Olney RFC

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. 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]

Olney
Full nameOlney Rugby Football Club
UnionBuckinghamshire RFU / East Midlands RFU
Founded1877
LocationOlney, Buckinghamshire, England
Ground(s)East Street
Captain(s)Gareth Cahill
League(s)Midlands 1 East
2019–2013th (relegated to Midlands 2 East (South))
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