ARROW 1874 RUGBY SHIRT

Name: ARROW 1874 RUGBY SHIRT
SKU: BB1871_RS_ARRO
Price: 120.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£120.00

SKU: BB1871_RS_ARRO Category: British Heritage

Description

The Arrow 1874 vintage rugby shirt is made with a quality heavyweight slub cotton which gives the shirt a hard wearing yet soft and comfortable retro style finish. This British vintage ‘old school’ shirt combines heritage colour dyes with a distressed wash to produce a nicely worn-in look and feel. The Arrow 1874 rugby shirt is completed with the Arrow embroidered logo and the founding date.

ARROW R.F.C Arrow R.F.C. founded in 1874 with 35 members. They played at Victoria Park, South Hackney and changed at the ‘Mitford Castle’ on Francis Terrace. In 1864 the Mitford Castle was the scene of a murder when Thomas Briggs was assaulted and pushed out of a train. He fell onto the tracks behind the pub and was carried down to the Mitford Castle. Where he was tended by (among others) the landlord James Hudson, but he died shortly afterwards. Arrow R.F.C. played in dark blue shirts with a white arrow on the left breast

SIZE GUIDE

FEATURES

Heavy duty 100% slub cotton

380gsm

Embroidered vintage Arrow logo with their founding date

Embroidered 1871 detailing on the back of the neck

Reinforced hems

Two rubber button placket

Machine washable

Made in Portugal

DETAILS

Arrow R.F.C. founded in 1874 with 35 members played at Victoria Park, Bow, South Hackney and changed at the ‘Mitford Castle’ on Francis Terrace.

In 1864 the Mitford Castle was the scene of a murder when Thomas Briggs was assaulted and pushed out of a train between Fenchurch Street and Hackney.

He fell onto the tracks behind the pub and was carried down to the Mitford Castle and tended by (among others) the landlord James Hudson, but died shortly afterwards.

Arrow R.F.C. played in dark blue shirts with a white arrow on the left breast