The Royal High School Club

RHSFP Rugby Club History

1868 - 2002

Club Records

Topic List

The following topics are a variety of Club records. Click a topic to view it, and click back to top (which can be found at the end of each topic) to return to the index of topics.

Barbarians Co-optomists International trialists Inter-City Players Representative Players Leading Try scorers Leading points scorers Players in the Century Club Presidents of the SRU Club Officials and Annual Playing record Honorary Members Sevens Winners and Finalists Brian Scott’s record H.D.M.’s record

Barbarians

Many years ago, a group of players were chosen to form an elite team. They had no ground, clubhouse or subscription and membership was by invitation only. In essence, they represented a glorious concept brought to life by the vision and enthusiasm of one man, William Percy Carpmael. Inspired by his personal playing experiences with both Blackheath and Cambridge University, his dream was to spread good fellowship amongst all rugby football players. The dream became reality on December 27th 1890 at Friary Field, Hartlepool. There, all things great about the game - flair, courage, spirit and passion - were encapsulated in one great team - a team they called the Barbarians.

A History of the Barbarians is to be found at www.thebarbarians.co.uk

The following RHSFP RFC players had the honour to represent the Barbarians.

W. R. GIBSON	1892-93	HUDDERSFIELD 3/4/1893 HARTLEPOOL ROVERS 6/4/1893 CARLISLE AND DISTRICT 31/3/1894 ROCKCLIFF 2/4/1894
J. W. SIMPSON	1893-94	CARLISLE AND DISTRICT 31/3/1894 ROCKCLIFF 2/4/1894
E. McLAREN	1922-23	CARDIFF 31/4/1923 SWANSEA 2/4/1923
W. M. PENMAN	1939-42	EAST MIDLANDS 2/3/1039 PENARTH 7/4/1939 NEWPORT 11/4/1939 MIDLANDS 26/3/1942
T.P.L.McGLASHAN	1946-47	PENARTH 4/4/1947 NEWPORT 8/4/1947 EAST MIDLANDS 9/4/1947
J. P. FISHER	1964-65	EAST MIDLANDS 25/3/1965 LLANELLI 2/11/1965 AUSTRALIANS 28/1/1967 WASPS 19/4/1967
I. TUKALO	1987-92	NEWPORT 6/10/1987 BRISTOL 21/10/1987 NEWPORT 30/10/1990 HONG KONG SEVENS 4/4/1992

Cooptimists

The Cooptimists rugby club are similar in nature to the Barbarians, but are largely drawn from Scottish Clubs. They are currently managed by Ken McCauley, of Hawick and International refereeing fame, and in their recent match (30th December 2007) against Accies (to help Accies 150th birthday) they had intended to field a trial side for the upcoming Club international games, and although that did not come to pass it indicates the significance attached to the Cooptimists.

The table shows RHSFP RFC Co-Optomists players form 1934 until the late 1990's

International trialists

International trials, in various combinations including Blues versus Whites, were used by the Scottish Rugby Union to determine selection for the International team. There was normally a first and final trial, with the teams frequently changing some personnel at half-time. This list shows both trials combined into one list, i.e. players shown did not necessarily play in both trials. The total number of Club representatives was 58, the greatest number of appearances being Pringle Fisher with 12 followed by Mark Morrison with 9

Note that the Club had one or more trialists in virtually all years from 1873 until 1968. Trials were stopped shortly before the emergence of the professional game in the mid 1990's.

