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MIDDLESEX SEVENS

1926 - 2011

First held in 1926 the Middlesex Sevens was one of the oldest sevens competitions in England and was a regular feature of the rugby calendar until 2011............. 

 

programme cover date Tournament info Match reports & photos entry ticket
required 1926

Apr

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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Tournament report from the 1926-27 edition of the Rugby Football Annual

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  1927

Apr

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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28 Apr

Winners - Harlequins

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27 Apr

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

    
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26 Apr

Winners - London Welsh

Teams Info

    
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25 Apr

Winners - London Welsh

Teams Info

    
98.jpg (40215 bytes) 1932 Winners - Blackheath

Teams Info

    
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22 Apr

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

    
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28 Apr

 Winners - Barbarians    
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27 Apr

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

    
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25 Apr

Winners - Sale

Teams Info

    

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24 Apr

Winners - London Scottish

Teams Info

    
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30 Apr

Winners - Metropolitan Police

Teams Info

    
58.jpg (38478 bytes) 1939 Guest teams Cardiff, US Portsmouth

Winners - Cardiff

Teams Info

    
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13 Apr

Winners - St Mary's Hospital

    
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26 Apr

Winners - Cambridge University

    
  1942

Apr

Winners - St Mary's Hospital

Teams Info

    
  1943

Apr

Winners - St Mary's Hospital

Teams Info

    
  1944

Apr

Winners - St Mary's Hospital

Teams Info

    
  1945

Apr

Winners - Nottingham

Teams Info

    
57.jpg (81943 bytes) 1946 guest teams Nottingham, Cardiff, NZ Kiwis

Winners - St Mary's Hospital

Teams Info

    
  1947

Apr

Winners - Rosslyn Park

Teams Info

    
56.jpg (77018 bytes) 1948 guest teams Northampton, Edinburgh University

Winners - Wasps

Teams Info

    
55.jpg (71302 bytes) 1949 guest teams Heriots FP, Newport

Winners - Heriots FP

    
  1950

Apr

Winners - Rosslyn Park

Teams Info

    
07.jpg (66283 bytes) 1951 guest teams Leicester, Penzance & Newlyn

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

    
54.jpg (71913 bytes) 1952 guest teams Bristol, Neath

Winners - Wasps

Teams Info

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06.jpg (64805 bytes) 1953 guest teams Aberavon & Gala. 

Winners Richmond

Teams Info

    
80.jpg (61082 bytes) 1954 guest teams Bridgend, Instonians

Winners - Rosslyn Park

Teams Info

    
mid-55.jpg (39508 bytes) 1955 Winners - Richmond

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61.jpg (61893 bytes) 1956

28 Apr

 MIDDLESEX SEVENS

Winners - London Welsh

Team info

    
15.jpg (79341 bytes) 1957 Winners - St. Luke's College

Teams Info

    
14.jpg (76647 bytes) 1958 Winners - Blackheath

Guest teams Manchester & Edinburgh Accies

    
80.jpg (108646 bytes) 1959 Winners - Loughborough College

Guest teams Leicester & Bristol. 

Teams Info

    

 

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At Rugby Relics we have a great selection of SEVENS PROGRAMMES available. These programmes include Rugby World Cup Sevens, Hong Kong Sevens, Middlesex (England) & Snelling Sevens (Wales) and a great selection of Border Sevens, including pre-war 1930s programmes from the Melrose Sevens, the world's oldest tournament. To visit the SEVENS PROGRAMMES page click on the image above or click on one of the links below to be taken to an individual section..............

RWC  -  WORLD SERIES  -  HONG KONG  -  MIDDLESEX  -   NEW ZEALAND  -  SNELLING

SCOTTISH BORDERS  -  EARLSTON  -  GALA  -  HAWICK  -  JED-FOREST  -  KELSO  -  LANGHOLM  -  MELROSE  -  SELKIRK

SEVENS WORLDWIDE  -  AUSTRALIA  -  CANADA  -  ENGLAND  -  HOLLAND  -  IRELAND  -  ITALY  -  SCOTLAND  -  SOUTH AFRICA  -  SPAIN  -  URUGUAY  -  WALES

