England Rugby Chronicle since 1969: Volume One: 1969-1990 Second Edition

By Andrew Shurmer

ALL the results and info from over 1000 England rugby union representative games played between 1969 and 2010 are presented here in one series of books - this is the second edition of Volume One with corrections and additions. These books fully cover England cap matches, England XV, England B, England A, England Saxons, England U25, England U23, England U21, England U20, English Students, England Students, England Counties and British Lions, plus Barbarians, Penguins, Public School Wanderers, Anti-Assassins and Samurai games where relevant. Please note that this book is designed to be read in landscape mode.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Anoeth Limited
• Release date: Aug 2, 2013
• ISBN: 9780957586550

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ENGLAND RUGBY CHRONICLE

SINCE 1969 -

VOLUME ONE: 1969-1990

Second edition with corrections and additions

Andrew Shurmer

*****

Copyright: Andrew Shurmer 2009, 2012, 2013

Smashwords Edition published 2nd August 2013.

ISBN 978-0-9575865-5-0

Publisher: Anoeth Limited.

E-book originally published in the PDF format in 2009 by Anoeth Limited. Second revised edition e-book originally published in the PDF format in 2012 by Anoeth Limited. This book is available in print at most online retailers.

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Dedicated to my darling Nancy, for being so patient and understanding.

CONTENTS

Preface

Criteria

Key

Glossary

Part 1 - England player match Results, teams and scorers 1969-1990:

Part 1 - 1969

Part 1 - 1970

Part 1 - 1971

Part 1 - 1972

Part 1 - 1973

Part 1 - 1974

Part 1 - 1975

Part 1 - 1976

Part 1 - 1977

Part 1 - 1978

Part 1 - 1979

Part 1 - 1980

Part 1 - 1981

Part 1 - 1982

Part 1 - 1983

Part 1 - 1984

Part 1 - 1985

Part 1 - 1986

Part 1 - 1987

Part 1 - 1988

Part 1 - 1989

Part 1 - 1990

Part 2 - England player tour match Results, teams and scorers 1969-1990:

Part 2 - 1969

Part 2 - 1970

Part 2 - 1971

Part 2 - 1972

Part 2 - 1973

Part 2 - 1974

Part 2 - 1975

Part 2 - 1976

Part 2 - 1977

Part 2 - 1978

Part 2 - 1979

Part 2 - 1980

Part 2 - 1981

Part 2 - 1982

Part 2 - 1983

Part 2 - 1984

Part 2 - 1985

Part 2 - 1986

Part 2 - 1987

Part 2 - 1988

Part 2 - 1989

Part 2 - 1990

Part 3 - England player Match Notes 1969-1990:

Part 3 - 1969

Part 3 - 1970

Part 3 - 1971

Part 3 - 1972

Part 3 - 1973

Part 3 - 1974

Part 3 - 1975

Part 3 - 1976

Part 3 - 1977

Part 3 - 1978

Part 3 - 1979

Part 3 - 1980

Part 3 - 1981

Part 3 - 1982

Part 3 - 1983

Part 3 - 1984

Part 3 - 1985

Part 3 - 1986

Part 3 - 1987

Part 3 - 1988

Part 3 - 1989

Part 3 - 1990

Part 4 - England player tour Match Notes 1969-1990:

Part 4 - 1969

Part 4 - 1970

Part 4 - 1971

Part 4 - 1972

Part 4 - 1973

Part 4 - 1974

Part 4 - 1975

Part 4 - 1976

Part 4 - 1977

Part 4 - 1978

Part 4 - 1979

Part 4 - 1980

Part 4 - 1981

Part 4 - 1982

Part 4 - 1983

Part 4 - 1984

Part 4 - 1985

Part 4 - 1986

Part 4 - 1987

Part 4 - 1988

Part 4 - 1989

Part 4 - 1990

Bibliography

PREFACE

Welcome to the England Rugby Chronicle! This is the first volume in an intended series of three books which are designed to provide a detailed history of the representative career of every man who played for an adult England Rugby Union team between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010 respectively. Volume One duly covers the period between 1st January 1969 and 4th August 1990. Volume Two will deal with the period between 5th August 1990 and 31st July 2000, while the third and final Volume will involve the period between 1st August 2000 and 31st July 2010. All the information contained therein has been collated together from many hundreds of different written and visual sources to form a reference guide that is intended to be both informative and entertaining. Each Volume can be used as either a stand-alone source or in conjunction with its two sister books.

The England Rugby Chronicle starts in 1969 because this was actually a pivotal year for English rugby in many ways. For example, this was the first year that injury replacements were used for cap international matches in the Northern Hemisphere. In addition David Duckham, demonstrably one of the most exciting backs in the entire history of English rugby, won his first cap in February 1969. Furthermore on 5th July 1969 Don White became the first ever person appointed by the RFU to coach the England international Rugby Union team. Finally in November 1969 television in England switched over to the colour signal on a permanent basis. Therefore 1969 was the year in which the first foundations were laid towards the modern game we are familiar with today in England.

It is certainly fascinating to see exactly how Rugby Union has changed since the first cap international match listed in the England Rugby Chronicle, which was played on 8th February 1969 against Ireland at the Lansdowne Road ground in Dublin. The England players wore a plain white unsponsored shirt in an amateur game where a try was worth 3 points, a goal could be scored from a mark and two men per team were allowed to take the field as injury replacements. At that point there was no England second team, no age-group team, no student team and the seven-a-side variation of the game was not even being played internationally! While England played the majority of their cap international matches against Scotland, Ireland, Wales and France as part of the annual Five Nations Championship, they also occasionally played home matches against New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, who all made periodic tours to the Northern Hemisphere. These incoming Southern Hemisphere tours usually concluded with a match against the English invitational club known as the Barbarians, whose team would almost solely consist of players from the Four Home Nations of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. England had also recently begun to play cap and non-cap international matches on short overseas tours of their own. Invitational clubs such as the Barbarians, the Penguins and the Public School Wanderers also included English players on their sporadic tours of countries who were usually not members of the International Rugby Football Board. However, the pinnacle of an English player’s representative career was considered to be selection for the British Lions, a combined team containing squad members from all of the Four Home Nations, who went on long tours of the Southern Hemisphere every 3 years or so.

