'This Rugby Spellbound People' - The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales — The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales

Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description

Trydydd argraffiad The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales , sef cyfeirlyfr cynhwysfawr i hanes rygbi yng Nghaerdydd, ac i gyfraniad y brifddinas i ddatblygiad y gêm yng Nghymru yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg.

Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description

Now in it's third edition, The Birth of Rugby in Cardiff and Wales is the essential guide to the importance and significance of rugby in Cardiff to the development of Welsh rugby in the nineteenth century.

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Cynnwys / Table of Contents

Foreword by Prof. Gareth Williams Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction: ‘The contagion will spread’ 2. From Football to Rugby: ‘Neither dribbling fish nor handling foul’ 3. The Game is Established: ‘The running business’ 4. The Clubs: ‘In Cardiff and district surely their name is legion’ 5. Organisation and Participation: ‘Administered by the few, played by the many’ 6. Rugby’s Wider Impact: ‘Football, or, Life in Cardiff’ 7. Conclusions: ‘The noble game is not totally unknown here’ Appendices 1. Welsh Rugby Teams 1880-1 2. Cardiff and District Rugby Teams 1895-6 3. Club Competitions - Cardiff Area (i) Cardiff District Football Union Challenge Cup 1886-1890 Junior Cup 1890 (ii) Cardiff and District Football Union / Cardiff and District Rugby Union Mallett Cup 1893-2024 Union Shield 1895-1910 Ninian Stuart Cup 1911-2024 Senior League 1895-1900 Junior League to 1895-1900 Second Junior League to 1900 (iii) Cardiff Rugby Football Club Junior Cup 1896-1900 4. Club Competitions - Wales (i) South Wales Football Union / Welsh Football Union South Wales Challenge Cup 1878-1914 5. Cardiff Area Club Secretaries 1889-1891 Bibliography Index

Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography

A native of Cardiff who captained the Welsh Secondary Schools XV in 1965 and played for Cambridge University's 1st XV, Gwyn Prescott was awarded an MPhil in 2006 on the history of rugby and is the author of numerous rugby histories including, Call Them to Remembrance - The Welsh Rugby Internationals Who Died in the Great War (St. David's Press, 2014 & 2021) and Arthur Gould - Rugby's First Superstar (St. David's Press, 2023).

Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review

‘scrupulously researched [and] well written…Gwyn Prescott has given [rugby in Wales] a history to be proud of.’ Scrum.com ‘Prescott paints a meticulous picture of Welsh rugby's growth in Victorian Britain’ Rugby World ‘a major contribution to the history of rugby’ Tony Collins ‘excellent’ Prof. Martin Johnes ‘a detailed and fascinating study of the way in which rugby embedded itself in the fabric of Cardiff society and the villages and towns of south Wales’ Gwlad Rugby ‘a book that also has significant implications for the historiography of rugby’ Sport in History