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Cambridge University R.U.F.C.

English rugby union club, based in Cambridge

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fullname	Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club
nickname	Blues
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founded
ground	University Football Ground,
Grange Road
capacity	1,500
url	www.curufc.com
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Grange Road

The Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club, sometimes abbreviated "CURUFC", is the rugby union club of the University of Cambridge. The team plays Oxford University RFC in the annual Varsity Match at Twickenham Stadium every December.

Cambridge players wear light blue and white hooped jerseys with a red lion crest. Many have gone on to represent their country and the British and Irish Lions; a few, most notably Dan Vickerman, James Horwill and Flip van der Merwe, have represented Cambridge after successful international careers. While at the University of Cambridge James Bevan became the first captain of the Wales national rugby union team. The CURUFC stadium is located in West Cambridge, beside Grange Road.

History

Football is believed to have been introduced to the University of Cambridge in 1839 by Trinity College fresher Albert Pell. Pell had matriculated at Cambridge after going up from Rugby School, where the game of rugby is believed to have originated. Cambridge University Rugby Union Football Club was officially established in 1872, around three years after the Oxford Rugby Club was founded. The first Varsity match was contested between the two teams on 10 February 1872. The Cambridge team was led out by captain Isaac Cowley Lambert, wearing pink jerseys with a monogram on the left breast. Played away at the Park in Oxford, Cambridge lost by a single goal to nil. CURUFC officials helped to draw up the laws of the game that were adopted by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) when it was established in 1871. Cambridge became a Constituent Body of the Union in 1872, a status which the club still holds today. In 1874, Cambridge provided their first international player directly from the club, when John Batten represented England in the third encounter against Scotland.

Facilities

Ground

The CURUFC Stadium and Training Grounds are located in West Cambridge, close to Selwyn College's Cripps Court and St Catharine's College's St Chad building. The ground first appears on maps in 1904 and the historic stadium features several buildings dating to the early 19th and 20th centuries. A large red lion, a symbol of the University of Cambridge and the crest of the rugby club, stands guard beside the stadium. The lion statue was removed in 1999 from the Lion Yard shopping arcade. The facilities are partially maintained by Cantab Asset Management. The stadium, built in the 19th century, is undersized and is often over capacity during matches, leading to calls for an expansion and redevelopment project. In addition to the Grange Road Site, the club practises on various college and university fields around Cambridge and Grantchester.

Redevelopment Project

In 2015, plans were drafted for a large redevelopment of the Grange Road Site which would ensure the team remains competitive over the next 50 years. The plans included expanded seating, high-tech training facilities, and a new walled admission entrance on Grange Road. An architect for the project has yet to be chosen. In Michaelmas 2017, the CURUFC launched its first fundraising campaign for the Grange Road Redevelopment Project.

Notable former players

Category:Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players

British and Irish Lions

The following former players were selected for the British and Irish Lions touring squads while playing for the University of Cambridge.

Carl Aarvold 1930
Randolph Aston 1891
David Bedell-Sivright 1903, 1904
Sydney Pyman Bell 1896
James Bordass 1924
Harry Bowcott 1930
Edward Bromet 1891
William Cave 1903
Owen Chadwick 1936
Granville Coghlan 1927
Mike Gibson 1966
Thomas Alexander Gibson 1903
Johnny Hammond 1891
Alfred Hind 1903
Herbert Laxon 1908
Alun Lewis 1977
Osbert Mackie 1896
Edwin Mayfield 1891
William Grant Mitchell 1891
Arthur Rotherham 1891
Clement Pearson Simpson 1891
Ken Scotland 1959
Arthur Smith 1955
Aubone Surtees 1891
Willie Thomas 1888
Robert Thompson 1891
William Henry Thorman 1891
G. H. Waddell 1959
William Wotherspoon 1891

England internationals

The following former University of Cambridge players have represented England at full international level.

ENG Rob Andrew
ENG Mark Bailey
ENG John Batten
ENG Robert William Bell
ENG Charles Chapman
ENG Fran Clough
ENG Huw Davies
ENG Edwin Field
ENG Toby Flood
ENG Herbert Fuller
ENG Victor Harding
ENG Barry Holmes
ENG Phil Horrocks-Taylor
ENG Cyril Lowe
ENG Charles Marriott
ENG Nick Martin
ENG R.M. Pattisson
ENG Samuel Victor Perry
ENG Gerry Redmond
ENG Marcus Rose
ENG Charles Sample
ENG William Martin Scott
ENG Kevin Simms
ENG Peter Warfield
ENG Charles Plumpton Wilson
ENG Alan Wordsworth
ENG Nick Drake-Lee

Wales internationals

The following former University of Cambridge players have represented Wales at full international level.

WAL James Bevan
WAL Harry Bowcott
WAL Eddie Butler
WAL Gerald Davies
WAL Glyn Davies
WAL John Gwilliam
WAL Cliff Jones
WAL Idris Jones
WAL Jamie Roberts
WAL Brian Thomas
WAL Clem Thomas
WAL Willie Thomas

Scotland internationals

The following former University of Cambridge players have represented Scotland at international level.

SCO Joe Ansbro
SCO Andrew Balfour
SCO David Bedell-Sivright
SCO Mike Biggar
SCO David Brown
SCO John Argentine Campbell
SCO Ken Dalgleish
SCO Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope
SCO Arthur Dorward
SCO Peter Douty
SCO Frank Fasson
SCO John Forrest
SCO Keith Geddes
SCO Cameron Glasgow
SCO Jamie Farndale
SCO Laurie Gloag
SCO Frederick Goodhue
SCO James Gowans
SCO Coreen Grant
SCO James Greenlees
SCO Gavin Hastings
SCO Simon Holmes
SCO John Hunter
SCO William Inglis
SCO Johnny Johnston
SCO William Lely
SCO Rab Bruce Lockhart
SCO Robert MacEwen
SCO Gregor MacGregor
SCO K. G. MacLeod
SCO Lewis MacLeod
SCO W. M. MacLeod
SCO Alfred Methuen
SCO Hugh Monteith
SCO Willie Neilson
SCO Eric Peters
SCO William Purves
SCO William Ritchie
SCO David Robertson
SCO Ian Robertson
SCO Ken Scotland
SCO John Scoular
SCO Arthur Smith
SCO Louis Stevenson
SCO Archibald Symington
SCO John Guthrie Tait
SCO Gordon Waddell
SCO Rob Wainwright
SCO Joseph Waters
SCO Frank Waters
SCO William Wotherspoon

Ireland internationals

The following former University of Cambridge players have represented Ireland at full international level.

Ireland Mick Doyle
Ireland Mike Gibson
Ireland Andy Mulligan
Ireland John Robbie

Other nationalities

USA Matthew Palamountain
AUS James Horwill
GIB Tom Lovelace
NZL Mick O'Callaghan
ITA Marco Rivaro
ITA Tommaso Castello
RSA Flip van der Merwe
AUS Dan Vickerman

SRU presidents

Former Cambridge University players have been President of the SRU:

1889–90 Andrew Ramsay Don-Wauchope
1905–06 Willie Neilson
1913-14 James Greenlees
1927-28 Macbeth Duncan
1930-31 Andrew Balfour
1958-59 David MacMyn
1980-81 Cliff Wilton

Honours

Melrose Sevens
- Champions (1): 1960

Bibliography

References

Marshall (1951), pg 13.
Marshall (1951), pg 17.
(27 November 2014). "Cambridge Lion Yard lion roars again at university rugby club". BBC News.

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