This then was the overtly traditional picture that presented itself in 1969. A radically different image had emerged by the time of going to press, with the last England cap international match being played on 13th June 2009 against Argentina at Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena in Salta. The England players wore a white shirt adorned with a red stripe and sponsorship logos in a professional game where a try was now worth 5 points, a goal from a mark had been illegal for 30 years and unlimited tactical replacements were permitted. At this point there was now a clearly-defined England second team, an England age-group team (currently Under 20), an England team for players in the domestic second division, an England team for higher education students and an England seven-a-side team that had been playing regularly since 2000. Moreover while England still played in what was now the Six Nations Championship, this had been overtaken in terms of importance by the World Cup, a competition which had been in existence for 20 years. The England U20 team also competed in a junior version of the Six Nations Championship, while the England Sevens team played in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, the Commonwealth Games and the IRB World Sevens Series! England now played regular matches in the autumn against teams from outside the Northern Hemisphere and also frequently made short tours to the Southern Hemisphere at the end of their domestic season.

One unfortunate side-effect of both i) the greater number of such individual tours by England and the other three members of the Four Home Nations and ii) the creation of the World Cup was the decreasing amount of space on the international schedule for what were now the British & Irish Lions, who were thus relegated to one medium-length tour of the Southern Hemisphere every 4 years. By contrast the Barbarians now made a short annual tour at the end of the English domestic season where they played against non-cap international opposition from the Four Home Nations and/or cap international opposition from countries like Portugal and Tunisia where Rugby Union was a minority sport. Finally the introduction of professionalism in the Northern Hemisphere 12 years earlier meant that English players were now contractually less able to play for invitational clubs like the Barbarians, the Penguins and the Public School Wanderers, who responded by selecting their teams and/or touring squads from all around the Rugby Union world.

Therefore Rugby Union has indeed changed considerably in the last 40 years. However one thing has remained constant throughout this time, namely that Rugby Union still has a fascinating ability to create brilliant, disastrous, contentious and bizarre moments for its spectators. The England Rugby Chronicle duly records these incidents for posterity in the two Match Notes sections that accompany the formal match statistics. The following examples are all to be found within the pages of the England Rugby Chronicle’s three volumes:

a) brilliant - tries scored by Tony Neary against Scotland in 1974, John Carleton against Wales in 1983, Rory Underwood against Scotland in 1993 and Ben Cohen against Ireland in 2002 respectively.

b) disastrous - tries conceded to Lawrie Knight at Eden Park, Auckland in 1977, Laurent Rodriguez at Parc des Princes in 1988, Scott Gibbs at Wembley in 1999 and Keith Wood at Lansdowne Road in 2001 respectively.

c) contentious - Fergus Slattery’s disallowed try against South Africa in 1974, Pierre Lacans’ illegal try at Twickenham in 1981, Dewi Morris’ disallowed try against Wales in 1993 and Brian O’Driscoll’s illegally dislocated shoulder at Christchurch in 2005 respectively.

d) bizarre - the dog who turned traitor against the All Blacks in 1971, the Penguins and the stolen Argentine flag in 1980, Richard Cockerill confronting the All Blacks haka in 1997 and Justin Marshall sitting down on the pitch during a game in 2006 respectively!

On a personal note this book is the product of seven years of time-consuming and sometimes extremely difficult research using frequently contradictory and sometimes incomplete visual, written and oral sources. Notwithstanding this I have at all times strived for accuracy, consistency and detail. I would like to dedicate this book to the memory of my late wife Nancy Shurmer who came up with the idea for this book and then provided endless encouragement. I would also like to thank Jacqui and indeed all those who were helpful and remind those who were unhelpful that I was right and they were wrong because this time Volume One truly IS finished!

Andrew Shurmer 31st August 2009

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

Welcome to a revised edition of Volume One of the England Rugby Chronicle! This second edition has been produced following further research which brought relevant new information to light after the first edition went to press. An extra 21 pages worth of fresh material has therefore now been added.

On a personal note this book is the product of what is now a nine year battle with those recalcitrant sources! Hopefully you will get as much pleasure from reading it as I did when I was putting it together. This book is still dedicated to the inspirational Nancy. The usual bouquets and brickbats are extended to the helpers and hinderers!

Andrew Shurmer 22nd January 2012

PREFACE TO THE SMASHWORDS EDITION

Welcome to the Smashwords version of the second edition of Volume One of the England Rugby Chronicle! This e-book was originally published as a PDF in 2012. While all the existing data from the PDF version has been retained, it has now been rendered into another e-book format called an EPUB that allows it to be viewed in landscape mode on all e-book reading devices.

Andrew Shurmer 26th July 2013

ENGLAND RUGBY CHRONICLE - CRITERIA

OVERVIEW

Since 1st January 1969 English players have taken part in over 1000 representative rugby union matches. This England Rugby Chronicle (or ERC) is unique in that will records every single one of these matches from an English perspective, going in date order from this starting point of 1st January 1969 right up to 31st July 2010. As such it is possible to follow the representative career of every English player who was involved at some point in these matches.

The aim of the ERC is to provide the following comprehensive details about each individual game from the viewpoint of the team containing an English player:

1) The reason for the game

2) The venue where the game was played

3) The management and or coaching staff for the team

4) The final score

5) The team that took the field

6) The replacements bench

7) The scorers

8) Details of other players included in the squad

9) Any notable rule or scoring value changes

10) Reasons for cancelled games

11) Kick-off times (1)

12) Any players unavailable due to injury, illness, family, work or other rugby commitments

13) Any initially selected players who later withdrew due to injury, illness, family, work or other rugby commitments

14) Notable appearances by players in preliminary England Trial Matches

15) Any nationality changes for English players

16) Footnote details of England Schools 19 Group, England Schools 18 Group, England Colts, England U19 and England U18 matches (2)

17) Footnote details of other invitational matches that do not merit a mention in the main body of the text

18) Footnote details of other English or foreign invitational teams

19) Any extreme weather conditions

20) Any notable scores, incidents, injuries or contentious moments

21) Periodic score updates, including half-time, midway through the first half and midway through the second half, with special emphasis on the first and last five minutes of a 15-a-side match and the first and last three minutes of a 7-a-side match (3)

