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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...
Keith Gregson
May 31, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
May 24, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
May 8, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
Apr 29, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
Apr 17, 20242 min read
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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....
Keith Gregson
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
Apr 12, 20242 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
Apr 10, 20241 min read
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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...
Keith Gregson
Mar 21, 20241 min read
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Celebrate 150 years and our invaluable kit discovery
My 150th anniversary Sunderland RFC book is now on sale at the club. The book is in two parts. The first part looks at the club's very...
Keith Gregson
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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More on Boxing Day
Thanks to Billy Kidson - one of the founding members who lived into his 90s; 'The club was able to record that the first official game of...
Keith Gregson
Dec 24, 20232 min read
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JOIN US ON BOXING DAY!
150th anniversary of Sunderland (Rugby) Football Club, Ashbrooke Sports Club 12.00 -2.00. Tuesday 26 December 2023 sees the 150th...
Keith Gregson
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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BBC’S JEFF ADDS TO OUR ARCHIVES
Jeff Brown is one of the best known figures in North East England. For years he has fronted BBC TV’s ‘Look North’ programme with a...
Keith Gregson
Nov 22, 20233 min read
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REMEMBRANCE
It was a moving occasion on Saturday when the poppy wreath was placed in front of the Last Stand at Ashbrooke before the 1st XV game...
Keith Gregson
Nov 11, 20231 min read
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Food For Thought for the rugby lads
Have a good look at this! https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/uncategorized/william-webb-ellis-what-we-know
Keith Gregson
Oct 3, 20231 min read
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Well done, lads!
It was great to see the lovely coverage of Sunderland CC's 1st XI League victory in the Echo yesterday and to see a return to the top...
Keith Gregson
Sep 5, 20233 min read
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He Played At Ashbrooke!
This has just gone onto the World Rugby Museum web site https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults/players/juan-arzuaga As you will see...
Keith Gregson
Aug 30, 20231 min read
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WHAT A HANDICAP!
This Tuesday I had the pleasure of sitting at a table in the Bowls Pavilion at Ashbrooke and looking at one of the oldest and most...
Keith Gregson
Aug 23, 20232 min read
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Sunderland RFC & The World Rugby Museum
https://worldrugbymuseum.com/from-the-vaults You will find 16 articles about Sunderland RFC by me on the site above and can access them...
Keith Gregson
Aug 14, 20234 min read
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A Guide To The Site
As things start to look up at Ashbrooke I will attempt to reinvigorate the Our Heritage Site. Below is a list of all the articles I have...
Keith Gregson
Aug 14, 20232 min read
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