A Night with the Queens’ British & Irish Lions

12 August 2016

Master of CeremoniesMax Duthie (1989)

Generously sponsored by

Robert “Chopper” Gall (1989)QCRFC Captain 1992

By kind permission of the Fellows of Queens’

A message from the Vice-Chancellor,

Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz

This event celebrates a wonderful sport and Queens’ remarkable contribution to the story of rugby: a Cambridge college

that is a production line for truly great British and Irish centre three-quarters.

Mike Gibson, John Spencer and Jamie Roberts have represented this University,

their countries and the Lions with the utmost distinction and all three continue

to serve the game in 2016.

Two other British & Irish Lions, Thomas Gibson (1903 and 1910 tours) and David

Marques (1959 tour), also studied at Queens’ College and represented the

University.

At school in Cardiff, I grew up with a love for the sport and still watch games

wherever possible. I am proud of how Light Blue teams and individuals down

the years have taken Cambridge’s name onto some of rugby’s greatest

stages, and continue to do so. The Varsity match is perhaps the ultimate

in one-off rugby matches and still provides a platform for both male and

female players to go on and play professional and international rugby, as well as to play for enjoyment’s

sake.

For college players at Cambridge, the Cuppers competition is still of paramount importance in their sporting lives and, as a University, we are proud that

so many male and female teams take part in this sport we all love.

Tonight is a celebration of the great sport of Rugby

Football and three special Queens’ members:

Mike Gibson (1963) IrelandElected as an Honorary Fellow of the College in 2013

John Spencer (1967) EnglandAppointed Manager of the 2017 British & Irish Lions Tour to New Zealand

Jamie Roberts (2015) Walesthe College’s first Rugby World Cup player

And two other Queens’ Lions in memoriamThomas Gibson (1899) & David Marques (1953)

We also celebrate all those who have played rugby for Queens’ and who enjoy the game

Special mentions:The 1966 Cuppers & League-winning XV

The 1968 Cuppers-winning XV

The 1970 Cuppers-winning XV (6-3 v Selwyn)

The 2003 Cuppers and League-winning Women’s 7s

Thanks are due toOur Master of Ceremonies, Max Duthie (1989)

(Legal Counsel for the 2013 British & Irish Lions Tour of Australia)

Generous sponsorship for the event and the Club comes from

“Chopper” Gall (1989), who has also funded sets of shirts for the Queens’ Men’s and Women’s teams. He has donated £1,992 for tonight

to mark the year of his captaincy.

Thank you

Mr Mike Gibson MBE

School: Campbell College, BelfastSubject: Law (Director of Studies – Arthur Armitage and Derek Bowett)Feats whilst at Queens’: capped by Ireland; missed the Cuppers-winning team photo; sat his Finals and flew straight to join the Lions Tour of 1966Little-known facts: Mike became a first class hockey umpire after retiring from rugby; his daughter, Jan, is a notable hockey player. He worked for Mark Rosser’s (1971) father’ law firm. Mark played with Mike occasionally for NIFC. Mike’s son, Colin, played for Gloucester RFC.

Feats in the sport:Cambridge• Blues in 1963, 1964, 1965 (captain)Clubs:• North of Ireland FC & Barbarians. Played club rugby till the age of 42.International• Second most decorated Lion after Willie-John McBride, Mike played 68 matches for the Lions, won 69 caps for Ireland and 12 caps for the Lions, making him at one time the world’s most capped player. His five Lions tours is still a record alongside McBride (1966, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1977)• 1971 Lions Tour series winner in New Zealand• Played in the 1973 Barbarians v All Blacks classic• Guest of honour at the CU Women’s RFC dinner in 2013 – at Queens’• IRB (World Rugby) Hall of Fame member

Mike for the Barbarians, 28 Dec. 1976

Mr Mike Gibson MBE

Mike with Samantha Graham (univ.capt. 12/13) & Fiona Gillanders (President 12/13)

Mr John Spencer

Left from top: John Spencer at Astbourne, 24th May 1971. John Spencer for the Barbarians, 26th September 1970.John Spencer, Andy Irvine, John Feehan and Gerald Davies at Trafalgar Square, 18th October 2010. John Spencer leading the Blues out against Harlequins, 1969.

