
]Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club, from Beaconsfield, England, was founded in 1952 by Jack Hickman, a rugby enthusiast and a leading light at Ealing RFC. Because of the distance he had to travel to support Ealing, he decided to form a new local club and an advert was placed in the Bucks Free Press, along with local contacts. Eventually the first match was played on 1953-10-03 against Windsor Ex 'A'. Beaconsfield have always played on the pitches at Oak Lodge Meadow but sometimes used the local Army Camp pitch. Before the first clubhouse was obtained, the sides changed at the Army Camp, had tea in the Puffins Tea Shop in the old town and adjourned to The White Horse to entertain the opposition. In 1958, small Burnham Hall was obtained to become the clubhouse. The present clubhouse was completed in 1971.
WRFC have played against Beaconsfield 1st XV over the years without much success, we have never played their 2nd team so we walk into the unknown today.
The teams are separated by 2 points in the current season so all to play for.
Today’s match squad sees 11 home grown players take to the field, J Gibb the current years colts captain gets his start on the flank. A re- aligned back line is interesting as coaches continue to experiment with players returning from injury. It would be great to see what Ben adds from fullback position.
The forwards bench is packed with experience as Tom and Colin will add physicality if required.
