OMTFC 1st XV vs Honourable Artillery Company

On Saturday 15th November, the OMTFC 1st XV vs Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) took place. Due to the RFU League system, this was the first time that the two clubs had faced each other in a decade. The match coincided with Remembrance Sunday, which was very appropriate due to the fact that 27 OMTs died as members of HAC during The Great War. The HAC is based in the City of London, and therefore it meant that many OMTs joined up to serve in HAC, the oldest and most prestigious Regiment in the British Army.

Jonny Taylor and Jeremy Birch kindly provided a display of Memorabilia, and a separate poppy on the Roll of Honor identified individually each of the 27 OMT/HAC members who died. These included John 'Jack' Raphael (Oxford Blue, celebrated England International and OMTFC Captain 1906-1910) and John 'Jock' Will (Cambridge Blue and Scottish International).

The teams observed a minute's silence prior to the match, which turned out to be a hard-fought one, played in good spirit, with HAC emerging as the eventual winners 12-28.