School: Sedbergh

Subject: Law (Director of Studies – Arthur Armitage and Derek Bowett)

Feats whilst at Queens’: shared rooms in Old Court with Jacko Page; capped for England as a 21-year old undergraduate v Ireland (alongside David Duckham and opposite Mike Gibson)

Feats in the sport:

Queens’1968 Cuppers winner

CambridgeBlues in of 1967, 1968 and 1969 (captain)

ClubsHeadingley, Wharfedale & Barbarians. Current President of Wharfedale RFC

International• England – 14 caps and captained the side on 4 occasions• 1971 British & Irish Lions Tour of New Zealand • IRB (World Rugby) Hall of Fame member• Currently head of Club England & Senior Vice-President, RFU• 2017 British & Irish Lions Tour Manager

Mr John Spencer

Left from top: John Spencer at Astbourne, 24th May 1971. John Spencer for the Barbarians, 26th September 1970.John Spencer, Andy Irvine, John Feehan and Gerald Davies at Trafalgar Square, 18th October 2010. John Spencer leading the Blues out against Harlequins, 1969.

School: Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg GlantafUndergraduate: Cardiff University School of MedicineCurrent Subject: MPhil in Orthopaedic Surgery (two years part-time)Feats whilst at Queens’: biggest ever rugby player to be resident in College

Feats in the sport:

Queens’Yet to be selected

Cambridge Blue in 2015

ClubsCardiff RFC, Cardiff Blues, Racing 92, Harlequins & Barbarians. International• Wales – 89 caps (debut in 2008)• Two Grand Slams and two RBS Six Nations titles• Played in RWCs 2011 and 2015• 2009 British & Irish Lions Player of the Series• 2013 British & Irish Lions series winner in Australia• 2017 British & Irish Lions Tour hopeful

Dr Jamie Roberts

Jamie for CURUFC 4 Nov. 2015

Dr Jamie Roberts

A History of Queens’ Rugby Union Blues and Internationals

BLUES

Blues (Men)Pat Sykes, Barry Holmes, John Langham, Richard Umbers, David Marques, Mike Patterson, Geoff Frankcom, Tony Pender, Mike Gibson, Nick Cosh, John Spencer, Jacko Page, Walt Jones, Mike Biggar, Paul Smith, Tony Kitchin, Graham Phillips, Mark Rosser, Mark Wainwright, Paul Alder, Max Duthie, Ben Rudge, Tom Woolsey, Will Balfour

Half Blues (Women)Sarah Bloomfield (née Fox), Catherine Gale (née Thomas), Melanie Pearn (née Scholes), Rowena Price, Andrea Turner

Full Blues (Women)Jayne McKinlay, Mary Shepperson, Fiona Gillanders, Antonia Robbins, Esteira Hiwaizi

University Women’s President: Fiona Gillanders

INTERNATIONALS

1890 Charles “Boomer” Nicholl (Wales – 15 caps)1896 Nigel Fletcher (England, 4 caps)1899 Thomas Gibson (England – 2 caps & Lions)1943 Pat Sykes (England, 7 caps)1944 Barry Holmes (England, 4 caps; Argentina, 2 caps)1953 David Marques (England – 25 caps & Lions – 2 caps)1961 Geoff Frankcom (England – 4 caps)1963 Mike Gibson (Ireland – 69 caps & Lions – 12 caps)1967 John Spencer (England – 14 caps & Lions)1967 Jacko Page (England – 5 caps)1968 Mike Biggar (Scotland – 24 caps)2015 Jamie Roberts (Wales - 83 caps & Lions - 3 caps)

