Interesting Rugby Pics
While sorting out my online photo archive recently I came across correspondence I had a little while back with local man Philip Darling....
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Keith Gregson
Oct 291 min read
SRFC and the World Rugby Museum
I have mentioned in a number of blogs the fact that we are lucky to have one of the most complete club archives in the country. For a...
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Keith Gregson
Oct 221 min read
1873 Club and Our Heritage
SRFC is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the north and, thanks to the efforts of administrators across the years, has an archive which...
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Keith Gregson
Oct 101 min read
Thanks, Jon
A nice little e-mail from former SRFC player and groundsman Jon Buddington - now in charge of the wonderful University Parks Sports...
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Keith Gregson
Oct 12 min read
More From Jack Thompson
The previous blog noted correspondence from the descendant of Victorian club member Jack Thompson. She sent a number of fascinating...
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Keith Gregson
Sep 191 min read
An Interesting Plate
Recently I wrote about correspondence received concerning a Victorian club member called Jack Thompson. Research shows that he was an...
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Keith Gregson
Aug 131 min read
Lost E Mail Update
I have just been contacted by a descendant of Victorian club member 'Jack' Thompson filled with fascinating detail. Unfortunately I have...
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Keith Gregson
Aug 121 min read
The Future of Our Heritage
Due to commitments outside of historical research over the next few months there will be no new articles. However the site remains a...
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Keith Gregson
Jun 281 min read
Baseball at Ashbrooke
Folks crossing Ashbrooke's grounds during school time will have seen the pupils from St Aidan's playing baseball ( or softball/rounders)....
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Keith Gregson
Jun 131 min read
Ashbrooke and the Americans
Folks may be a little surprised to find an international cricket competition being played partly in the United States - as it is with the...
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Keith Gregson
Jun 72 min read
From the Bowls Board (3/3)
Our final First World War veteran to appear on the Bowls board is perhaps one of the finest amateur sportsmen Sunderland has seen. Read...
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Keith Gregson
May 312 min read
From the Bowls Boards (2/3)
See the previous blog for the background to this blog which concerns - Thomas Reginald Sewell (SCFC/FWW 194). He was born in Crossdoney...
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Keith Gregson
May 242 min read
From the Bowls Boards ( 1 of 3)
Bowlers new and long standing often declare an interest in the boards on the bowls pavilion walls. These boards list officials and...
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Keith Gregson
May 82 min read
Ralph Milbanke Hudson - Founding Cricket Member ( 2 of 2)
The previous blog took Ralph's story from his birth in 1813 up to the formation of our cricket club in 1834. At the time Ralph was only...
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Keith Gregson
Apr 292 min read
Ralph Milbanke Hudson - Founding Cricket Member (1 of 2)
It has been noted on a number of occasions that Sunderland C C can be proud of the fact that it is recognised by sport historians as the...
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Keith Gregson
Apr 172 min read
The Remarkable Elliots
Reference was made in a recent blog to the old time links between cricket and rugby – links which have, in some respects, been broken due...
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Keith Gregson
Apr 162 min read
Time For Bowls
The bowls’ season is with us once more, affording us another opportunity to look at the unique cross sport links that exist in our club....
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Keith Gregson
Apr 122 min read
Coming Together
Rugby and Cricket have always been close. Before the demands of both the sports today it was common for sporting folk to play cricket in...
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Keith Gregson
Apr 101 min read
Cricket - Lovely Cricket!
The grounds around the country are soggy and it doesn't look like there will be an easy start to the season! However it is a good time to...
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Keith Gregson
Mar 211 min read
Good News For Girls' And Women's Rugby
It was good to read a club communication which suggested that Girls' Rugby on a Monday evening had really taken off. With a number of...
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