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Hungerford Rugby Football Club was first started in 1929, when a meeting of interested parties met at The Plume of Feathers Inn. A Newbury Weekly News report of the meeting hangs in the present Rugby Clubhouse.
Matches were played on Freeman's Marsh at this time (according to Steve Mills, Club President in 2021).
The club operated from 1929-1939, but was closed at the start of the Second World War.
Photo Gallery:
Hungerford Rugby Club, 1931. Back row: George Wilson, Henry Brice, "Knockie" Lewington, W. Razey, Jack Middleton, Jack Wilkins, J. Graham, George Jessett. Middle row: Dudley James, Jack Beard, ?unknown?, Dick Billington. Front row: Norman James, Dick Bartholomew, George Hunt.
The Rugby Club, 28th March 2021.
The Rugby Club, 28th March 2021.
- Hungerford Rugby Club, 1931. Back row: George Wilson, Henry Brice, "Knockie" Lewington, W. Razey, Jack Middleton, Jack Wilkins, J. Graham, George Jessett. Middle row: Dudley James, Jack Beard, ?unknown?, Dick Billington. Front row: Norman James, Dick Bartholomew, George Hunt.
- Rugby Club, March 2021.
The reformed Rugby Club:
The Rugby Club was reformed in 1984 (at a meeting this time in the John o' Gaunt Inn). The pitch was on the Common until 1996 when it moved to the new ground at the Triangle Field. See "Play begins on Triangle Field", NWN 19 Sep 1996.
A new clubhouse was built by club members at the Triangle Field. See "Work begins on new rugby facilities", NWN 9 Aug 2007.
The club runs Seniors, Juniors (currently 5-12 year-olds) and Veteran teams, but has plans to expand the juniors to include 5/6 to 18 year olds.
The Canal Wharf, 2011