A History of Queens’ Rugby Union Blues and InternationalsINTERNATIONALS

1890 Charles “Boomer” Nicholl (Wales – 15 caps)1896 Nigel Fletcher (England, 4 caps)1899 Thomas Gibson (England – 2 caps & Lions)1943 Pat Sykes (England, 7 caps)1944 Barry Holmes (England, 4 caps; Argentina, 2 caps)1953 David Marques (England – 25 caps & Lions – 2 caps)1961 Geoff Frankcom (England – 4 caps)1963 Mike Gibson (Ireland – 69 caps & Lions – 12 caps)1967 John Spencer (England – 14 caps & Lions)1967 Jacko Page (England – 5 caps)1968 Mike Biggar (Scotland – 24 caps)2015 Jamie Roberts (Wales - 83 caps & Lions - 3 caps)

*All information according to our records

Esteira Hiwaizi (2012) with the Women’s

Rugby Varsity Trophy, March 2015

Barry Holmes (1944) as Finalist in Cuppers, 1948

Queens’ College Rugby Club – latest developments

Two players of particular note will at Queens’ this coming season, in addition to Jamie Roberts:

•Ollie Phillips (2016) former IRB World 7s Player of the Year, former England 7s captain, Gloucester & Stade Francais. Course: Executive MBA (Judge Business School)•Charlie Amesbury (2016) formerly of Harlequins, now with Bristol Rugby. Course: MSt in Social Innovation (Judge Business School)

Queens’ Rugby Club was restructured in June in order to:

•Amalgamate the men’s and women’s sections and encourage MCR participation•Appoint a coach to work with both the Mens’ and Women’s teams•Appoint a Fellow Patron who can help with strategy and succession from year to year•Appoint Honorary Patrons from among the alumni to give the Club further distinction and encourage alumni to be involved officially N.B.•A new section for the Rugby Club is on the College website•There is determination to maintain the tradition of some form of annual alumni match or event and an annual Club Dinner

2015-16:President: Cameron Anderson (2014) Fellow Patron: Mr Rowan KittMen’s Captain: Claude Macnaughton (2014) Women’s Captain: Charlotte Harrop (2014)Hon Patrons: TBC

Recent events•The College hosted the Rugby World Cup 2015 Match Officials for lunch and a tour round Cambridge. Romain Poite (France) presented a signed shirt to the Club which is mounted in the Bar.•Queens’ Men’s XV have reached two successive Cuppers Plate Finals in the last two years, losing both.

Gwyn is a former Welsh schoolboy international prop forward, who played for the LX Club and a dozen times for the Varsity side. He was part of the victorious Cuppers XV of 1968.“Since retiring, I have become an historian of the game and have written several books on early rugby. Jamie Roberts, you may be aware, is not the first Welsh rugby international from Queens’. Queensman Charles “Boomer” Nicholl (1890) won four Blues 1890-1893, captained the University in 1892 and won fifteen Welsh caps at forward 1891-1896. He is mentioned in the Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union and Fields of Praise (1980) by Dai Smith and Gareth Williams, the well-known Welsh historians. They include a quotation from around 1893 that Nicholl was: “The most distinguished member of the least distinguished college … fond of smoking and a connoisseur of exhilarating beverages, in which strength rather than delicacy of bouquet is a predominant feature”.

Charlotte Harrop, Will Fenby & Roman Poite at Queens’, October 2015

Gwyn Prescott’s Rugby Books

Given the uncomplimentary remarks about Queens’, I have asked the authors (who are good friends) for the source of this fascinating quote but sadly they cannot recall where they located it!”

Some great Queens’ teams

1962 XV – Cuppers finalistsSC Nicholas, CT Simey, JLV Bush, GP Frankcom, PGR Lyon, RAR Burton, DS Bousfield, RG Garfield, D Owen, DRB Martin, K Geddes, MP Coultas, AR Pender, GK McCormack, GR Blackwell

1963-64 League ChampionsJLV Bush (capt) AC Nacht, JB Cooke, DM Cowie, BRC Gibson, MJB Wood, JA Sills, GJH Price, DC Last, RG Garfield, GP Frankcom, JA Streule, JD Perkins PA Kitchin, MJ Hodgson, D Chambers, RA Kottler