22) Tournament results for the 5 Nations and 6 Nations Championships (including ‘A’, U20 and Students level) will be given in full from 1st January 1969 to 31st July 2010

23) Annual standings for the IRB World Sevens Series will be given in full

24) Other tournaments and competitions will give the finishing position of the team containing an English player

This veritable mine of information will be split into five separate sections in the ERC. In this way the reader has a choice in that he or she can peruse as little or as much data as personally required. These five sections are as follows:

1) England player match Results, teams and scorers since 1969

2) England player tour match Results, teams and scorers since 1969

3) England player Match Notes since 1969

4) England player tour Match Notes since 1969

5) England team and player Records since 1969

The first two sections are therefore concerned with what actually happened, whereas the third and fourth sections detail how and indeed why these results occurred. Each Volume will contain the first four sections mentioned above for the period in question. In addition, the third and final Volume will contain the fifth section which will tie the first four sections together by providing a statistical analysis of literally who did what during the entire period from 1st January 1969-31st July 2010. The rationale behind these separate sections is explained in more detail below:

MATCH RESULTS, TEAMS AND SCORERS

These two sections list the time, date and final outcome of the match in question, together with a list of the coaching staff, touring squad members, players, bench replacements and scorers. If the author considered that the relevant team could or should have done better, then that team is marked with an asterisk and a fantasy rugby position assigned beneath the actual result. While rugby is indeed not a matter of life and death (it is more serious that that) this fantasy section is designed to provide a little light relief and not a list of grievances for the powers that be to investigate! The ERC is strictly concerned with the following core teams:

1) English full cap international teams

2) English representative teams, i.e. below the full cap international level

3) Combined representative teams containing at least one English player or squad member

4) Combined teams assembled for individual matches, tournaments or tours who contained at least one player who appeared for an English full cap international or representative team

5) Major (4) or ongoing (5) English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian invitational teams containing at least one English player, where that team was either a) playing an overseas touring team, b) going on a tour whose purpose was conceived after 31st December 1968 (6), c) playing Celebration or Anniversary matches against English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian club, county or regional opponents, d) playing a Commemorative/Fund-raising/Charity/Stadium or Stand Opening match against English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian club, county or regional opponents where the reason for that game was conceived after 31st December 1968 (7), e) playing other English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian invitational opponents, f) playing the Combined Services team that is based on the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force or g) playing in Sevens tournaments where social invitational teams (8) did not form the majority of the field

6) Cornish full cap or uncapped XV teams (9) containing at least one English player (10), where that team was a) playing in the County Championship Semi-Final or Final, b) playing a foreign touring team (11), c) going on a tour whose purpose was conceived after 31st December 1968, d) playing English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian invitational opponents or e) playing Celebration or Anniversary matches against English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian club, county or regional opponents

All teams containing an English player are listed in full where possible. English players, managers and coaches and players are denoted by normal black type throughout. Non-English players, managers and coaches are also rendered in normal black type, but additionally have their surnames followed by brackets which contain a 2 or 3 letter abbreviation of their country of allegiance. These abbreviations can be found in the Key. Full international, representative or invitational teams containing English players are listed in bold capital type throughout. Other full international, representative or combined teams are denoted by normal capital type, with other invitational teams being rendered in underlined lower case type. English county and club teams are listed in lower case type throughout. Provincial, county and club teams from outside England are also denoted by lower case type, but their names are additionally followed by brackets which contain a 2 or 3 letter abbreviation of their country of origin. Uniformed and forces teams are distinguished from provincial, county and club teams by being rendered in lower case type followed by brackets which contain a 3 letter abbreviation of the word ‘services’.

The English representative teams are defined in the ERC as follows, with bold type depicting the next level down and normal type denoting the date order of the teams fielded in that particular level:

1) England XV

a) The Rest (12)

b) D.L. Sanders’ XV

c) R.F.U. International XV

d) RFU President’s XV

e) England Invitation XV

2) England B

a) England A

b) England Saxons

3) England Emerging Players/Emerging England Players/Emerging England

4) England U25

a) England U23

b) The Rest of England U23 XV

c) England U21

d) England U21 A

e) England U21 South XV / England U21 North XV

f) England U20

5) English Students

a) England Students

b) Combined England Students

c) England Students Rest XV

d) England Students U21

e) England Students R.F.U. U21 XV

f) England Students R.F.U.

6) England [7s]

a) English Bulldogs (13)

b) Dick Best’s Selection

c) England Select VII

d) RFU President’s VII

e) Young England

f) England VII

g) Dig Deep England

7) Rest of England

a) England Rugby Partnership XV

b) England National Divisions XV

c) England Counties

Combined international representative teams are defined in the ERC as follows:

1) British Lions

2) British Isles XV

3) British & Irish Lions

4) England & Wales XV

5) Devon & Cornwall XV / Cornwall & Devon XV

6) Oxford & Cambridge / Oxbridge XV (14)

Combined teams assembled for individual matches, tournaments or tours are defined in the ERC as follows:

1) Oxford Past and Present

2) President’s RFU XV

3) Carwyn James XV

4) Cambridge Past and Present

5) I.R.F.U. President’s XV

6) Sandy Sanders VII

7) World XV [1977]

8) XV du Président

9) Rugby Union Writers Club Invitation XV

10) British Selection XV

11) Rest of the World XV [1980]

12) W.R.U. President’s XV [1981]

13) Barbarian World XV

14) Bill Beaumont’s International XV

15) Five Nations XV [1982]

16) Western Province President’s Centenary XV

17) W.R.U. President’s World XV/W.R.U. President’s XV [1984]

18) M.R. Steele-Bodger’s International XV

19) World Invitation XV

20) Five Nations XV [1986]

21) J.R.F.U. President XV

22) World XV [1988]

23) World Select XV

24) British Isles Student Select

25) FNB International XV

26) Four Home Unions XV

27) World XV [1992a]

28) World XV [1992b]

29) Hong Kong R.F.U. President’s VII

30) International Select XV [1995]

31) World XV [1996/1998]

