BOOKS - Reading Copies

SAMUEL, Bill

"Rugby-Body & Soul" - Autobiography

Gareth Edwards mentor, story of his formative years

Ref: BA: paperback copy £10,

READING COPY

Ref: BSRB - £7.50

RUGBY BOOKS - READING COPIES

A reading copy is a book that could be used for reading/reference. It will have a major fault, eg no dust wrapper, torn dust wrapper, ex library, pages loose etc, although the text of the book and any photographs will be complete. The illustration shows a good copy of the book. The copy pictured in this section is NOT the illustrated copy.

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ANNUALS

	Rugby Football Annual - 1935-36 - READING COPY - £15.50
	Rugby Football Annual - 1936-37 - READING COPY - £15.50
	Playfair - 1951/52 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1952/53 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1953/54 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1955/56 - READING COPY - £15.00
	Playfair - 1956/57 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1957/58 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1958/59 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1959/60 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1960/61 - READING COPY - £9.50
	Playfair - 1961/62 - READING COPY - £9.50
	Playfair - 1965/66 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1970/71 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1971/72 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Playfair - 1972/73 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1972 - READING COPY - £12.50
	Rothmans - 1975/6 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1976/7 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1978/9 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1982/3 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1984/5 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1985/6 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1986/7 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1988/9 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rothmans - 1995/6 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Rugby - Digest - 1954 - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rugby - Digest - 1956 - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rugby - Digest - 1959 - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rugby - Digest - 1960 - READING COPY - £1.50
	1961 - Bryn Thomas' Book of Rugger No 1 - small piece missing from d/w - READING COPY - £2.50
	1962 - Bryn Thomas' Book of Rugger No 2 - READING COPY - £2.50
	1968/9 - The Rugby Union Football Book, edited by Jack Cox - READING COPY - £2.50
	1969/70 - The Rugby Union Football Book, edited by Jack Cox - READING COPY - £2.50
	1970/71 - The World of Rugby, edited by Jack Cox - READING COPY - £2.50
	1971/72 - The World of Rugby, edited by Jack Cox - READING COPY - £2.50
	1986 - The Rugby Annual, pub by Rugby World & Post hardback - READING COPY - £2.50
	1994 - International Rugby Almanack, hardback - READING COPY - £2.50
	Courage Directory - 1995/6 - READING COPY - £4.50
	Rugby Almanack of New Zealand - 1950 - READING COPY - £7.50
	Rugby Almanack of New Zealand - 1959 - READING COPY - £5.50
	Rugby Almanack of New Zealand - 1968 - READING COPY - £5.50
	Rugby Almanack of New Zealand - 1971 - READING COPY - £5.50
	DB Rugby Annual 1976 - READING COPY - £5.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1963/4 NZ to GB & F - (GB Edition) - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1965 - SA to NZ - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1967 - NZ to GB & F - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1972/73 - NZ to GB & F - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1977 - READING COPY - £1.50
	Rothmans Pall Pall Almanack - 1979 - READING COPY - £1.50
	Forsyth's Rugby Record - 1982/83 - READING COPY - £2.50
	Forsyth's Rugby Record - 1992 - READING COPY - £5.50
	1972 - The Barry John Book of Rugby, large format publication, includes great articles on the 1971 Lions tour by Colin Meads & Carwyn James, report & photos of Barry's last match in 1972, "The immortal dive of PC Mog" by Richard Burton, photos and article of Barry & George Best - READING COPY - £2.50
	1976 - Rugby '76 edited by Barry John - READING COPY - £2.50
	1979 - Barry John's World of Rugby 2. - a look at rugby in 1979, Wales fourth consecutive Triple Crown, results and stats of Five Nations Tournament, includes articles by John Taylor, Gareth Edwards, Bob Hiller, Gerald Davies & Terry McLean, published in hardback with dustwrapper - READING COPY - £2.50

BIOGRAPHIES

BEAUMONT, Bill	"Thanks to Rugby" - Autobiography
	England Grand Slam & 1980 British Lions Captain.
	READING COPY	Reprint in 1982	Pages 208	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
England & British Lions

DAVIES, Mervyn	"Mervyn Davies Number 8" - autobiography with David Parry-Jones
	Biography of great 1970s Welsh & British Lions No 8
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 208	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales & British Lions

DE VILLIERS, HO	"A Biography of Courage" by Neville Leck,
	Springbok full back,
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 227	Ref: BSRB - £5.50
South Africa