1966 Cuppers & League ChampionsJD Perkins (capt), CMH Gibson, D Thorp, PA Kitchin, NJ Cosh, J Cohen, RCQ Farmer, JP Walmsley, JW Kidner, MP James, D Lavelle, DH Willmott, S Blencowe, S Cartmell, PB Lees, JAR Chisholm, DWJ Garrett, CJ Mellor, PB Leach, MF Dallas, DB Dennis, DJ Chambers, SM Schaefer, AR Noakes

1968 Cuppers Champions DB Dennis (capt), DJ Olsen, PE Clark, GL Prescott, JP Walmsley, DWJ Garrett, CD Chitty, JAR Chisholm, JJ Page, IW Warburton, JS Spencer, PB Lees, DK Merriott, NJ Cosh, AR Noakes, TH White, KM Mattholie

1970 Cuppers ChampionsTH White (capt), EJ Dennis, JJ Page, MA Biggar, WR McNabb, JS Spencer, WA Jones, KM Mattholie, DJ Olsen, CB Chitty, CJ Turnbull, PK Smith, HS Wheater, CGCH Baker, DP Norman

1985 Cuppers finalistsSimon Blake (capt), Andy Orchard, Bryan Rigg, Greg Watson, John Downes, Ian Notley, Bill Milliken, Sean Notley, Gordon Pope, Martin Attfield, Pete Newnham, John Meadows, Peter Ayrey, Martin Dean, Richard Byng, Jon Boaden, Mike Potts, Malcom Forsyth, James Denham, Martin Jolly

2003 Women’s 7s League & Cuppers ChampionsAnna Langridge, Katie Low, Katya Giller, Mary Shepperson, Caz Pretty, Jess Hart, Bethan Ramsey, Micha Colombo.

Left: Doug Dennis (1965) capt. of 1968 XV Above: 1966 Cuppers XV.Below: 1968 Cuppers XV.

1950-51 Ted Richardson1951-52 P I Reid1952-53 R L Hitchcock1953-54 TJN Cartwright1954-55 M R M Evans1955-56 John Sanders1956-57 J R Finlay1957-58 C. Van der Lande1958-59 C. Van der Lande1959-60 Russell Jenkins1960-61 John McLellan1961-62 David Martin1963-64 John Bush1964-65 Tony Kitchin1965-66 Dave Perkins1966-67 David Thorp1967-68 Doug Dennis1968-69 David Merriott1969-70 Tom White1970-71 Robin McNabb1971-72 Peter Jessup1972-73 Richard Bolsin1973-74 Arthur Noble1974-75 Martin Blencowe1975-76 Richard Mowbray1976-77 Stephen Crowne1977-78 Michael Raw1978-79 Stephen Horrocks1979-80 Stuart Henderson1979-80 Dele Oniya1980-81 Paul Rogers1981-82 Jamie Brosch1982-83 Jeremy Bown1983-84 Stephen Bryan

1984-85 Simon Blake1985-86 Ian Notley1986-87 Gordon Pope1987-88 Mike Bryant1988-89 William Bentley1989-90 Phil Mulligan1990-91 R. Waddington1991-92 Chopper Gall1992-93 Adrian Clarke1993-94 Justin Strain1994-95 Neil Coomber1995-96 Evan Richards1996-97 Lewis Bantin1997-98 Benja Hedley1998-99 Matt Cable1999-00 James Foster2000-01 Chris Davison2001-02 Sam Roberts2002-03 Oliver Morgans2003-04 William Carson2004-05 Robert Picken2005-06 Ian Neill2006-07 Tom Ding2007-08 Michael Shaw2008-09 David Sykes2009-10 Edmund Archer2010-11 Matt Jones2011-12 Calum Roberts2012-13 Spike Strang2013-14 Steve Conacher2014-15 Tom McClelland2015-16 Will Fenby2016-17 Claude Macnaughton

Queens’ College Rugby Club Captains

Men’s

Right: The Queens’ 2015/16 Women’s rugby team modelling their new kit, generously sponsored by Robert “Chopper” Gall (1989).

