Sunday Snap – The inventor of Rugby

For our first trip up to Scotland on JibberJabberUK we had a visit to Melrose Abbey for last week's Sunday Snap. I asked which famous Scottish king's heart was buried in the grounds of Melrose Abbey and the answer was

Robert I better known as Robert the Bruce

We had right answers last week from Susan, Cheryl, and Sam. If you don't believe me about the heart here's the evidence. Well evidence there's a plaque in the ground at least...

Onto this week and I've gone topical again. By this stage of the weekend you have either probably sat on the sofa watching rugby match after rugby match or cursing the whole Rugby World Cup and wondering when the whole blinking event will end (final isn't until 31^st October, yes really end of October). This statue is outside Rugby School in Warwickshire and depicts one of its former pupils. A widowed mother moved to the town of Rugby in the 1800s with her two sons so the pair of them could take advantage of the scholarships which allowed local children to attend the town's eponymous public school. It is alleged that in 1823 the younger of the two brothers while playing football picked up the ball (which was allowed at the time) and then ran with it (not allowed) thus creating the game of rugby football. Or did he...? The rules of this game of rugby weren't written down by the pupils until 1845 and the sole attributer of this story didn't mention this boy's name until 1880. It seems the boys of Rugby School didn't have much respect for the rules of association football and just made them up whenever they played a game and running with the ball was a common occurrence. Although it seems more likely that numerous people were responsible for creating the game of rugby as we know it today the legend lives on. When the Rugby World Cup is raised by the winning team on 31^st October it will be the trophy that bears the name of this boy. This week's question is

Which former Rugby School pupil is this statue of?

We were joined last week by Susan's little wish blower. There was a trip to the zoo for Sophie. Snoskred was flying high at the aircraft museum. Cheryl had a pile up of children. The regimental flags were photographed by Sam in Chester Cathedral. Kelly shared with us her serene looking Buddha head. Over in New Zealand Betty captured the cows and sheep enjoying the spring sunshine. Finally, Kara's two boys were enjoying a giggle together.

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