EVANS, Ieuan	"Bread of Heaven" with Peter Jackson
	At one time Evans was the most capped Welshman and had scored the most tries for Wales. A wonderful player whose scored a try for the Lions against Australia in 1989 after Campo's error.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1995	Pages 224	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Wales & British Lions

GAINSFORD, John	"Nice Guys Come Second" by N Leck,
	S Africa centre with review of 74 Lions tour,
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1974	Pages 256	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
South Africa

GOING, Sid

"Super Sid - the story of a great All Black"

Great All Black half back of the 1960's & 70s

READING COPY 1st Edition 1978 Pages 288 Ref: BSRB - £5.50

New Zealand

GREENWOOD, J.R.

"A Cap for Boots" - Autobiography

England international 1912 - 1920, President of the RFU 1935 - 37, director of Boots the Chemist. The book covers Greenwood's rugby career as well as his business interests, wartime service and public service as a Justice of the Peace.

READING COPY 1st Edition 1977 Pages 253 Ref: BSRB - £5.50

England

HASTINGS, Scott	"Great Scott" - Autobiography
	Scottish centre
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1996	Pages 190	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Scotland & British Lions

IRVINE, Andy	"Andy Irvine - An Autobiography"
	Scotland and British Lions full back / winger,
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1985	Pages 212	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Scotland & British Lions

JAMES, Carwyn	"Carwyn - A personal Memoir" - by Alun Richards
	Rare biography of Welsh outside half who went on to become one of the greatest coaches the game has ever seen He was the mastermind behind the 1971 British Lions series victory in New Zraland and Llanelli's great victory over the All Blacks in 1972
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1984	Pages 165	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
Wales

JOHN, Barry	"The King" - An Autobiography with Paul Abbandonato, foreword by George Best
	Gifted fly half, known as the "King" his brilliance reigned supreme during the 1971 Lions tour of New Zealand, second autobiography with a look at modern day rugby
	READING COPY	Published in 2000	Pages 207	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales & British Lions

JONES, Peter	"It's Me Tiger" by Norman Harris
	All Black No 8
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1965	Pages 77	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
New Zealand

LAIDLAW, Chris	"Mud in Your Eye"
	NZ scrum half & captain
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1973	Pages 198	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand

McBRIDE, Willie John	"Willie John" by Edmund Van Esbek
	Ireland and British Lions (1974) captain. One of the greatest players of all time
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1976	Pages 160	Ref: BSRB - £7.50
Ireland & British Lions

McCARTHY, Winston	"Rugby In My Time" by Winston McCarthy,
	Reminsces of All Black journalist including stories from tours and profiles of the rugby greats 1945-1956
	READING COPY	Reprint 1959	Pages 200	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Journalist

McCARTHY, Winston	"Listen.....! it's a Goal" by Winston McCarthy
	Reminisces of All Black journalist, his full life story, mostly rugby but also includes Olympics, Boxing, Rowing, Cricket etc
	READING COPY	Reprint 1959	Pages 200	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Journalist

McKENZIE, Norman	"On With The Game" by Norman McKenzie and Arthur Carman ,
	New Zealand Selector and Administrator. For thirty years the sole selector of the Hawkes Bay Rugby Union including the 1960s Ranfurly Shield tenure.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1961	Pages 165	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Selector

McLAREN, Bill	"Talking of Rugby" - An Autobiography
	Great Scottish rugby commentator
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1991	Pages 226	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Commentator

McLEAN, Paul	"Paul McLean - The Story of a Wallaby Great" by M McGregor
	Australian goal kicking machine
	READING COPY	Published in 1986	Pages 217	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
Australia

MORGAN, Cliff	"Beyond the Fields of Play"
	great Welsh stand off
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1996	Pages 246	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales & British Lions

RIVES, Jean-Pierre	"A Modern Corinthian" by Peter Bills
	Great French captain and flamboyant personality of the 1970s
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1986	Pages 202	Ref: BSRB - £5.50
France

ROBBIE, John	"The Game of My Life"
	Irish scrum half who very nearly became a Springbok after emigrating to South Africa
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1989	Pages 195	Ref: BSRB - £12.50
Ireland

SCOTT, Bob	"The Bob Scott Story" - Autobiography with Terry McLean
	All Black full back
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1956	Pages 209	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand

