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DONATIONS TO THE MUSEUM

Building this on-line museum to celebrate the history of rugby football has been our passion for the last 20+ years. Donations of memorabilia help us to record the history of rugby football, the people who played and administered the game and the supporters that followed it. 

If you are thinking of making a donation to the museum and the collection is large and bulky, please contact us first by email or telephone so that we can assess how we can best support your generosity with the transportation of the collection. 

info@world-rugby-museum.com   -   Tel +44 1639 729000

If you are happy to send items directly without checking suitability first, please CLICK HERE for our physical address.

WHAT CAN YOU DONATE? - CLICK HERE

EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS DONATIONS - CLICK HERE 

 

WHAT CAN YOU DONATE

We are searching for anything and everything to do with Rugby Football (as played at Rugby School) and its descendant sports, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Australian Rules, American Football, Canadian Football. We are particularly interested in old equipment such as boots, balls, jerseys, headgear, shorts, socks. We are searching for old photographs, programmes, books, tickets, menu cards, magazines, cigarette & trade cards and supporters ephemera such as rosettes etc. 

 

SOME EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS DONATIONS

STANLEY OSWIN - The Oswin family of Oxfordshire, England have donated the collection of Stanley Oswin, a former president of the Oxfordshire Rugby Union. We created 4 pages to commemorate Stan's involvement in Rugby Union that included an appreciation page and 3 linked pages that featured the history of the competitions with which he was involved. - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO 

 

JIM UNWIN - Our budget at the time allowed us to purchase the JIM UNWIN collection. Jim was an England international who was also a 1936 & 1938 British Lion. We were able to contribute to several publications through images from Jim's collection, as well as detailing his achievements on this website -  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO  

 

BOB PORISSE - Bob Porisse was a French born player who played for Sale and Yorkshire. The Porisse family have donated Bob's collection so that we could record his Rugby Union career. -  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO  

 

WILF WOOLLER - Our budget at the time allowed us to purchase part of the WILF WOOLLER collection. Wilf was one of Wales' greatest sportsmen. He was a Welsh international at Rugby Union who made his debut for Wales in the first Welsh victory at Twickenham in 1933. He played cricket for Glamorgan and soccer for Cardiff City, he also represented wales at hockey and potentially at squash as well. -  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO  

 

 

BONDED by BLOOD POSTER - A big thank you to Jonathan Lawrie for the donation of this unusual Bonded by Blood New Zealand All Blacks poster. 

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Jonathan's family have links to the Leicester Tigers. Percy Lawrie (1888-1956) his great-granduncle, and Percy’s father came from Scotland and settled in Lutterworth running a coaching inn, hence why Percy then went on to play for Leicester Tigers. He thinks his other great-grand uncle, Harry, also played for the Tigers as did Percy’s son Gordon. We be keen to receive any photos or information relating to these players so that we can pass it on to Jonathan.  -  CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THIS ITEM

 

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A big thank you to Nick Gough of Hertford for a small collection of programmes he acquired during his teenage years. Nick states that he - "....... grew up in West London so had Rosslyn Park, London Welsh, London Scottish and the Cabbage Patch (Twickenham) on my doorstep" - Thanks Nick

 

MORE DONATIONS - CLICK HERE

EXAMPLES EXPANDED

STANLEY OSWIN - OXFORDSHIRE RFU

Few men during rugby union’s amateur era provided a more shining example of how to give something back to the game than Stan Oswin. An Oxfordshire solicitor who started his life-long love affair with rugby union as an Oxfordshire schoolboy, he gave yeoman service as a flanker to his beloved Oxford club before dedicating much of his leisure time to the administration of the game at club, county and eventually national level once his playing days were over.......... MORE

The World Rugby Museum pays homage to Stan Oswin with a page dedicated to his administrative career and 3 Oxfordshire history competition pages. To view these pages, please click on the links below.

OXFORDSHIRE RFU COUNTY CUP  -  OXFORDSHIRE RFU SEVENS  -  OXFORDSHIRE RFU SCHOOLS SEVENS

STAN OSWIN APPRECIATION - CLICK HERE

 

 

PLAYERS

The Life and Career of ........

Jim Unwin 

Rosslyn Park, The Army, England & British Lions

click here

The Life and Career of ........

Bob Porisse

Sale & Yorkshire

click here

The Life and Career of ........

Wilf Wooller 

Rydal School, Sale, Cardiff & Wales

click here

 

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