32) Sella World XV

33) British Lions Invitation XV

34) Fran Cotton’s Home Nations XV

35) Dean Richards XV

36) UK Students [7s]

37) Will Carling’s World XV

38) Rest of the World XV

39) Premiership All Stars

40) AJ Hignell’s XV

41) Great Britain [7s]

42) British Students

43) Jason Leonard XV

44) North

45) Martin Johnson XV

46) Britain and Ireland XV

47) Great Britain Students

48) World XV [2006]

49) Coronation World XV

50) Help for Heroes XV

51) International Select XV [2008]

52) Help for Heroes VII

53) XV Europe

Major ongoing English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French or Italian invitational teams are defined as follows:

1) Barbarians

2) Penguins

3) Public School Wanderers

4) Anti-Assassins

5) Wigan (15)

6) Samurai (16)

7) Irish Wolfhounds

8) Crawshay’s Welsh

9) Co-Optimists

10) Welsh Academicals

11) Saltires

12) French Barbarians

13) Zebre

14) South African Barbarians

15) Australian Barbarians

Three other ongoing English invitational teams are considered to be of minor historic importance and will only be mentioned in footnotes unless they play a match against any of the chronicle’s core teams (17). These teams are Major R.V. Stanley’s XV, M.R. Steele-Bodger’s XV and R.F. Oakes’ Memorial XV. A further three English invitational teams are now considered to be extinct (18) and as such will be confined to the footnotes. These teams were the Tankards, Bos’uns and the Luddites.

The following teams will only be listed when they play matches against any of the chronicle’s core teams or contain notable English players:

1) Other international, representative and regional teams

2) Club teams affiliated to their national governing body

3) English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, French and Italian social invitational teams such as the White Hart Marauders, Jedi and Skyrunners

4) Major invitational teams from outside England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France or Italy

5) Social invitational teams from outside England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France or Italy

6) Teams from the individual British services (19)

MATCH NOTES

These two sections give relevant pre and post-game information and additionally contain match reports from over 1000 representative rugby union matches involving English players since 1st January 1969. The author has compiled these match reports by actually watching the matches wherever possible and also sourcing books and newspapers printed at the time. Please refer to the Bibliography for the complete list of the sources used. As such the reports are designed to be both accurate and informative! Hopefully a few long-standing myths will have been deconstructed along the way. Match timings where given are accurate to a margin of one minute.

RECORDS

This section will contain four distinct rolls of honour. The first roll is entitled Achievements. This is subdivided into two separate categories as follows: The first category contains a table which summarises the annual results of the 6 Nations Championship played between England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, France and Italy. However instead of merely incorporating the championship results since 1969, this table also includes all the final standings from every season going back to 1883, when this competition was initially devised as the International Championship. This is done for the sake of completeness in that it paints the most accurate picture of the historical strength of each of the six competing nations.

The second category lists the competition results successfully attained by the England international and representative teams between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010. These accomplishments will be defined as follows:

1) Winners

2) Finalists

3) Semi-Finalists

4) 3rd Place

5) 4th Place

6) Quarter-Finalists

7) 5th Place

8) 6th Place

9) 7th Place

10) 8th Place

11) Plate Winners

12) Plate Finalists

13) Plate Semi-Finalists

14) Bowl Winners

15) Bowl Finalists

16) Bowl Semi-Finalists

17) Bowl Quarter-Finalists

The winners section will begin with the 5 and 6 Nations Championship and those awards or trophies associated with it, namely the Grand Slam, Triple Crown, Calcutta Cup and Millennium Trophy. Following this victories will be given in descending date order based on the first year that the championship, tournament or trophy was won. The finalists, semi-finalists, 3rd-8th place positions and quarter-finalists sections will follow the same descending date order format.

The second roll of honour is called Caps and will list the English players who have appeared in full cap and non-cap international matches at either 15-a-side or 7-a-side level between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010. This roll will contain separate sections on:

1) England international cap holders from 1969

2) England unused bench replacements (cap matches) from 1969 (20)

3) England non-cap match appearances from 1969

4) England unused bench replacements (non-cap matches) from 1969 (21)

5) England tour match appearances from 1969

6) England tour squad appearances from 1969

7) England sevens competition appearances from 1973 (22)

8) England IRB World Sevens competition appearances from 2000

The third roll of honour is entitled Points and will list the English players who have scored points in full cap and non-cap international matches at either 15-a-side or 7-a-side level between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010. This roll will contain separate sections on:

1) England cap match points scorers from 1969

2) England non-cap match points scorers from 1969

3) England tour match points scorers from 1969

4) England sevens competition points scorers from 1973 (23)

5) England Rugby World Cup Sevens competition point scorers from 1993

6) England Commonwealth Sevens competition points scorers from 1998 (24)

7) England IRB World Sevens competition points scorers from 2000 (25)

The fourth roll of honour is called Captaincy and will list the English players who have led the team in full cap and non-cap international matches at either 15-a-side or 7-a-side level between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010. This roll will contain separate sections on:

1) England cap match captains from 1969

2) England non-cap match captains from 1969

3) England tour match captains from 1969

4) England sevens competition captains from 1973 (26)

5) England IRB World Sevens competition captains from 2000 (27)

Notes

(1) All kick-offs are given in local time

(2) These 4 teams were not considered for the main body of the text due to the low percentage of English schoolboy internationals attaining full cap honours since 1st January 1969

(3) Periodic is defined by the ERC as every 10 minutes

(4) Major is defined by the ERC as fulfilling at least 2 of points a) to g)

(5) Ongoing is defined here as having more than 20 years of history behind the club

(6) This excludes the Barbarians Easter tour of South Wales, which ran from 1901 until 1996

(7) This excludes the Mobbs Memorial Match between the Barbarians and an East Midlands XV, which has been played annually since 1921

(8) Social invitation teams are defined here as outfits who have no affiliation to their national governing body, or are formed with a view to playing in one particular tournament, or were initially formed with a view to playing non-competitive rugby

