Imperial Medicals Rugby Club

Imperial Medicals Rugby Club
Full name Imperial Medicals Rugby Club
Union Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Imperial Medics
Founded 1997 through merger of two older sides
Constituent elements:
1865 - St Mary's Hospital RFC
1984 - Charing Cross & Westminster Hospitals RFC(itself a merger of two older sides)
Location Teddington, London, England
Ground(s) Udney Park Road (Capacity: 400)
Chairman Mr Nigel Mendoza
Director of Rugby Tom Burwell
Captain(s) George Cross (Club Captain) Oliver Clough (1XV Captain)
League(s) BUCS South East 1A
Official website
www.imperialmedicals.co.uk

Imperial Medicals Rugby Club ("Imperial Medics") is the name given to the rugby union team of Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union, a modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Charing Cross Hospital and Westminster Hospital were the first to merge in 1984 following the union of their respective Medical Departments. When St Mary's Hospital, London also merged in 1997 the team was strengthened by one of the two most successful hospital sides in London. Imperial Medics is notable for its recent dominance of the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as its history and the joint history of its constituent elements which have produced a large number of international players.

History

The history of Imperial Medicals Rugby Club is the combined history of three older sides, and their joint history from the point of merger:

Competitions

Since Inauguration in 1997 IMRFC have enjoyed the following successes:

United Hospital Challenge Cup wins
Hospital Team First Competed Last Competed Current Status Wins Total Wins including constituent elements
Imperial Medics1998presentActive1250
St Mary’s18741997Part of Imperial Medics3232
Charing X/ Westminster19831997Part of Imperial Medics36
Westminster18971982Part of Imperial Medics33
Charing Cross18751982Part of Imperial Medics00

Notable former players

Internationals

St Mary's

Source:[1]

Westminster

Imperial Medicals

Notable non-internationals

References

  1. ↑ Brendan Gallagher, St Mary's Paddington a rugby powerhouse, 19 Mar 2008
  2. ↑ Norman Bennett profile at scrum.com
  3. ↑ Crowther was part of the Great Britain team that toured Australia and New Zealand in 1904 although he never represented his country.

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