Lydney Rugby Football Club

Lydney
Full name Lydney Rugby Football Club
Founded 1888 (1888)
Location Lydney, Gloucestershire, England
Ground(s) Regentsholme (Capacity: 1,500)
Coach(es) England Paul Williams
Captain(s) England Will Jones
League(s) National League 3 South West
2014–15 14th (relegated)
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/lydneyrugbyfootballclub/

Lydney Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in Lydney, Gloucestershire. The club played in the fourth tier of the English rugby union league system; National League 2 South during 2014–15, finishing in 14th place and are relegated to National League 3 South West. The previous season (2013–14) they were promoted as champions from National League 3 South West.

History

The Lydney and Aylburton Rugby Football Club was formed at a meeting was organized by Mr F A Fream on Thursday 11 October 1888, after members of the Lydney and Aylburton Cricket Club had expressed an interest in playing a "winter" game, which was already played by a number of clubs in the area. The first game was played at Lydney on 22 November 1888 against Coleford who won by 3 tries and 1 conversion to nil. The club was originally nicknamed "the Tinplaters", but later were more widely known as the Severnsiders.

Current standings

2014–15 National League 2 South Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Henley Hawks (C) 30 24 1 5 956 567 389 19 4 121
2 Bishop's Stortford 30 20 1 9 933 608 325 22 8 112
3 Taunton Titans 30 22 0 8 863 591 272 16 6 110
4 Dorking 30 22 2 6 852 567 285 12 4 108
5 Worthing Raiders 30 19 0 11 804 605 199 19 5 100
6 Chinnor 30 18 0 12 780 639 141 11 9 92
7 Cambridge 30 17 0 13 765 662 103 16 6 90
8 Old Elthamians 30 12 1 17 693 736 –43 9 9 68
9 Redruth 30 13 1 17 577 686 –109 6 6 66
10 Launceston 30 12 2 16 625 595 30 3 11 66
11 Canterbury 30 11 2 17 640 721 –81 11 3 63
12 Clifton 30 11 0 19 635 837 –202 9 6 59
13 Southend Saxons 30 12 0 18 640 782 –142 6 7 56[n 1]
14 Lydney (R) 30 11 1 18 546 871 –325 5 5 56
15 Shelford (R) 30 7 0 23 579 938 –359 9 4 36[n 2]
16 Dings Crusaders (R) 30 3 1 26 526 1009 –483 5 3 22
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 2 May 2015
Source: "National League 2 South". NCA Rugby. 
Notes
  1. ↑
    • Southend were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Clifton on 15 November 2014[1]
  2. ↑
    • Shelford were deducted 5 points for playing an unregistered player against Lydney on 6 September 2014[2]

Results

The club enjoyed several successful runs in the John Player Cup during the 1980s, including a match against Sale, then the top club side in England, on 23 January 1983. The match was televised on the BBC's Rugby Special, with Lydney narrowly losing 9 – 16.

Honours

Club officials

Upon its founding, Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, later Governor-General of New Zealand, was invited to become President of the club. He held this position for 70 years until his death in 1958.

Players and coaches

From the early days Lydney had produced a steady stream of players who achieved County honours. Austin Lewis also had English and Welsh trials in 1904/5 and 1905/6.

No player has achieved senior international honours whilst playing for the club. However, having begun their careers with Lydney, Bev Dovey, Trevor Wintle , Chris Williams, Peter Kingston and Gordon Sargent won full England caps while playing for other clubs. England Women's International Georgia Stevens also played for Lydney.

Career Records Most 1st XV Appearances – 571 Winston Morris

Most 1st XV Points Scored – 1927 John F Morris

Most 1st XV Tries Scored – 160 Paul Howell

Single Season Records

Most 1st XV Points Scored – 418 Adam Westall (2002–03)

Most 1st XV Tries Scored – 33 David Crabbe (1972–73)

Most 1st XV Drop Goals – 12 Mark Smith (1989–90)

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Down In The Dumps". Pitchero. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Shelford receive points penalty". Cambridge News. Retrieved 25 September 2014.

External links

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