awards, 2024