1873 W.ST. GRANT P.S.JUNOR A.BUCHANAN A.G.PETRIE A. WOOD M. SANDERSON

1876 G.A.SCOTT A.G.PETRIE R.B.MURRIE

1877 A.G.PETRIE J.O.MORRISON R.B.MURIE J.V.W.RUTHERFORD

1878 A.G.PETRIE H.M.DAVIDSON N.T.BREWIS

1881 A.G.PETRIE H.M.DAVIDSON

1882 J.P.VEITCH N.WATT J.WILSON

1883 J.P.VEITCH J.A.MALONE

1884 J.P.VEITCH W.McFARLANE W.M.GOSSIP

1885 J.P.VEITCH J.A.HORSBURGH P.H.COSENS

1886 J.P.VEITCH G.R.WILSON A. DUKE

1888 G.R.WILSON A.DUKE

1889 A.DUKE

1891 G.R.WILSON W.R.GIBSON

1892 W.R.GIBSON C.J.F.PAISLEY

1893 J.WELSH R.S.DAVIDSON J.W.SIMPSON

1894 J.W.SIMPSON W.R.GIBSON

1895 J.W.SIMPSON W.L.LOCKHART M.C.MORRISON

1896 M.C.MORRISON

1898 M.C.MORRISON J.W.SIMPSON

1899 J.W.SIMPSON M.C.MORRISON

1900 M.C.MORRISON

1901 M.C.MORRISON

1902 M.C.MORRISON

1903 M.C.MORRISON

1904 M.C.MORRISON G.A.SANDERSON

1905 A.ROSS

1906 G.A.SANDERSON G.SANDERSON

1907 G.H.URQUHART G.A.SANDERSON

1908 T. STURROCK G.A.SANDERSON

1909 A.ROSS

1911 A.C.BROWN

1912 J.HUME A.G.GUNN

1912 A.G.GUNN

1913 J.HUME A.D.LAING

1914 A.D.LAING

1920 A.D.LAING J.HUME

1921 A.D.LAING

1922 J.HUME E. McLAREN

1923 E. McLAREN

1924 E. McLAREN

1928 W.A.FERGUSON

1929 W.D.EMSLIE W.A.FERGUSON

1930 W.D.EMSLIE

1931 A.PORTER

1932 D.MURRAY G.R.GUNN P.W.TAIT T.S.BORTHERSTONE

1933 T.S.BORTHERSTONE G.R.GUNN

1934 P.W.TAIT

1936 P.W.TAIT

1937 P.W.TAIT

1938 P.W.TAIT

1945 D.C.FLEMING D.I.McLEAN

1946 T.P.L.McGLASHAN D.I.McLEAN

1946 D.I.McLEAN

1947 T.P.L.McGLASHAN

1949 T.P.L.McGLASHAN E.H.HENRIKSEN

1952 L.B. MACKENZIE I.W.NICOLL E.H. HENRIKSEN

1953 E.H.HENRIKSEN I.W.NICOLL

1953 T.P.L.McGLASHAN L.B.MACKENZIE

1954 J.A.NICHOL

1955 J.A.NICHOL

1956 J.A.NICHOL

1960 J.BLAKE

1961 J.BLAKE J.P.FISHER G.I.GRAHAMSLAW

1962 J.P.FISHER J.BLAKE

1963 J.P.FISHER R.W.CAMERON

1964 J.P.FISHER

1965 J.P.FISHER A.V.ORR

1966 J.P.FISHER A.V.ORR

1967 J.P.FISHER

1968 H.H.PENMAN B.LAIDLAW

19?? I TUKALO (?)

Inter-City Players

Inter-City matches between Edinburgh and Glasgow were held from 1872-73 season until the match was taken over by the professional teams. Mark Morrison had most appearances with 8, followed by P.W. Tait with 7, and J.P. Fisher and T.P.L. McGlashan with 5 apiece. It is believed that the records from 1950 onwards are not complete and further information is required.

23/11/1872	P.B.JUNOR	5/12/1891	G.M.BUCHER	01/12/1913	A.D.LAING
	A. BUCHANAN		W.R.GIBSON	06/12/1919	O.P.NIMMO
	A.G.PETRIE		R.S.DAVIDSON		G.E.M. GOVAN
	W.ST. GRANT		J. WELSH		R.J.WHEATLEY
	M. SANDERSON	17/12/1892	G.M.BUCHER		A.D.LAING
15/1/1873	P.B. JUNOR		W.R.GIBSON	04/12/1920	E.McLAREN
	A. BUCHANAN		C.H.ADAMSON		J.HUME
	A.G.PETRIE	16/12/1893	G.M.BUCHER		A.D.LAING
	A.WOOD		C.H.ADAMSON		C.F.HENRY
6/12/1873	J.S.LESLIE	1/12/1894	J.W. SIMPSON	02/12/1922	E.M.McLAREN
	A.G.PETRIE		W.R.GIBSON	01/12/1923	E.M.McLAREN
	A.BUCHANAN	7/12/1895	J.W.SIMPSON	04/12/1926	W.G.FERGSON
	J.G.ROBERTSON		F.G.BUCHER		G.BAIN
24/1/1874	J.S.LESLIE		W.L. LOCHART	14/12/1927	W.G.FERGSON
	A.G.PETRIE		A.J.Mc GREGOR	01/12/1928	G. BURNS
	A.BUCHANAN		W.C.WATSON		W.A.FERGSON
	T.L.KNOTT		M.C.MORRISON		A.PORTER
	G.F.RAYNOR		J.G.BRYDONE	21/12/1929	W.D.EMSLIE
	J.G.ROBERTSON	5/12/1896	F.G.BUCHER		W.G.FERGSON
18/12/1876	G.A.SCOTT		J.W.SIMPSON	06/12/1930	W.D.EMSLIE
	J.V.W,RUTHERFORD	4/12/1897	J.W.SIMPSON		A.PORTER
	J.G.ROBERTSON		M.C.MORRISON		G.R.GUNN
	A.G.PETRIE	3/12/1898	M.C.MORRISON	05/12/1931	D.MURRAY
	R.B.MUNRO	2/12/1899	A.ROSS		G.R.GUNN
	N.T.BREWIS		M.C. MORRISON		P.W.TAIT
2/12/1876	G.A.SCOTT	01/12/1900	M.C.MORRISON		T.S.BROTHERSTONE
	J.V.W.RUTHERFORD	07/12/1901	M.C.MORRISON	03/12/1932	G.R.GUNN
	A.G.PETRIE		R.B.VARTAN		R.C.LOGAN
	R.B.MUNRO	05/12/1902	M.C.MORRISON		T.S.BOTHERSTONE
1/12/1877	W.H.MASTERS		D. ROUGH	02/12/1933	J.PARK
	H.M. DAVIDSON	05/12/1903	M.C. MORRISON		W.D.EMSLIE
20/12/1879	A.G. PETRIE		G.A.SANDERSON		T.S.BOTHERSTONE
4/12/1880	A. G. PETRIE	03/12/1904	A. ROSS		P.W.TAIT
	H.M. DAVIDSON		G.A.SANDERSON	01/12/1934	P.W.TAIT
3/12/1881	J.P. VEITCH	02/12/1905	G.SANDERSON