All rugby was officially cancelled for the duration of the war, but that didn’t stop people in Cornwall…
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Cornish Sporting Heroes, #7: Ken Plummer: Penryn, Cornwall, Bristol and England Rugby
My interview with the Penryn, Cornwall and England rugby legend Ken Plummer…
Cornish Rugby’s England Trialists, 1919 to 1939
The stories of the Cornishmen who excelled at rugby, yet were never given the opportunity to play for England…
Roll of Honour ~ Camborne School of Mines RFC
The stories of the Camborne mining students who laid down their lives in World War One…
Joseph Menear and Cornish Wrestling in London
The story of Cornishman Joseph Menear, London’s champion wrestler of Cornwall and Devon during the 1860s…
Cornish Sporting Heroes, #6: Gerry Cawley, Champion Wrestler
An interview with Cornishman Gerry Cawley, champion Cornish wrestler for over 25 years…
Cornish Sporting Heroes, #4: John Collins: Camborne, Cornwall and England Rugby
Camborne man John Collins is England’s oldest living rugby union international. He played for Cornwall between 1950-53 and won three caps for the England RFU in 1952…
Francis Edwards ~ The Cornish Historian 