(9) This excludes the Cornwall A, B and U23 teams

(10) The Cornish have historic reasons for viewing themselves as a separate nation outside England but their team - while seen as independent in all but name - continues to be affiliated to the RFU, so in view of this ongoing anomaly the ERC will treat Cornwall as another international country containing English players (which also allows the Cornwall & Devon XV to be included as a core team because Cornwall is being treated as this separate international country, but by contrast the South & South East of England cannot be defined as a core team because Cornwall is not mentioned in this team’s title)

(11) Foreign is defined here as a team from outside England, Wales and Scotland

(12) The Rest played an England XV in numerous Final England Trial Matches until 1987

(13) The English Bulldogs played in the WDA/British Airways International Sevens Tournament in 1986 as part of Sport Aid, where national teams competed under assumed nicknames

(14) Oxford & Cambridge/Oxbridge XV went on a number of international tours where they played international or representative opposition

(15) Wigan are a professional rugby league side who have been invited to play rugby union on 2 separate occasions, and as such the ERC will treat them as an invitational rugby union side

(16) The ERC excludes Samurai St George, who are used as a development side for the England Sevens team

(17) The ERC considers them to be of minor importance because they were all formed with the specific intention of playing 1 annual match

(18) Extinct is defined here as having not played a match in the last 20 years up to 31st July 2010

(19) The ERC considers the individual service teams, such as the successful Army sevens team, to be the equivalent of a civilian English club team

(20) This section is restricted to uncapped players only

(21) This section is restricted to uncapped players only

(22) Excluding the IRB World Sevens competition, which is listed separately

(23) Excluding the Rugby World Cup Sevens, Commonwealth Sevens and IRB World Sevens competitions; The author has provided as full a list as possible from available sources

(24) The author has provided as full a list as possible from available sources

(25) The author has provided as full a list as possible from available sources

(26) Excluding the IRB World Sevens competition, which is listed separately; The author has provided a full a list as possible from available sources

(27) The author has provided as full a list as possible from available sources

KEY

1. Abbreviations:

In the ERC foreign players and/or provincial, county and club teams are followed by brackets which contain a 2 or 3 letter abbreviation denoting their country. These abbreviations are as follows in alphabetical order:

ARA = Arabian Gulf

AR = Argentina

AU = Australia

BAH = Bahrain

BAR = Barbados

BEL = Belgium

BER = Bermuda

BOT = Botswana

BRA = Brazil

CAN = Canada

CAY = Cayman Islands

CHI = Chile

CHN = China

COO = Cook Islands

CO = Cornwall

CRO = Croatia

CZE = Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic

DEN = Denmark

FIJ = Fiji

FR = France

GEO = Georgia

GER = West Germany/Germany

HOL = Netherlands

HON = Hong Kong

HUN = Hungary

IND = Indonesia

IR = Ireland

IT = Italy

IVO = Ivory Coast

JAP = Japan

KEN = Kenya

KOR = South Korea/Korea

LAT = Latvia

MAL = Malaysia

MAU = Mauritius

MEX = Mexico

MOR = Morocco

NAM = Namibia

NIU = Niue

NOR = Norway

NZ = New Zealand

PAP = Papua New Guinea

PAR = Paraguay

POL = Poland

POR = Portugal

ROM = Romania

RUS = USSR/CIS/Russia

SA = South Africa

SAM = Western Samoa/Samoa

SC = Scotland

SER = Services teams

SIN = Singapore

SLO = Slovenia

SOL = Solomon Islands

SP = Spain

SRI = Ceylon/Sri Lanka

SWA = Swaziland

SWE = Sweden

SWI = Switzerland

TAH = Tahiti

TAI = Taiwan/Kwang-Hua Taipei/Chinese Taipei

TAN = Tanzania

THA = Thailand

TON = Tonga

TRI = Trinidad & Tobago

TUN = Tunisia

UGU = Uganda

UKR = Ukraine

URU = Uruguay

US = USA

WA = Wales

ZAM = Zambia

ZI = Rhodesia/Zimbabwe

2. ERC Notation:

Team notation for the 15-a-side game

The starting line-ups are listed in the modern shirt numbering order of 1 to 15, unless there are any obvious positional anomalies which are duly referred to in the pre-match notes e.g. a player wearing the right wing’s number 14 shirt but actually playing on the left wing. The bench replacements are listed in alphabetical order. Touring and tournament squad members are also listed in alphabetical order.

Team notation for the 7-a-side game

The starting line-ups are listed in their positional order from loose-head prop to wing. The bench replacements are listed in alphabetical order. Tournament squad members are listed in shirt number order where available. Failing that, these squad members are listed in or either positional or alphabetical order.

Player notation

Each individual player is denoted in a unique manner throughout the ERC. A player’s first chronological appearance in each Volume is indicated by the appearance of both his forename and surname in the team notation. A player’s forename can be his official Christian name, a preferred playing name based on any of his other given names, a nickname or a derivative name based on his Christian or any of his other given names. Preferred playing names are denoted in italics (or bold type in the case of New Zealand) after the official Christian name, whereas nicknames and derivative names are listed in inverted commas after the official Christian name and/or other given names. Brackets denote where a player either used a shortened version of his official surname or changed his surname in the course of his career.

After this first chronological appearance the player is listed solely by his surname in the team notation, with the following exceptions:

a) Where 2 or more players have the same surnames. In this case the player is denoted by both the initial of his forename and his surname e.g. Brian Moore is referred to as B. Moore.

b) Where 2 or more players have both the same surname and a forename beginning with the same letter. In this case the player is denoted by both his forename and his surname e.g. Jonny Wilkinson is referred to as Jonny Wilkinson.

c) Where 2 or more players have both the same surname and forename. In this case the player is denoted by both his forename and his surname, with his surname then being followed by a number depicting his chronological position in the ERC. The only exception to this rule is when such a player appears among the scorers, in which case his chronological number is both omitted in the scoring notation and retained in the team notation for the corresponding match. In addition where possible the player’s other given name will be listed on his first chronological appearance, with his forename consequently being denoted in italics. For example, Richard Hill the England scrum half [1984-91] is listed as Richard John Hill (1) in his first chronological appearance in the ERC and Richard Hill (1) thereafter unless he appears amongst the scorers, where he is merely listed as Richard Hill. By contrast Richard Hill the England flanker [1997-2004] is listed as Richard Anthony Hill (2) on his first chronological appearance and Richard Hill (2) thereafter unless he appears among the scorers, where he is merely listed as Richard Hill.