10 A-SIDE TOURNAMENTS

 

mid-60.jpg (40007 bytes) 1960 Winners - London Scottish

Guest teams Liverpool & Bedford

Teams Info

    
62.jpg (58009 bytes) 1961 Winners - London Scottish

Guest teams Stewart's College FP, New Brighton

Teams Info

    
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28 Apr

 Winners - London Scottish -  

Guest teams Gosforth, Sale 

Teams Info

    
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27 Apr

 Guest teams Hawick, West Hartlepool & Public School Wanderers

Winners - London Scottish

Teams Info

    
60.jpg (59584 bytes) 1964 Winners - Loughborough College

Guest teams Coventry, Racing Club de France, Hawick 

Teams Info

    
79.jpg (89042 bytes) 1965 Guest Teams Bath & Melrose. 

Winners - London Scottish

Teams Info

    
mid-66.jpg (40158 bytes) 1966 Guest teams - Gala & Northampton

Winners - Loughborough College

Teams Info

    
78.jpg (62868 bytes) 1967

29 Apr

 Guest teams - Headingley & Moseley

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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Harlequins winning team

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96.jpg (62636 bytes) 1968

27 Apr

 Guest teams - Edinburgh Academicals, Plymouth Albion

Winners - London Welsh

Teams Info

   
45.jpg (62635 bytes) 1969 Guest teams - Cheltenham & Edinburgh Wanderers

Winners - St. Luke's College Exeter I

Teams Info

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mid-70.jpg (39558 bytes) 1970

2 May

Winners - Loughborough College

Guest teams - Instonians & Penryn

Teams Info

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77.jpg (56328 bytes) 1971

1 May

 Guest teams - Guy's Hospital, Queens University, Belfast

Winners - London Welsh I

Teams Info

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95.jpg (66637 bytes) 1972 Guest teams - West of Scotland & Bedford

Winners - London Welsh I

Teams Info

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59.jpg (74630 bytes) 1973 Guest teams - Gloucester & Melrose

Winners - London Welsh I

Teams Info

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58.jpg (70469 bytes) 1974

4 May

 Guest teams - New Brighton & North of Ireland FC

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

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mid-75.jpg (39851 bytes) 1975

3 May

Jubilee Year - 50th Anniversary

Winners - Richmond

Guest teams - Orrell & Coventry

Teams Info

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94.jpg (61384 bytes) 1976

8 May

 Guest teams - Langholm & Nottingham

Winners - Loughborough Colleges

Teams Info

    
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30 Apr

 Guest teams Leicester & Gosforth

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

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00u.jpg (69058 bytes) 1978

29 Apr

 Guest teams - Bath & Hawick

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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92.jpg (64096 bytes) 1979

5 May

Guest teams - Headingley & Kelso

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

    
mid-80.jpg (40499 bytes) 1980

3 May

 Guest teams - Lansdowne & Hartlepool Rovers

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

    
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9 May

 Guest teams - Cardiff & Leicester

Winners - Rosslyn Park

Teams Info

 1981 RUGBY SPECIAL COVERAGE of THE SEVENS on Youtube (14 minutes)

CLICK HERE

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91.jpg (67121 bytes) 1982

8 May

 Guest teams - Swansea & Stewart's Melville

Winners - Stewart's Melville F.P

Teams Info

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05.jpg (71995 bytes) 1983

7 May

 Guest teams - Waterloo & Melrose

Winners - Richmond

Teams Info

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90.jpg (63216 bytes) 1984

5 May

 Guest teams - Heriot's FP & Bridgend

Winners - London Welsh I

Teams Info

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mid-85.jpg (38104 bytes) 1985

4 May

 Guest teams - Nottingham & Gala

Winners - Wasps I

Teams Info

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mid-86.jpg (40409 bytes) 1986

3 May

 Guest teams - Kelso & Sale

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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mid-87.jpg (42678 bytes) 1987

9 May

 Guest teams - Wakefield & Jed-Forest

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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mid-88.jpg (42738 bytes) 1988

7 May

 Guest teams - Bristol & Cork Constitution

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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mid-89.jpg (40879 bytes) 1989

6 May

 Guest teams - Hawick & Rugby

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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mid-90.jpg (38935 bytes) 1990