SMITH, Steve	"The Scrum Half of My Life",

	READING COPY	1st Edition 1984	Pages 205	Ref: BA - £2.50
England & British Lions

THOMAS, Watcyn	"Watcyn Thomas" - Autobiography
	Welsh captain between 1927 and 1933. Captained Wales in their first ever win at Twickenham in 1933. Published in 1977 this 102 page autobiography covers the career of this great player
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 102	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

THORBURN, Paul	"Kicked Into Touch" - Autobiography
	Welsh capatin in the early 90s, this Welsh full back tells he story of his rugby career at Neath and playing for Wales
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1992	Pages 183	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

SMITH JV	"Good Morning Mr President
	President of the RFU reviews his year in office
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1985	Pages 173	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
England

THOMSON AA	"Rugger My Pleasure" autobiography
	a historical ramble through the rugby ages with a short autobiographical section
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1955	Pages 192	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Journalist

WHEELER, Peter

"Rugby From The Front" An autobiography

England & Lions hooker

READING COPY 1st Edition 1983 Pages 216 Ref: BA - £2.50

England & British Lions

WILLIAMS, JPR	"JPR"
	Wales & British Lions full back, a rock in defence, dropped the goal which clinched the series for the 1971 Lions
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1979	Pages 254	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Wales & British Lions

WOOLLER, Wilf	"The Skipper" by Andrew Hignell
	Possibly Wales' greatest sportsman, Wilf Wooller received his first cap while still a schoolboy in Wales' first victory over England at Twickenham in 1933. Post war he became Glamorgan cricket captain during their first ever Championship victory campaign, he also played hockey and squash for Wales and soccer for Cardiff City.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1995	Pages 224	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

HASTINGS, Scott	"Great Scott" - Autobiography
	Scottish centre
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1996	Pages 190	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Scotland & British Lions

HOLMES, Terry	"My Life In Rugby"
	Able successor to Gareth Edwards
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1988	Pages 182	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Wales & British Lions

IRVINE, Andy	"Andy Irvine - An Autobiography"
	Scotland and British Lions full back / winger,
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1985	Pages 212	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Scotland & British Lions

JAMES, Carwyn	"Carwyn - A personal Memoir" - by Alun Richards
	Rare biography of Welsh outside half who went on to become one of the greatest coaches the game has ever seen He was the mastermind behind the 1971 British Lions series victory in New Zraland and Llanelli's great victory over the All Blacks in 1972
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1984	Pages 165	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
Wales

JOHN, Barry	"The King" - An Autobiography with Paul Abbandonato, foreword by George Best
	Gifted fly half, known as the "King" his brilliance reigned supreme during the 1971 Lions tour of New Zealand, second autobiography with a look at modern day rugby
	READING COPY	Published in 2000	Pages 207	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales & British Lions

JONES, Peter	"It's Me Tiger" by Norman Harris
	All Black No 8
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1965	Pages 77	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
New Zealand

LAIDLAW, Chris	"Mud in Your Eye"
	NZ scrum half & captain
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1973	Pages 198	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand

McBRIDE, Willie John	"Willie John" by Edmund Van Esbek
	Ireland and British Lions (1974) captain. One of the greatest players of all time
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1976	Pages 160	Ref: BSRB - £7.50
Ireland & British Lions

McCARTHY, Winston	"Rugby In My Time" by Winston McCarthy,
	Reminsces of All Black journalist including stories from tours and profiles of the rugby greats 1945-1956
	READING COPY	Reprint 1959	Pages 200	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Journalist

McCARTHY, Winston	"Listen.....! it's a Goal" by Winston McCarthy
	Reminisces of All Black journalist, his full life story, mostly rugby but also includes Olympics, Boxing, Rowing, Cricket etc
	READING COPY	Reprint 1959	Pages 200	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Journalist

McCORMICK, Fergie	"Fergie" by Alex Veysey,
	All Black full back
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1973	Pages 175	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand

McKENZIE, Norman	"On With The Game" by Norman McKenzie and Arthur Carman ,
	New Zealand Selector and Administrator. For thirty years the sole selector of the Hawkes Bay Rugby Union including the 1960s Ranfurly Shield tenure.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1961	Pages 165	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand Selector

McLAREN, Bill	"Talking of Rugby" - An Autobiography
	Great Scottish rugby commentator
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1991	Pages 226	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Commentator