A player’s first chronological 15-a-side appearance in either a touring squad, tournament squad or amongst the bench replacements is denoted by his team position being listed in brackets after his name e.g. (scrum half). Thereafter his team position is only referred to in a touring squad, tournament squad or amongst the bench replacements if it has clearly changed from the one originally listed e.g. Austin Healey was variously selected as a scrum half, fly half, wing and full back during his career! A player’s first chronological 7-a-side appearance in a tournament squad is denoted by his team position being listed in brackets after his name e.g. (forward). Once again his team position is only referred to thereafter in a tournament squad when it has obviously changed. A player’s team position will only be listed amongst the tour match bench replacements if it represents a clear change from his normal position e.g. the England flanker Tony Neary was selected for the bench as a scrum half against the Leopards on the 1974 British Lions tour.

A player’s team position may occasionally be listed where team notations are unable to be given in full. This is done independently of any subsequent listing of that player’s position in a touring squad, tournament squad or amongst the bench replacements.

Touring and tournament squad annotation for the 15-a-side game

The ERC lists those members of the touring or tournament squad who did not actually play in a major match, plus the overall squad size where available, further to the right on the line in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section which describes the nature of the trip or competition. Brackets are used to denote where a player either withdrew after originally being selected, played in a tour match, left the squad early, joined the squad later or was unavailable for selection by the end of proceedings. Notes relating to both the tour or tournament and those aforementioned members of the touring or tournament squad are indicated in the line immediately below.

Tournament squad annotation for the 7-a-side game

The full tournament squad, plus the overall squad size where available, are listed further to the right on the line in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section which describes the nature of the competition. Brackets are used to denote whether a player either withdrew after originally being selected or was unavailable for selection by the end of the competition. Notes relating to both the tournament and this aforementioned tournament squad are indicated in the line immediately below.

Captaincy notation

Captains for individual matches in England, Wales or Scotland are indicated where available in italics in the line above the game in question. For tours overseas the captain is denoted in italics in the line above the first cap international, non-cap international or major match. Thereafter the captaincy is not mentioned unless a new player takes over, in which case he is listed in italics above the respective cap international, non-cap international or major match on the tour. For tour matches the captain is denoted in italics in the line above the first game. Thereafter the captaincy is not mentioned unless a new player takes over, in which case he is listed in italics above the respective tour match. For 15-a-side and 7-a-side tournaments the captain is denoted in italics above the first match in the competition. Thereafter the captaincy is not mentioned unless a new player takes over, in which case he is listed in italics above the respective tournament match.

Management and coaching notation

Each manager and/or coach is denoted in a unique manner throughout the ERC. The manager and/or coach is listed by both his forename and surname. When there are 2 or more players, managers or coaches with both the same surname and forename, then the manager and or/coach’s surname is followed by a number depicting his chronological position in the ERC. If a person both i) makes his first chronological appearance in the ERC as a manager and/or coach (rather than a player) and ii) is known by another given name, nickname or derivative name instead of his official Christian name, then either: a) his preferred other given name will be denoted in italics (or bold type in the case of New Zealand) after the official Christian name or b) his nickname or derivative name will be listed in inverted commas after the official Christian name and/or any other given names.

Members of the management and/or coaching team for individual matches in England, Wales or Scotland are indicated where available in italics above the game in question. Notes concerning members of this management and/or coaching team are where available usually indicated to the immediate right of the person’s name. For tours overseas the management and/or coaching team are denoted in italics on the line in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section which describes the nature of the trip. Notes relating to this management and/or coaching team are given below the touring squad’s details. Thereafter the management and/or coaching team are not mentioned again unless a new person takes over, in which case he is listed in italics (alongside his colleagues if he has any) above the respective cap international, non-cap international or major match on the tour. For minor tour matches the management and/or coaching team are denoted in italics on the line in the England player tour match Results, teams and scorers section which describes the nature of the trip. Thereafter the management and/or coaching team are not mentioned again unless a new person takes over, in which case he is listed in italics (alongside his colleagues if he has any) above the respective tour match. For 15-a-side and 7-a-side tournaments the management and/or coaching team is denoted in italics above the first match in the competition. Notes concerning members of this management and/or coaching team are where available usually indicated to the immediate right of the person’s name. Thereafter the management and/or coaching team are not mentioned again unless a new person takes over, in which case he is listed in italics (alongside his colleagues if he has any) above the respective tournament match.

Scoring notation

The scorers for both the 15 and 7-a-side games are sub-divided into the following methods:

a) try

b) penalty goal

c) drop goal

d) conversion

e) goal from a mark (until August 1977)

Within these sub-divisions the players are listed in order of scoring, except where the same player scored more than once using the same method. In this case the player is listed in the scoring sequence at the point when he achieved his first example of that particular method, with the total number of this kind of score being given in brackets after his name.

Match notation

Matches are given in date order in the ERC except where an overseas tour or tournament is taking place. On these occasions the following rules apply:

i) For an overseas tour the cap internationals, non-cap internationals or major matches are given in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section, while the minor matches are given in the separate England player tour match Results, teams and scorers section. The final major tour match may be followed by the relevant team’s final series result in the case of contested tours like the British Lions. Any unrelated match whose date falls between the first and last major game of the tour will be duly listed out of date order below either the last tour match or the overall tour result if listed. The date of the first tour match, whether it be a major or minor game, determines at which point the major tour matches are listed in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section because this initial date clearly indicates when the tour actually started. Thus when two tours occur simultaneously, or when a tour takes place at the same time as a tournament, it does not always follow that the major matches will be listed in strict consecutive date order in the ERC. For example in May 1969 the Barbarians tour of South Africa and Rhodesia is listed before the Anti-Assassins tour of East Africa in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section, despite the first major match of the former tour (against the South African Barbarians at Port Elizabeth on 17th May 1969) being played after the corresponding initial major game on the latter tour (against Uganda at Kampala on 10th May 1969). The Barbarians tour is listed first because the initial match was played against the Quaggas at 3.30pm at Ellis Park on 10th May 1969, which predates the kick-off of the first game on the Anti-Assassins tour (namely the aforementioned Uganda match) by a mere 90 minutes.

