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125 years of the London Irish Rugby Football Club. #coyi #lirfc #londonirish #history #liarfc
On this day 1955 London Irishβs captain Jim Ritchie played for Ulster v Belfast at Ravenhill in an inter-provincial match.
Ulster won 6-3.
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On this day 1898 London Irish played Saracens for the second time. This match took place at Crouch End.
The game ended in a 0-0 draw.
At the same time the βAβ team played Hammersmith βAβ at Herne Hill, losing 0-9.
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On this day 1899 London Irish played Rosslyn Park at the Old Deer Park in a club match.
The match finished in a 0-0 draw.
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On this day 2012 London Irish v Sale Sharks at the Madejski in an Anglo-Welsh Cup match.
Tries from Matt Garvey (2), George Skivington & Shane Geraghty plus 4 conversions & 2 penalties from Ian Humphreys gave Irish a 34-28 victory.
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On this day 1972 London Irishβs Mick Molloy played for London Counties v New Zealand at Twickenham.
The All Blacks won 3-34.
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Born on this day 1992 in Plymouth, Thomas βTommyβ Bell.
Tommy played for London Irish between 2016-2019.
Happy birthday Tommy.
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so it could be him.
Two other player listed in the 1949 Irish Independent article listed Timothy McInerney & Cyril OβCallaghan as WW1 war dead, but Timothy moved to Australia & died there in 1929 & Cyril lives until 1984 in Bury St. Edmunds.
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WW1:
George E.B. Dobbs promised to play for the club, but I have yet to find any evidence that he did.
Brian OβHara listed in the Irish Independent in 1949 not confirmed.
WW2:
Con Horgan is listed in the Irish Independent in 1949, a Cornelius L.J. Horgan is listed as living in London at enlistment
Reginald V.M. Odbert (player);
Francis S. Hodder (player);
Foster M. McRae (player);
Thomas Patrick Walsh (player);
Andre Gilberto Coccioletti aka Kempster (player);
Robert Hay Stewart βRoryβ McConnell (player);
Robert Cecil William De Courcy (player);
Michael James OβBrien Casey (player);
WW2:
Alan A. Dilnot (schoolboy player);
Lancelot G. Bowler (player);
Owen G. Horrigan (player);
Patric Bernard Coote (player);
Edward de Vere Hunt (player);
George Y. Lamour (player);
Francis Victor Beamish (player);
Peter Maurice de Mestre (player);
John Woods (player);
Bernard J. Allies (player);
Algernon Winter Rose (player);
John OβConnell Dodd (club captain);
George H. McAllan (player);
Henry R. Retallack-Moloney (player);
Ferdinand J. Carreras (player);
Michael Joseph OβNeill Goulding (player);
George N. Cracknell (player);
David Gallagher &
Eric T. Harper (Honorary Members).
Francis W. Moore (player);
Sidney C. Tremeer (player);
Robert S. Patey (player);
William H. Kearney Redmond (member);
Albert Lewis Stewart (player);
Kenneth DβAguilar Houston (player);
Morgan E.J. Moore (player);
James A.B. Carson (player);
Desmond H. Quin (player);
William H.S. Horan (player);
Herbert Hood McCormac (player);
Colin C. Mills (player);
Edward J.C. Supple (player);
Ronald Fitz-Maurice Geary (player);
Henry Leicester Oldham (player);
Charles V Balkwill (player);
Otto Stuart Ditzen (player);
Arthur F. Cheesewright (player);
George L. Rogers (player);
Joseph J. Purcell (player);
The London Irish RFC Wartime Roll of Honour:
WW1:
Percy Mclear (player);
Eric L.A.H. Burges (player);
The Earl Frederick Dleigh Roberts (member);
Duncan McKay MacDonald OβCallaghan (player);
Thomas William Callinan (player);
Reverend William Joseph Finn (member);
Basil Mclear (player);
On this day 1937 London Irishβs Victor Francis Dawson Tarrant played for Kent against Surrey in a County Championship match at Blackheath.
Unfortunately for him Kent lost the match 5-11.
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On this day 1900 London Irish played Rosslyn Park at the Old Deer Park, Richmond in a club match.
Richard Dyas scored and converted a try, in a match that ended in a 5-5 draw.
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On this day 1962 London Irish played Rosslyn Park at the Avenue in a club match.
On a wet muddy pitch London Irishβs Simon Jones kicked 3 penalties to give Irish a 9-3 win.
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On this day 1973 London Irishβs Ken Kennedy played for Ireland v Argentina in Lansdowne Road.
Ireland won the match 21-8.
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On this day 2019 London Irish played Leicester Tigers at the Madejski in a Gallagher Premiership match.
Tries: Oliver Hoskins, Ben Loader, Ryan Botha, Waisake Naholo & Tom Parton + 3 cons & a pen from Stephen Myler & another pen from Nick Phipps gave Irish a 36-11 victory.
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Born on this day 1976 in Panteg, Wales, Ian Mervyn Gough.
Ian played for London Irish 13 times during the 2013-2014 season.
He was capped by Wales on 64 occasions.
Happy birthday Ian.
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On this day 1957 London Irish played Rosslyn Park at Roehampton in a club match.
Tries from J.F. Power & Jimmy Ritchie who also converted one and kicked a penalty. The match ended in an 11-11 draw.
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On this day 1974 London Irishβs Pat Lavery played for Munster versus New Zealand at Thomond Park.
The All Blacks won the match 4-14.
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On this day 2003 London Irish played Saracens at Vicarage Road in a Zurich Premiership match.
Tries from Ryan Strudwick, Paul Sackey & Geoff Appleford plus 2 conversions & 5 penalties from Barry Everitt gave Irish a 31-34 away victory.
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On this day 1952 London Irish played Old Merchant Taylorβs at the Rectory Field, Blackheath in a club match.
Tries from S. Murray, Jimmy Ritchie & Norman Notley who also converted one & kicked 2 penalties to give Irish a 22-8 victory.
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On this day 1961 London irishβs Sean McDermott played for Sussex v Berkshire in the County Championships at Bexhill.
Sean kicked a drop goal & a penalty in a 9-0 win for Sussex.
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Born on this day 1998 in Reading, Benjamin Edimesumbe Loader.
Ben made 75 appearances scoring 120 points for London Irish between 2017-2023.
Happy birthday Ben.
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Born on this day 1974 in Crawley, Justin Patrick Bishop.
Justin made 280 appearances for London Irish scoring 290 points between 1994-2007. He was the defence coach between 2010-2011.
He was capped 25 times by Ireland scoring 40 points.
Happy birthday Justin.
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Born in this day 2002 in Dhekelia, Henry Patrick Sebastian Arundel.
Henry made 23 appearances for London Irish scoring 50 points.
So far he has been capped 10 times by England.
Happy birthday Henry.
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Born on this day 1979 in Lambeth, Paul Henry Sackey.
Paul played for London Irish between 2000-2005 making 108 appearances and scoring 190 points.
He was capped by England on 22 occasions.
Happy birthday Paul.
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Patrick McEvedy
Arthur OβBrien
On this day 1903 London Irish played Richmond at Stanford Bridge in a club match.
Tries from Patrick McEvedy (2) & M. Daly and a penalty from Arthur OβBrien gave Irish a 12-0 victory.
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