McLEAN, Paul	"Paul McLean - The Story of a Wallaby Great" by M McGregor
	Australian goal kicking machine
	READING COPY	Published in 1986	Pages 217	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
Australia

MORGAN, Cliff	"Beyond the Fields of Play"
	great Welsh stand off
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1996	Pages 246	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales & British Lions

OSLER, Bennie	"The Bennie Osler Story" by Chris Greyvenstein,
	1920s & 30s Springbok. *** Rated No 6 in Dave McLaren's "Ten Best Books On Rugby" ***
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1970	Pages	Ref: BSRB - £15.50
South Africa

RIVES, Jean-Pierre	"A Modern Corinthian" by Peter Bills
	Great French captain and flamboyant personality of the 1970s
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1986	Pages 202	Ref: BSRB - £5.50
France

ROBBIE, John	"The Game of My Life"
	Irish scrum half who very nearly became a Springbok after emigrating to South Africa
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1989	Pages 195	Ref: BSRB - £12.50
Ireland

SCOTT, Bob	"The Bob Scott Story" - Autobiography with Terry McLean
	All Black full back
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1956	Pages 209	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
New Zealand

THOMAS, JBG	"Rugger in the Blood"
	memoirs of leading Welsh journalist
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1985	Pages 256	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Journalist

THOMAS, Watcyn	"Watcyn Thomas" - Autobiography
	Welsh captain between 1927 and 1933. Captained Wales in their first ever win at Twickenham in 1933. Published in 1977 this 102 page autobiography covers the career of this great player
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 102	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

THORBURN, Paul	"Kicked Into Touch" - Autobiography
	Welsh capatin in the early 90s, this Welsh full back tells he story of his rugby career at Neath and playing for Wales
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1992	Pages 183	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

SMITH JV	"Good Morning Mr President
	President of the RFU reviews his year in office
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1985	Pages 173	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
England

THOMSON AA	"Rugger My Pleasure" autobiography
	a historical ramble through the rugby ages with a short autobiographical section
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1955	Pages 192	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Journalist

WILLIAMS, Bleddyn	"Rugger My Life" - Autobiography
	Captain Fantastic - Three tests on the 1950 Lions tour and the last Welsh Captain to defeat the All Blacks in 1953.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1956	Pages 192	Ref: BSRB - £7.50
Wales & British Lions

WILLIAMS, JPR	"JPR"
	Wales & British Lions full back, a rock in defence, dropped the goal which clinched the series for the 1971 Lions
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1979	Pages 254	Ref: BSRB - £2.50
Wales & British Lions

WOOLLER, Wilf	"The Skipper" by Andrew Hignell
	Possibly Wales' greatest sportsman, Wilf Wooller received his first cap while still a schoolboy in Wales' first victory over England at Twickenham in 1933. Post war he became Glamorgan cricket captain during their first ever Championship victory campaign, he also played hockey and squash for Wales and soccer for Cardiff City.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1995	Pages 224	Ref: BSRB - £4.50
Wales

Scotland - "The Famous XV" by Kevin Ferrie,

Profiles of Scottish greats, from Ken Scotland to Iain Paxton, mostly players who wore the thistle in the 1970s, 80s & 90s.

READING COPY 1st Edition 1994 Pages 204 Ref: BSR - £3.50

South Africa - "The Springboks Talk" by Maxwell Price,
biographies of Springbok players, click on the 'contents' page to see players profiled.
READING COPY	1st Edition 1955	Pages 196	Ref: BSRB - £2.50

South Africa - "Giants of South African Rugby with a Report on the "Lions" by AC Parker
Split into two parts this book covers the careers of 11 Springboks followed by a detailed report of the 1955 Lions in South Africa
READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 122	Ref: BSRB - £2.50

South Africa - THEY MADE HEADLINES by Chris Greyvenstein

Player profiles of prominent Springboks,

READING COPY 1st Edition 1972 Pages Ref: BSRB - £5.50

Misc - "Great Rugger Players" by JBG Thomas,

Player profiles, Five Nations, SA & NZ players,

READING COPY 1st Edition 1955 Pages 192 Ref: BSRB - £2.50

Misc - "Great Contemporary Players" by JBG Thomas,

50 biogs, Five Nations, SA & NZ players,

READING COPY 1st Edition Pages Ref: BSR - £3.50

Misc - "Rugby: The Great Ones" by Cliff Morgan,

In depth biographies of of the top players.

