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Just to prove I've been to Rugby!
15 May 2015
Recently I had a couple of days spent in the county of Warwickshire in England and while cruising around there was one place on the map a bloke like me could not avoid. But surprisingly in the town of Rugby I found so much more than the obvious which caught the eye.
Yes the famous Rugby school is still going strong and there numerous reverences to William Webb Ellis in pubs and cafes and bars but I liked all the other 'ordinary' stuff too. Like the names of shops and signs and the town's daily services. This pic is just one I saw for a souvenir snapshot...and a good one it is I feel!
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GAGE, DAVEY
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A tough New Zealand utility back in the years before international matches were played, Davey Gage performed an astonishing feat of endurance on the 1888–89 New Zealand Natives world tour when he played in 68 of 74 matches in Britain – twice as many as some of his fellow team members. He was nicknamed ‘Pony’ because of his small size but enormous work-rate on that tour. In all games on tour (counting games in Australia and New Zealand) he appeared 82 times.
Gage toured Australia with the New Zealand team of 1893 and was captain of his country against Queensland at Wellington in 1896. None of the matches played was considered a ‘test’ match.
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