HERTFORD R.F.C
- HOE LANE
SG12 9NZ WARE, HERTFORDSHIRE
Phone: +44 (0) 1920 462975
www.hertfordrfc.co.uk
Short profile:
Hertford Rugby Union Football Club - Powergen Intermediate Cup Winners 2003 - Hertfordshire Champions 2004, 2005, probably the largest sports Club in Hertfordshire fielding seven adult teams with the 1st XV playing in National League 3 South and eleven mini and youth teams at some of the best facilities available in the County.
Detailed description:
The Club, originally known as Old Hertfordians RFC was founded in 1932 by a group of enthusiasts from Hertford Grammar School who had been introduced to the game at school in 1928. With just fifteen playing members and a subscription of 2/6 (£0.12.5p) they played four games that season, winning 3 but being heavily defeated by the School XV
Between 1932 and 1949 the club had a nomadic existence using six different grounds. In that first season the schools facilities were used, but the following year, basing itself at the Reindeer pub on Port Hill, the Club had use of a pitch on Hartham Common. From there it moved in 1935 to a ground by the sewage works at Rye House, the scene of the notorious plot on the life of King Charles II. Three years later came the last pre-war move to Ware Road, Hoddesdon.
While at Rye House a pavillion had been purchased for £30 and this was proudly and carefully transported to the Ware Road site in 1938.
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