A page from The Illustrated Sporting News dated 14th April 1866 listing all the first-class and second-class rugby football results of Richmond Footba
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A page from The Illustrated Sporting News dated 14th April 1866 listing all the first-class and second-class rugby football results of Richmond Football Club in season 1865-66, the page containing other sporting coverage In 2011 Richmond Rugby Club are celebrating their 150th anniversary season, having been formed in 1861. Famously, the club participated in the first ever inter-club fixture when they played Blackheath in 1864, and was a founding member of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in 1871. Other notable moments in its long history include hosting the first experimental floodlit match on Richmond's ground in 1878, their participation in the first match on the RFU's ground at Twickenham in 1909, and even playing in the first ever match under the Football Association Rules of 1863 against Barnes in Battersea Park, which for the record was also the last time Richmond have played the round ball game. not illustrated