Women’s

1994-95 Bianca Sainty1995-96 Bianca Sainty1996-97 Sara Phillips1997-98 Clare Barrett1998-99 Melanie Scholes1999-00 Helen Clay2000-01 Rowena Price2001-02 Mary Shepperson2002-03 Cat Chatfield2003-04 Caz Pretty2004-05 Sarah Richardson2004-05 Elaine Shirt2006-07 Rachel Barlow2007-08 Ernie Visser2008-09 Charlie Drury2009-10 Jemima Maunder-Taylor2010-11 Gemma Phillips2010-11 Fiona Gillanders2011-12 Sarah Paige2013-14 Esteira Hiwaizi2014-15 Esteira Hiwaizi 2015-16 Charlotte Harrop

1954 John Sanders1954 Marriott Irons 1956 Roger Mowll1957 Russell Jenkins1959 David Bousfield1961 Martin Coultas1962 Jim Cowie1962 Frank Buck1962 Tony Kitchin*1962 Dick Kottler1962 Ron Gibson1962 Mike Hodgson1962 Dave Perkins1962 John Walmsley1963 Christopher Mellor1963 Christopher Farmer1963 Mike Gibson*†1964 John Eatwell1964 Ed Harris1964 Mike James1964 David Thorp1965 Ivor Warburton1965 Philip Lees1965 Nick Cosh*1965 Doug Dennis1965 Charles Willis1966 Gwyn Prescott1966 David Merriott1966 David Norman1966 Derek Olsen1967 Jacko Page*†1967 John Spencer*†1967 Tom White1967 Phil Green

In Attendance Tonight

Guests are listed by matriculation year

* denotes rugby Blue †denotes international1968 Robin McNabb1968 Julian Dennis1968 Mike Biggar*†1968 Walt Jones*1969 Paul Smith*1971 Mark Rosser*1975 Michael Anson1976 Paul Hrycyszyn1977 Stuart Henderson1977 Mark Wainwright*1977 Dele Oniya1977 Mark Goodyear1977 Paul Denvir1977 Tim Coles1978 Dave Marshall1978 Nigel White1978 Bryan Stiles1978 Pete Ullmann1978 Mark Southern1978 Paul Rogers1979 Bryan Young1979 Jamie Brosch1979 Richard Howgego1980 Paul Alder1985 Julian Hobday1987 Paul Schreier1987 David Rees1987 Phil Mulligan1987 Steve Dobson1987 Andy Eastham1988 Stephen Kinnock1988 Richard Waddington1988 Alastair Beveridge1989 Max Duthie*

In Attendance Tonight

1989 Russell Jones1990 Michael Dodson1993 Evan Richards1993 Tim Gershon1996 Benja Hedley1999 Freddie New2001 Sam Youdan2001 William Carson2007 Edmund Archer2007 Katie Draper2007 Henry Robinson2008 Jemima Maunder- Taylor2008 Gemma Phillips2008 Alex Greer2009 Fiona Gillanders*

2009 Mike Heap2009 Andy Kirk2010 John Broadbent2010 James Helliwell2010 Lewis MacDonald2010 Jinesh Patel2010 Ben Ryan2012 Lucy Evans2012 Esteira Hiwaizi*2012 Helena Pomfret2012 Caitlin Rozario2013 Will Fenby2014 Charlotte Harrop2015 Jamie Roberts*†2016 Ollie Phillips Oliver Dixon

The PresidentProfessor Lord Eatwell

Fellows

Martin DixonProfessor of the Law of Real Property;

Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn; Dean of College;Cambridge University & District Rugby Referees Society

Mr Rowan Kitt Development Director

Alumni of the Club are always welcome at College. If anyone wants to support the Club, please contact the Development Director

development.director@queens.cam.ac.ukWe need bursaries for postgraduate rugby-playing students, tour funds,

coaching expenses, cups for best/most improved players, general expenses etc.

Cups can be given in the name of a past XV or in memoriam.

Alumni & Development OfficeQueens’ College

Silver StreetCambridge

CB3 9ET

01223 331944development@queens.cam.ac.uk

Event organised by Fran Johnson. Programme content by Rowan Kitt.

Programme compiled by Llinos Thomas-Parkins.