READING COPY 1st Edition 1970 Pages 136 Ref: BSRB - £2.50

HISTORIES

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIA - "With the Wallabies" by Greg Growden

Growden spent 10 years with the Wallabies, this is story of behind the scenes, how the Wallabies made it to the top, their Grand Slam tour of 1984 and the 1991 RWC victory

READING COPY
1st edition 1995 Pages: 198 Ref: BL17 - £4.50

BRITISH & IRISH LIONS

"BRITISH LIONS" by John Griffiths, published 1990, a 221 page large format hardback history of the British tourists from 1888 to 1990
READING COPY - Ref: BSR - £4.50

ENGLAND

"The History of The Rugby Football Union" by OL Owen

Official history of the RFU

READING COPY 1st Edition: 1955 Pages: 368 Ref: BL17 - £7.50

"The Men In White" by Wallace Reyburn

History of rugby in England from the origins of the game to the 1970s, includes chapters about England on tour and tourists in England, with a nice chapter on English greats, Wakefield, Poulton-Palmer, Stoop, Jackson, Jeeps, Sharp, Hiller etc

READING COPY 1st Edition: 1975 Pages: 150 Ref: BL17 - £2.50

"England Rugby" by Barry Bowker,

England - A history of the National side 1871 - 1978. concentrates on English international matches, well researched with information and photographs from former players

READING COPY Revised Edition: 1976 Pages: 199 Ref: BL17 - £2.50

GOING, Sid	"Super Sid - the story of a great All Black"
	Great All Black half back of the 1960's & 70s
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1978	Pages 288	Ref: BSRB - £5.50
New Zealand

GREENWOOD, J.R.	"A Cap for Boots" - Autobiography
	England international 1912 - 1920, President of the RFU 1935 - 37, director of Boots the Chemist. The book covers Greenwood's rugby career as well as his business interests, wartime service and public service as a Justice of the Peace.
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1977	Pages 253	Ref: BSRB - £5.50
England

WHEELER, Peter	"Rugby From The Front" An autobiography
	England & Lions hooker
	READING COPY	1st Edition 1983	Pages 216	Ref: BA - £2.50
England & British Lions

Scotland - "The Famous XV" by Kevin Ferrie,
Profiles of Scottish greats, from Ken Scotland to Iain Paxton, mostly players who wore the thistle in the 1970s, 80s & 90s.
READING COPY	1st Edition 1994	Pages 204	Ref: BSR - £3.50

South Africa - THEY MADE HEADLINES by Chris Greyvenstein
Player profiles of prominent Springboks,
READING COPY	1st Edition 1972	Pages	Ref: BSRB - £5.50

Misc - "Great Rugger Players" by JBG Thomas,
Player profiles, Five Nations, SA & NZ players,
READING COPY	1st Edition 1955	Pages 192	Ref: BSRB - £2.50

Misc - "Great Contemporary Players" by JBG Thomas,
50 biogs, Five Nations, SA & NZ players,
READING COPY	1st Edition	Pages	Ref: BSR - £3.50

Misc - "Rugby: The Great Ones" by Cliff Morgan,
In depth biographies of of the top players.
READING COPY	1st Edition 1970	Pages 136	Ref: BSRB - £2.50

AUSTRALIA - "With the Wallabies" by Greg Growden
Growden spent 10 years with the Wallabies, this is story of behind the scenes, how the Wallabies made it to the top, their Grand Slam tour of 1984 and the 1991 RWC victory
READING COPY	1st edition 1995	Pages: 198	Ref: BL17 - £4.50

"The History of The Rugby Football Union" by OL Owen
Official history of the RFU
READING COPY	1st Edition: 1955	Pages: 368	Ref: BL17 - £7.50

"The Men In White" by Wallace Reyburn
History of rugby in England from the origins of the game to the 1970s, includes chapters about England on tour and tourists in England, with a nice chapter on English greats, Wakefield, Poulton-Palmer, Stoop, Jackson, Jeeps, Sharp, Hiller etc
READING COPY	1st Edition: 1975	Pages: 150	Ref: BL17 - £2.50

"England Rugby" by Barry Bowker,
England - A history of the National side 1871 - 1978. concentrates on English international matches, well researched with information and photographs from former players
READING COPY	Revised Edition: 1976	Pages: 199	Ref: BL17 - £2.50