 At
a meeting of enrolling Members of a Football Club for the City,
about forty-five gentlemen joined.
Mr Frank Hartley was elected Captain and Mr J.P. Riddiford, Hon Sec."
- Gloucester
Journal, September 15th 1873.
'A football club has been formed in this city - the season's operations
begin at the Spa on the first Tuesday of next month.'
Gloucester Journal - 1873
·
Gloucester
RFC first played at The Spa, now home of Gloucester Cricket Club.
· In
1891 Gloucester Football and Athletic Ground Company Ltd.
was formed and let a piece
of ground to G.R.F.C.
· The
first match played at Kingsholm was on October 10th 1892 against Burton
on Trent. Gloucester won 18-0.
A.F.Hughes; T,B.Powell, T.Bagwell (C), W.Jackson, W.H.Taylor; W.George,
S.A. Hall;
H.V.Page, A.Cromwell, A.E.Healing; C.Williams, A.Collins; J.Williams,
A.Henshaw, T.Collins.
· Kingsholm
was acquired from Arthur Hatton - it comprised of 7 acres , including
Castle Grim, by Gloucester Football & Athletic Club Ltd. This company
let a portion of the ground to Gloucester Rugby Union Football Club.
In due course the Club purchased majority shares which enabled the club
to obtain possession of the whole 7 acres.
The
first Gloucester Rugby Club player to be capped by England was Frank
Stout in 1897 and he played against Wales and Ireland.
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