Sharp and his brother Nigel played one game for the Club on the Easter Tour in Cornwall. Peter Yarranton, writing of the Tour, described Richard Sharp as "an up-and-coming threequarter". In Wasps 91st season (1957-58) R. Syrett and A. Herbert were given International Caps "and in Syrett's case this gave particular pleasure, " wrote President R. Swyer, "because he had been so close to it for such a long time". He congratulated D. Wills on his successful leadership of Hampshire, and J.
Although the game ended in a 9-9 draw, Wasps went into the second round as the away team, beating Waterloo at Sudbury by 10-9. This was followed by a home quarter-final against the mighty Gloucester side, losing by 13-3 but winning a great deal of praise both for Wasps play and for the way we staged the match before the largest crowd to be seen at Sudbury for many years. The Middlesex Cup was won for the fourth time in five years when Wasps beat Saracens by 12-4.
History 11866–1967While students at University College Hospital, William Alford and other former scholars of Merchant Taylors School, decided to form Wasps Football Club. A split in the membership resulted in the formation of two different clubs: Harlequin F. C. and Wasps. The year was 1866, and Wasps held their first formal Club meeting at the Eton and Middlesex Tavern, in North London, in the autumn of 1867, and they take 1867 to be the year of Wasps foundation. James Pain, who lived to the ripe age of 95 and died in 1915, was elected President of the Club, William Alford, Honorary Secretary, and his brother, F. S. Alford, Captain.
He continued to aid committees with his ripe wisdom and valuable experience until his death in 1960. Davidson relinquished the honorary secretaryship in 1949, and J. Cooke, a brilliant stand-off half for the First XV in his playing days, took over the arduous duties. Captain of the Club is also Captain of the First XV; the Club has been fortunate in selecting a series of players who have fulfilled both functions admirably. Among those still serving the Club as vice-presidents in 1982 were R.
Towards the end of the season, Geoff Richards emigrated to Australia after leading us to victory over the Metropopitan Police in the final of the Middlesex Cup. It is likely that only a broken jaw and glandular fever had prevented him from winning an England cap. Little did Wasps realise at the time that he would soon be capped by his new country and would also appear in Wasps colours again at a time when the Club most needed him. Wasps also said goodbye to New Zealander Mike Leggett who had decided to return home but the lure of Sudbury proved too strong and he was back for the start of the 1977/78 season and remains with us to this day. Tony Richards took over he captaincy and led the side on an ambitious tour of Canada in the summer which involved coach travel of 1, 800 miles and five matches, in Montreal, Toronto, Ontario and Ottawa, three of which were won.
Swyer (78 years) 1955-58 and Centenary 1966-67W. Hulland (80 years) 1961-63F. Spence (78 years) 1963-65M. Barnes (79 years) 1965-66A. Town (66 years) 1967-70In Neville Compton's last Presidential year 1972-73 Wasps were pleased to welcome the BATS team from San Francisco and Belgrano (Buenos Aires) and Wasps were very privileged to be able to entertain the President of the New Zealand R. Pat Dwyer.
Woodward on his election to the captaincy of Middlesex. The Occasionals, a mid-Club XV of "left-over's" led by Eric Basch, distinguished itself, by winning 15 of 19 games played and scoring 271 points against only 59. This season saw the discontinuance of C as bottom side of Club, that side henceforth appearing as an Extra B XV.
During the close season, Geoff Richards, called out to New Zealand because of injuries to the Australian touring party, won an International cap against the All Blacks when he went on the field as a replacement. Another former Wasps player, Garrick Fay, was also in the Australian side that day. Before the new season began, Wasps installed floodlighting on the training pitch at a cost of approximately £7, 000.
The Quinquennial Dinner to celebrate the i 10th season was presided over by Brian Godfrey who, in his first year as President, had been awarded the O. in the New Year's Honours list for his services to the Catholic Church. Geoff Richards, the new Captain and his Vice-Captain, Nigel French, led the Club to mixed results in a season in which Wasps suffered an above average number of injuries.
On a sadder note, Wasps learnt of the death of W. (Bill) Hulland as well as A. Harding and Wasps oldest Vice-President A. Tooze. This was also the moment to end Peter Yarranton's successful and impressive reign as Club Secretary, to be succeeded by I. Montlake who remains in office to this day. Peter Yarranton has had and seems to be continuing to have, a distinguished career in Rugby Football embracing every facet of playing and administration open to man. Playing for England (5 caps), Barbarians, Middlesex, R. and Wasps, selecting as an England Regional Selector, Barbarians and Middlesex, serving on the Committee of Wasps, Barbarians and Middlesex and now a full member of the Committee of the Rugby Football Union, might be considered enough for a whole team, let alone one man.
Wasps welcomed Tony Richards, who had toured with the victorious England side in South Africa in 1972 and joined us from Fylde on coming to live in London. It was a time in which Wasps continued to improve for although Wasps won only a few more games than they lost, a lot of Wasps defeats were by the smallest of margins. Penarth were beaten on their first visit to Sudbury and Wasps travelled to Stourbridge to celebrate their centenary.
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In successive weeks Wasps welcomed touring sides from New Zealand and Australia-Wellington and Northern Suburbs-and beat them both. In January 1978, Wasps played Richmond in the first round of the John Player Cup. Wasps Australian full-back Mike Fitzgerald had been badly injured a few weeks earlier and Wasps were fortunate to be able to call on Wasps former skipper Geoff Richards, who had returned home briefly to get married.
Recognition of the work that had been done on the playing surface of Wasps main pitch came in December 1977 when an England divisional trial was staged at Sudbury with three Wasps players involved-Nigel French, Ian Ball and Micky Connor. French had been an England reserve the previous season and had played for England against the U. but unhappily he was injured in the trial and a knee operation kept him out for the remainder of the season.
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Floyd of the R. who was also responsible for coaching and training the R. boxing team. Alan Black continued as skipper with Geoffrey Richards as Vice-Captain and the latter, along with Nigel French and B. Adam achieved England Trials. French being very close to getting capped following some superb performances in representative games. Wasps had two overseas visitors, Wanderers (N. ) and Waitemata (Auckland) the latter beating us in a close fought match, giving us a valuable lesson in rucking and mauling. Unfortunately Wasps failed to make a hat trick of Middlesex Cup wins, losing 6-13 to Saracens in the Final. Sadly Wasps lost two old friends and great Wasps in S. Sparkes and E. (Pip) Piper. During the Summer of 1975 the Club engaged Chipmans of Horsham to carry out extensive works to the lst XV pitch which included a complete new drainage system. More than three hundred tons of sand was filled into the fine slits which were cut crisscrossing the field at nine inch intervals to give the excellent drainage Wasps now experience.
Lillie Bridge, Brompton. Unfortunately, early minutes of Club committee meetings have been lost, and there is a gap in the record of grounds on which Wasps games were played. About 1880, and for several years after, Wasps ground was behind the Half Moon at Putney. Subsequently they hired grounds at Loughborough Park; Hyde Farm, Balham; Scrubbs Lane, Old Oak Lane, and Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush; Horn Lane, Acton; Boston Manor; and on land alongside Sudbury Town station. Wasps present ground, purchase of which they completed in September, 1950, on repaying to the Rugby Union the last installment of a loan, dates from 1923. The ground has been purchased gradually by Wasps past and present. Quite early in the Club's history two teams were run, and in 1887 a dozen fixtures were arranged for a third fifteen.
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