Old Elthamians

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Old Elthamians
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Full nameOld Elthamians Rugby Football Club
UnionKent RFU
Founded1911; 111 years ago (1911)
LocationMottingham, Bromley, London, England
Ground(s)College Meadow (Capacity: 1,800)
ChairmanJonny Mack
PresidentAndrew Edwards
Captain(s)Hamish Barton
Top scorerDominic Lespierre (try) Tom White (points)
League(s)National League 1
2019–209th
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldelthamians/

Old Elthamians Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Mottingham in London. Due to financial difficulties they withdrew from National League One, the third tier of English club rugby, in August, 2021.[1]

History[]

Old Elthamians was formed in 1911 and run four senior teams and a full range of junior teams.[2][3] In 2014–15 the club moved ground from the Foxbury to Queen Mary Sports Ground in Chislehurst, where they were resident for just two seasons before moving to their current home of College Meadow (owned by Eltham College) in Mottingham, for the 2016–17 season.[4][5] Old Elthamians had their first home game at College Meadow on 17 September 2016, defeating visitors Clifton 46 - 19 in front of 420 spectators.[6]

On 25 March 2017 Old Elthamians, riding high in National League 2 South, achieved a club record win 97–7 against bottom club Exmouth, a tally that included 15 tries.[7] They finished second that season, qualifying for a promotion play-off against the runner-up from National League 2 North. On 6 May 2017 Old Elthamians travelled to take on Sale at Heywood Road, winning a close game 19–14 to claim promotion to the 2017–18 National League 1; the highest level in the club's history.[8] The 2016–17 season also saw score 36 league tries to break the previous best of 32 set by .[9]

On 16 December 2017 Old Elthamians beat Blackheath 32–7 in front of a then club record crowd of 1,653 at College Meadow, in what was the first league meeting between the two sides in 106 years despite both being based in south London.[10] This record was topped the very next season when a crowd of 1,770 at College Meadow saw Old Elthamians lose 11–12 to Blackheath on 22 December 2018 in what was a top of the table clash.[11]

Honours[]

Club records[]

  • Largest win: 97–7
Versus Exmouth at College Meadow on 25 March 2017
  • Highest attendance: 1,770
Versus Blackheath at College Meadow on 22 December 2018
  • Most tries in a season: 36
Guyana (2016–17)

Final league season[]

2019–20 National League 1 Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Richmond (C) 25 20 0 5 741 347 394 12 5 97
2 Rosslyn Park 25 18 1 6 728 472 256 12 4 90
3 Rams 25 19 0 6 680 521 159 16 2 89[a]
4 Chinnor 25 16 2 7 631 502 129 13 4 85
5 Blackheath 25 16 1 8 621 511 110 12 4 82
6 Plymouth Albion 25 13 2 10 698 617 81 14 5 75
7 Darlington Mowden Park 25 13 1 11 796 517 279 14 6 74
8 Old Elthamians 25 13 1 11 574 501 73 10 4 68
9 Cambridge 25 12 2 11 571 560 11 11 4 67
10 Cinderford 23 13 0 10 526 452 74 7 6 65
11 Sale FC 25 12 0 13 621 602 19 10 6 64
12 Bishop's Stortford 24 9 2 13 599 595 4 12 9 61
13 Birmingham Moseley 25 8 0 17 505 649 −144 4 8 44
14 Rotherham Titans (R) 25 6 1 18 490 727 −237 7 7 40
15 Canterbury (R) 25 2 0 23 357 824 −467 2 6 16
16 Hull Ionians (R) 24 1 1 22 330 1071 -741 3 2 11
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 14 March 2020
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Rams deducted 5 points due to an issue with their Payment of Players declaration during the 2018–19 National League 2 South season.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "National League Rugby Statement: Old Elthamians". National League Rugby. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ^ Club website
  3. ^ Club website history page
  4. ^ "Club prepares for Super Saturday at College Meadow". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  5. ^ "College Meadow - How to find us". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 13 September 2016.
  6. ^ "National League 2 South". The RUGBYPaper. No. 418. Rugby Paper Ltd. 18 September 2016. pp. 32–33 & 41.
  7. ^ "National League 2 South". The RUGBYPaper. No. 445. Rugby Paper Ltd. 25 March 2017. p. 34.
  8. ^ "National League 2 play-off". The RUGBYPaper. No. 451. Rugby Paper Ltd. 7 May 2017. p. 28.
  9. ^ "Lespierre - 'It's been a team effort all season'". Old Elthamian RFC (Pitchero). 8 May 2017.
  10. ^ "National League 1". The RUGBYPaper. No. 483. 17 December 2017. pp. 30–31 & 39.
  11. ^ "National League 1". The RugbyPaper. No. 536. 23 December 2018. pp. 26–27 & 34.
  12. ^ "RAMS DEDUCTED 5 POINTS". Rams RFC (Pitchero). 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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