With the experienced Ray Plummer as captain the first team started off with 5 wins in the first 6 games, including Newquay Hornets and Services A, a 3-3 draw with Crediton being the exception. Away to...
Frank Lavis, who had captained the highly successful Colts side of 1964-5, and who since had made his position in the first team pack his own, took over as club captain supported by a vastly experienc...
Tony Blonden a hard running centre with an eye for an opening took over as captain, Geoff Bryan being in charge of the Wanderers. After 15 years as Hon. Secretary, David Dobell was replaced by Frank K...
Billy Ryan, associated with the Club from his school days, a fast breaking, incisive, quick thinking stand off half took over the captaincy, whilst Rip Kirby returned from his Plymouth Albion excursio...
John Price, an attacking wing forward took over as captain. John was old fashioned enough as to consider that rugby was primarily a game of running and passing and in imposing his own standards on the...
Ian Cooper, a very solid scrummaging prop forward became captain, Geoff Bryan, Nigel Hadden, Peter Green, John Ellis and Rip Kirby in support, from the previous year Stuart Morrow full back, vice capt...
Rip Kirby was captain, Ken Beake his vice. Ted Delve the President resigned and George Cross a player of the 1930s taking over. John Richards continued in charge of the A side. There was a promising o...
The midweek XV – Plymouth Argaum Barbarians – duly came to fruition, owing their title undoubtedly to the Devon Barbarians, who operated in midweek before the war. Like all newly formed si...
The Club’s 75th Anniversary and the Devon R.F.U. promised to field a County side at Bickleigh in the course of the season. John Keating – a great extrovert – fortunately continued as capta...
John Keating (No.8) was captain Dave Algate vice but the latter moved from Plymouth early in the season. The field at Estover was finally and irrevocably lost to the Club, Plymouth City Council having...