Tue 07 Oct 2025 14:26

MARLBOROUGH RFC TEAM PHOTO 1979/1980 SEASON

Captained by Nick Childs.


The players are from left to right who were wearing the Club’s second strip which at the time was black (and was donated).

Top row: Rev. Martin Beaumont, New Zealander (name unknown), Conrad Frysol, John Bailey, Stephen Cook, Ian Perkins, Alec Thomas, Peter Sheppard. Mark Gibson (team manager)
Bottom row: Maori (Name unknown). Richard Hughes, Paul Gardiner, Nick Childs, Freddie Dent, Nigel Ludlow, Maori (Name Unknown).

The New Zealanders were working at Manton Farm doing seasonal work on sheep shearing.

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