Title
Memories of playing rugby for the Tigers
Subject
Sport
Description
Former Tigers player Brian Small recalls the harder rugby union teams to beat in the 1950s.
Creator
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Source
Interview with Brian Small for the East Midlands Oral History Archive. Uncatalogued.
Publisher
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Date
1950s
Contributor
East Midlands Oral History Archive
Rights
You may use this item in accordance with the licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/
Format
.mp3
Language
English
Type
Oral history
Original Format
.wav
Duration
1 min 32 sec
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Transcription
The hardest side, probably the strongest side at that time was Coventry, who rather faded off the map, but they were a very hard side. I used to reckon they used to carve them out of the local quarry when the quarry closed, they were such a good side. I played, it was one of the occasions when I captained them, towards the end of the game one of the Coventry players was laid out. I assumed it must have been done by one of their blokes, by mistake, because I don't think any of ours would dare clobber them. I tottered up politely to enquire how he was, just as their captain had got there, and his method of enquiring about him wasn't how are you, his question was ‘Mick, who did it to you?’ It must have been one of their blokes. Then we beat them. Coventry was probably the, consistently, the strongest because they had a hell of a strong pack. Northampton were good. We could beat them, but there are certain times you put odds on Coventry, Northampton, Harlequins. If we beat them, we were pleased. We did beat them, but they beat us more than we beat them. There was no league, there was a county competition, there was no league, you didn't play for a cup, you just... there's a fixture card and you play them.
Interviewer
Colin Hyde
Interviewee
Brian Small
Location
Interviewee's home address
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