ii) All the England or relevant competing team’s matches for a tournament are listed consecutively in date order after the first game. The final tournament match is followed by England’s (or indeed the relevant competing team) overall tournament result, with the 5 Nations Championship, 5 Nations Student Championship, U21 5 Nations Championship, ‘A’ International Championship, 6 Nations Championship, U21 6 Nations Championship, U20 6 Nations Championship and IRB World Sevens Series rankings all being listed in full throughout. Any unrelated non-tournament match whose date falls between the first and last game of a stand-alone competition will be duly listed out of date order below the overall tournament result. The corresponding students, age group and second team tournaments (or series of friendly matches) are listed in order below the overall 5 or 6 Nations Championship result because they are deemed to have taken place simultaneously with the main competition. Once again only the relevant England team’s matches are listed, with the first game being followed in date order by the subsequent ones. Any match whose date falls between the first and last game of the main 5 or 6 Nations Championship, but is not related to this aforementioned group of tournaments (or series of games), is listed out of date order below the second team tournament (or series of games).

When a cap, non-cap or combined international team went on an overseas tour which involved matches being played against both i) a cap or non-cap international team and ii) a second or lower representative team from the same country, then the game(s) against the higher ranking team are defined as major matches and thus listed in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section, with the game(s) against the lower ranking team being duly listed as minor matches in the England player tour match Results, teams and scorers section. For example, when the British Lions team toured South Africa in May-July 1980 they played both the full South African side and the Junior Springboks. The ERC duly defines the four games against South Africa as major matches, whereas the game against the Junior Springboks is considered to be a minor match.

When an age group international or invitational team went on an overseas tour which involved matches being played against two or more different levels of representative team from the same country, then the game(s) against the highest ranking team are defined as major matches, with the game(s) against the lower ranking team being accordingly listed as minor matches. For example when the England U23 team toured Italy in May 1982 they played Italy U23, Italy B and the full Italian side in succession. The ERC duly defines the Italy game as a major match, whereas the Italy U23 and Italy B games are considered to be minor matches.

A number of overseas countries have created their own named Barbarians sides in emulation of the foundation of the original Barbarian Football Club in England in 1890. Some of these sides like the French Barbarians have subsequently selected English players and are thus are already to be found within the ERC. In addition other overseas countries have created invitational sides in obvious emulation of the original Barbarians. Some of these sides like the Zebre have duly gone on to select England players and are therefore already included in the ERC. Other overseas Barbarians and/or invitational sides such as the New Zealand Barbarians and the Lupi have yet to include any English players. They are thus only to be found in the ERC when they play against other teams who do fulfil the criteria for inclusion. The ERC defines these games as a) major matches when the foreign Barbarian and/or invitational team has historically contained players from more than one country and b) minor matches when the foreign Barbarians and/or invitational team has to date only contained players from one country. For example the British Lions XV’s game against the South African Barbarians at King’s Park, Durban on 2nd July 1980 is considered to be a major match whereas the England XV’s game against the US Cougars at Seattle on 2nd June 1982 is deemed to be a minor match.

When a cap international team went on an overseas tour where both a test series was played against one particular country and another major match was played against either a second country or an invitational team, then all these major games are listed in date order, with a broken line being used to signify which match was not actually part of the main test series. For example the British Lions played a test series against New Zealand in June-August 1977 and then played a non-cap international match against Fiji at Suva on 16th August 1977. A broken line is also used to signify those major matches on an incoming or overseas tour which had either individual sponsorship arrangements or trophies to be contested. For example on 26th June 2004 England contested the Cook Cup against Australia in Brisbane as part of an overall tour of New Zealand and Australia which contained two further cap international matches against New Zealand.

General notes about tours or tournaments are listed in the line below the tour or tournament squad listing in the England player match Results, teams and scorers section. However both the England player Match Notes and England player tour Match Notes sections contain detailed observations about the specific individual games already mentioned in the corresponding parts of the England player match Results, teams and scorers and England player tour match Results, teams and scorers sections. These comments are divided into two parts:

i) Pre and Post Match notes – these concern events both during the build up to the game and afterwards.

ii) Match reports – these relate to moments that occurred during the game itself.

Venue notation

Playing venues are listed with the street, town, city and/or province in which they are situated, with the exception of obviously historical venues such as Twickenham and Murrayfield, which are deemed not to require any further identification other than a brief introductory comment in the England player match notes section!

Records notation

The following rules apply in the ERC Records section:

i) Players are indicated in italics when they are still currently playing Rugby Union.

ii) Uncapped players are listed in bold type.

iii) While the RFU have been awarding England caps since 1871, the aim of the ERC is to document the period between 1st January 1969 and 31st July 2010. Players not winning caps after 1st January 1969 are thus excluded from the scope of this Records section.

iv) Players who won caps both before and after 1st January 1969 are listed with their full amount of caps for the sake of completeness, with the amount of caps being won before 1st January 1969 being referred to in the notes column.

v) Players are listed with their team positions in bold type when they have the most match appearances in that particular position.

vi) Players with equal numbers of appearances are listed in the date order when they played their first 15-a-side match or 7-a-side competition in that particular section. If 15-a-side players also played this initial match at the same time, then precedence is given to those who started the game rather than came on later as a replacement. If these players either started the game at the same time or came on as a replacement during the match, then they are listed in the following position order: Prop, Hooker, Lock, Flanker, Number 8, Scrum half, Fly half, Centre, Wing and Full back. Failing that attempt to separate them they are finally listed in alphabetical order! If 7-a-side players also played in this initial competition at the same time, then they are listed in this order of position: Forward, Prop, Hooker, Forward/Back, Back/Forward, Back, Scrum half, Fly half, Centre and Wing. If these players still cannot be separated because played in the same position, they are then listed in alphabetical order!

vii) Players with equal numbers of points are listed in the date order when they played their first 15-a-side match or 7-a-side competition in that particular section. If they played in this initial match or competition at the same time, then they are listed in their positional order as outlined above. Once again any failure to separate them at that point will see them listed in alphabetical order!

viii) If players were honoured with the starting captaincy in equal numbers of either 15-a-side matches or 7-a-side competitions, then the number of times they were made acting captain is taken into consideration, with these temporary captaincy appearances being listed in brackets after the initial total for matches or competitions started as captain. If there are no appearances as acting captain to consider, then these players are listed in the date order when they started their first match or competition as captain.

