Olney RFC
| Full name | Olney Rugby Football Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Union | Buckinghamshire RFU / East Midlands RFU | |
| Founded | 1877 | |
| Location | Olney, Buckinghamshire, England | |
| Ground(s) | East Street | |
| Captain(s) | Gareth Cahill | |
| League(s) | Midlands 1 East | |
| 2019–20 | 13th (relegated to Midlands 2 East (South)) | |
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Olney Rugby Football Club is an amateur club playing Rugby Football Union. The club was formed in 1877 in the market town of Olney, near Milton Keynes.[citation needed] It is a community rugby club. They currently compete in the SSE Midlands Division and run four senior teams, a Veterans and a Ladies team. They have a youth section, developing players from the age of five upwards. The men's 1st XV currently play in Midlands 1 East, following their promotion from Midlands 2 East (South) as champions at the end of the 2018-19 season. Alexander Bell (A P Bell), who went on to captain the Northampton Saints rugby union team from 1943 to 1946, and also played first class county cricket for Northamptonshire, played as a centre at Olney for several years. He scored a prolific 30 tries in the 1934-35 season and later came back to captain the club in its 75th season.[1][2]
Club honours[]
- Bucks/Oxon 1 champions: 1990–91
- Southern Counties North champions (2): 1998–99, 2007–08
- Midlands 2 East (South) champions: 2018–19
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