12 May

 Guest teams - Swansea & Bath

Winners - Harlequins

Teams Info

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mid-91.jpg (41968 bytes) 1991

11 May

 Guest teams - Nothampton & Edinburgh Accies

Winners - London Scottish

Teams Info

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04.jpg (58513 bytes) 1992

9 May

 Winners - Western Samoa

Teams Info

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56.jpg (57123 bytes) 1993

8 May

 Guest Teams - Western Samoa, Wellington, Northampton

Winners - Wasps

Teams Info

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mid-94.jpg (48377 bytes) 1994

14 May

 guest teams Fiji Spartans, Orrell & Zimbabwe

Winners - Bath

Teams Info

    
mid-95.jpg (46535 bytes) 1995

13 May

 Winners - Leicester

Teams Info

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03.jpg (78340 bytes) 1996 Winners - Wigan R. L

Teams Info

 1996 Final on Youtube

CLICK HERE

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mid-97.jpg (39584 bytes) 1997

17 May

 Winners - Barbarians

Teams Info

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mid-98.jpg (37191 bytes) 1998

16 May

 Winners -  Barbarians

Teams Info

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81.jpg (112604 bytes) 1999

29 May

 Guest teams - Club Atletico San Isidro (Argentina), Boland (South Africa) & Penguin International

Winners - Penguin International

Team Info

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mid-2000.jpg (42788 bytes) 2000

12 Aug

 Winners - Penguins

Team Info

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02.jpg (81031 bytes) 2001

18 Aug

 Winners - British Army

Teams Info

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01.jpg (76649 bytes) 2002

17 Aug

 Winners - Bradford Bulls   35.jpg (34190 bytes)
00.jpg (102456 bytes) 2003

16 Aug

 Teams Info    
53.jpg (104937 bytes) 2004

14 Aug

 Winners - British Army    
52.jpg (142123 bytes) 2005

13 Aug

 Middlesex Sevens

Teams include: Bath, Bristol, British Army, Harlequins, Leicester, London Wasps, Northampton, Newcastle & Saracens

 Winners - Gloucester

    
47.jpg (128332 bytes) 2006

12 Aug 

 Winners - London Wasps

Team Info

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00y.jpg (110973 bytes) 2007

18 Aug

 Winners - Newcastle Falcons

Team Info

    
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16 Aug

 Winners - Harlequins    
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15 Aug

 Winners - London Irish    
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14 Aug

 Winners - ULR Samurai

Team Info

    
45.jpg (113953 bytes) 2011

9 Jul

 Winners - Samurai International

Team Info

LAST TOURNAMENT

    

 

 

BUY MIDDLESEX AND OTHER RUGBY SEVENS PROGRAMMES

at www.rugbyrelics.com

 

At Rugby Relics we have a great selection of SEVENS PROGRAMMES available. These programmes include Rugby World Cup Sevens, Hong Kong Sevens, Middlesex (England) & Snelling Sevens (Wales) and a great selection of Border Sevens, including pre-war 1930s programmes from the Melrose Sevens, the world's oldest tournament. To visit the SEVENS PROGRAMMES page click on the image above or click on one of the links below to be taken to an individual section..............

RWC  -  WORLD SERIES  -  HONG KONG  -  MIDDLESEX  -   NEW ZEALAND  -  SNELLING

SCOTTISH BORDERS  -  EARLSTON  -  GALA  -  HAWICK  -  JED-FOREST  -  KELSO  -  LANGHOLM  -  MELROSE  -  SELKIRK

SEVENS WORLDWIDE  -  AUSTRALIA  -  CANADA  -  ENGLAND  -  HOLLAND  -  IRELAND  -  ITALY  -  SCOTLAND  -  SOUTH AFRICA  -  SPAIN  -  URUGUAY  -  WALES

10 A-SIDE TOURNAMENTS

 

Acknowledgements

81.jpg (407694 bytes) Thank you to AH of Plymouth for donating a selection of programmes and tickets mainly Middlesex Sevens 1967-2006 to the museum.

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Missing programmes and tickets from our archive (or images)

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LINKS

Middlesex Sevens on Wikipedia - CLICK HERE

Middlesex RFU Sevens - CLICK HERE

The Rugby Paper's Brendan Gallagher on the end of the tournament - CLICK HERE

 

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