The Archive · 1940

Recs. Still on Top

'Two weeks' idleness did not seem fo affect the playing ability of the Recreation Club to any serious extent as the senior leaders marked their Great Rugby Player Among Casualties London, July 18.

Irish Rugby, internationa), Lieut. 3. W. 8. Irwin, RAME, [believed to be a prisoner in Germany. He was serving with the BEF. and stated that he volunteered to remain in charge of a batch of wounded men, though this meant his capture, Paul Cooke, the English Rugby international malt-back, who was a 2nd Lieutenant in' the Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, has been killfedin action. He was a well-known Richmond player, and last year represented England against Wales and Ireland. He gained his Blue at Oxford.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

Your account