Krause,

Your memory of Midwest Rugby is different than the Univ. of Kansas JayHawk
Rugby Club's memory of Midwest Rugby.

from: http://www.jayhawkrugby.com/About.htm

" Rugby did not exist anywhere between the Mississippi River and the
Rocky Mountains until 1964. In the fall of that year, George Bunting
returned to study Law at the University of Kansas after having completed his
undergraduate degree at Dartmouth.
George's first experience with Rugby occurred during his years of
exile on the East Coast and he resolved to introduce the sport to the
Jayhawks. To this end he advertised in the campus newspaper, "The Daily
Kansan", and, in response, over twenty people gathered in a room that he had
reserved in the Memorial Union Building. This was the first meeting of the
Club.

Concurrent with the activities in Lawrence, Gerry Seymore, a British
Expatriate, was assisting in the founding of the Kansas City RFC. So it was,
there being but two teams in the whole region, that the Jayhawks and the
KCRFC assembled in Kansas City for the match that initiated Rugby in the
Heart of America. Those that recall the encounter suggest that the quality
of play left much to be desired.

Ten Years later, Allen Chapman, a Cornwall expatriate, arrived in
Lawrence and formalized the Club's operations. His lofty plans included
constitutional organization, international Rugby tours and, ultimately, a
clubhouse and playing fields.

Since that first season, the Kansas Jayhawks have slowly but surely
matured. The KJRFC has now established for itself a permanent place among
the array of local sports. Furthermore, the KJRFC is proud of the fact that
it had joined an elite group of clubs in the United States to own and
operate its own Rugby fields which we endearingly call Westwick. The
Westwick Rugby & Athletic Complex, a 55 acre sports complex in located south
of Lawrence in the scenic Wakarusa River Valley. We have been proud to host
numerous clubs from across the country, and the world, at Westwick.

The KJRFC fields 4 different sides:


a.. Men's Club
b.. Men's Collegiate
c.. Women's Collegiate
d.. Old Boy's (Greyhawks)

1964

Rugby was founded by George Bunting

1967
. Heart of America Rugby Football Union founded

1976
. Constitution adopted (author - Allen Chapman)
. Organizational, touring and hosting issues become the primary focus
of rugby club's goals

1977
. England Tour

1979
. Scotland/Ireland Tour "


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...
Bill McKee wrote:
The neighbors kid plays rugby. Both at the local high school and now at
college. I think he plays rugby, because you have an excuse to drink
copius amounts of beer.

"PocoLoco" wrote in message
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On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:49:43 -0400, "Mr. Skip Starbuck"
wrote:

Harry,

I had no idea U of Kansas had a Rugby Team in the last 60's. It would
be
interesting to see what their record was during that time.


"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
Went to watch UCONN vs Dartmouth rugby game tonight.

Never been to a rugby game before. Pretty interesting game what with
all the smashing, tackling, kicking, chucking the ball and
gymnastics.

Had a good time.

Rugby was my college sport. I tried out for football but after one day
of
practice, decided my life would be longer if I did something else.
Rugby was rough, but there was no deliberate rough stuff back when I
played. If a ref saw you trying to hurt another player, you were
through
for the season. Probably different today.

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I keep waiting for someone to have done something, been somewhere, or
know
someone/thing that Harry hasn't already experienced.

I think the rugby story was a troll, just to get Harry to bite!
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John H

"All decisions are the result of binary thinking."




Rugby was a fairly popular sport out in the part of the midwest where I
attended college. It got its start out there near the beginning of the
20th Century, when several colleges and universities considered it as a
replacement for college football, which even in the early 1900s was
suffering from recruiting scandals. In the 1960s, we had intercollegiate
competition and there were also dozens of "rugby clubs" with their own
rivalries. I played hs football, but once I got into rugby, I considered
it a lot more fun than football, at least for the players.

The best rugby road trips were always to Columbia, Missouri, home of
Mizzou, Stephens, and Christian College for Women. By far the most and
best looking women in a five state area.



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