GLOSSARY

Abbreviations in order of appearance:-

[ ] = this match was not an England cap international game

* = the denoted team could or should have drawn or won the respective match

CC = Calcutta Cup

TC = Triple Crown

tm = tour match

?? = unknown match captain

GS = Grand Slam

C = match cancelled

?# = unknown competition finishing position

?@ = unknown match venue

L = match lost

W = match won

ab = match abandoned

? = unknown Coach or Manager

SC = team scratched from the competition

WO = match walk-over

aet = after extra time

MT = Millennium Trophy

BP = Bonus point

PART 1

ENGLAND PLAYER MATCH RESULTS, TEAMS & SCORERS 1969-1990

Part 1 - 1969

OTHER MATCHES

[Two injury substitutions were now allowed in IRFB cap international matches]

FINAL ENGLAND TRIAL MATCH

[ENGLAND XV: [CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS: Michael 'Micky' Steele-Bodger]]

[THE REST: [NO COACH NOMINATED]]

CAPTAIN: Dick Greenwood [England XV]

CAPTAIN: Budge Rogers [The Rest]

[18th Jan ENGLAND XV 8 THE REST 16 ]

Twickenham

[ENGLAND XV: [Team: David Powell, Roger Harris, Keith Fairbrother, Peter Larter, Nigel Horton, John Richard Heaton 'Dick' Greenwood, Bryan West, Ron Tennick, Trevor Wintle, Ian Roger Shackleton (Patrick 'Pat' Briggs), Rodney 'Rod' Webb, Robert 'Bob' Lloyd, John Spencer, Keith Fielding, Robert 'Bob' Hiller]

[No Bench Replacements]

[Scorers: tries by R. Webb and D. Greenwood, conversion by Hiller]]

[THE REST: [Team: Barry Jackson, Peter Barratt, Brian Keen, Alec Michael 'Mike' Davis (1), Ron Morris, Robert 'Bob' Taylor, Derek Prior 'Budge' Rogers, David 'Dave' Rollitt, Jan Webster, P. Briggs, Graham Angell, Christopher 'Chris' Wardlow, David Duckham, Kenneth 'Ken' Plummer, Jeremy Grahame]

[Bench: John Finlan (fly half) (rep)]

[Scorers: tries by Jan Webster (2) and Wardlow, penalty goal by Grahame, conversions by Grahame (2)]]

[This match was originally scheduled for 4th January 1969; In the two preliminary England Trial Matches the Whites drew 11-11 with the Blues at Falmouth on 21st December 1968 and the Probables beat the Possibles 21-6 at the Friarage, Hartlepool on 4th January 1969; On 15th March 1968 the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB) announced that full international teams would be permitted to replace two injured players during both test and tour matches; This rule change came into effect at the start of the 1968-69 season in the northern hemisphere and at the start of the 1968 season in the southern hemisphere respectively]

[Micky Steele-Bodger became the Chairman of Selectors on 20th March 1966; Micky Steele-Bodger was capped for England in January 1947 and was Manager on the England XV tour to Canada in September-October 1967]

RFU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL

[CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS: William 'Bill' Bishop]

CAPTAIN: Graham Bate

[1st Feb CORNWALL 19 East Midlands 5 ]

Recreation Ground, Redruth

[Team: Claude Brian 'Stack' Stevens, R. Harris, Cyril Robert 'Bonzo' Johns, Barry Ninnes, Colin Kneebone (CO), W. Raymond 'Ray' George (CO), Gerald 'Gerry' McKeown, Roger Hosken (CO), David Chapman (CO), Thomas 'Tom' Palmer (1), Derek Prout, Gareth Jones (1) (CO), Vernon Parkin (CO), Ken Plummer, Graham Bate]

[No Bench]

[Scorers: tries by McKeown (2), Bate and David Chapman (CO), penalty goal by Bate, conversions by Bate and R. George (CO)]

[Replacements were not permitted for County Championship games]

[Bill Bishop was the Chairman of Selectors when Cornwall lost 14-3 to Surrey in the County Championship Semi-Final Second Replay at Redruth on 4th March 1967; Bill Bishop was capped for Cornwall in September 1953]

5 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP

[CHAIRMAN OF SELECTORS: Micky Steele-Bodger]

CAPTAIN: Dick Greenwood

8th Feb IRELAND 17 ENGLAND* 15

Lansdowne Road

[Team: D. Powell, John Pullin, Fairbrother, N. Horton, Larter, D. Greenwood, B. Rogers, D. Rollitt, T. Wintle, Finlan, R. Webb, Duckham, J. Spencer, Fielding, Hiller]

[Bench: Timothy 'Tim' Dalton (fly half), Jan Webster (scrum half), ?, ?, ?, ?]

[Scorers: try by Duckham, penalty goals by Hiller (4)]

CAPTAIN: Budge Rogers

22nd Feb ENGLAND 22 FRANCE 8

Twickenham

[Team: D. Powell, Pullin, Fairbrother, N. Horton, Larter, Bob Taylor, B. Rogers, D. Rollitt, T. Wintle, Finlan, R. Webb, Duckham, J. Spencer, Fielding, Hiller]

[Bench: T. Dalton, Mike Davis (1) (lock), R. Harris (hooker), Bob Lloyd (centre), Jan Webster, ?]

[Scorers: tries by D. Rollitt, Fielding and R. Webb, penalty goals by Hiller (3), conversions by Hiller (2)]

15th Mar ENGLAND 8 SCOTLAND 3

Twickenham

[Team: D. Powell, Pullin, Fairbrother, N. Horton, Larter, Bob Taylor, B. Rogers, D. Rollitt, T. Wintle, Finlan, R. Webb, Duckham, J. Spencer, Fielding, Hiller]

[Bench: T. Dalton (rep), Mike Davis (1), D. Greenwood (flanker), R. Harris,