Also an ex-Redingensians player with 1000 games for the senior club against more than 160 different clubs from eight countries, played in six different countries.

I played mostly in the back row and in the later games when I was less mobile, the second row.

I played in all 15 positions for the club at least once, playing 29 games for the 1st XV, 109 for the Seconds, 213 for the Thirds, 161 for the Fourths, 137 for the Fifths. two for the Sixths and 349 for the Old ‘Recks (Veterans).

In the 1968/69 season, when I was still young enough to play for the Colts, I played for every senior and junior team in the club.

From the 927 games I have scoring details for, I won 442, drew 47 and lost 438, and I have
scored 98 tries with one conversion (so probably more than 100 tries in 1000 games).

I have also played over 100 games for other sides – including 37 as opposition to Redingensians, and Sunday and mid-week games.

Off the field, I was Bar Chairman at the tender age of 19 in 1969 and assisted with the running of the bar for most of the 1970s, for which I was awarded a club Honours Cap in 1978.

I was made a Life Member of the club in 1989.

I have been chairman of the Thames Valley Invitation League since 2004 when we had 54 teams in 6 divisions, before the BBO divisions allowed non-First teams, for which I was honoured by the RFU as a Valued Volunteer in 2013, and a Shield from Jonathan Dance (RFU President) when I retired from playing in 2015 at the age of 65.

Best rugby memory: Scoring three tries and a conversion (the kicker was having an off-day so in the second half, try scorers attempted the conversions) for the 3rds against Uxbridge in 1980.

We won 94-0 which would have been more than 100 nowadays as the tries were only four points then.

Worst rugby memory: Being wrongly sent off in 1972 against Old Creightonians.

I had a witness who spoke for me at the hearing at the Berkshire County Disciplinary Committee chaired by Dennis Easby (Old Redingensian and future RFU president) and included Gwyn Francis (Ex Welsh cap and a key figure in the early founding of Old Redingensians).

They agreed with my witness, and I was playing the following week.

Favourite food: Pasta.

Favourite drink: London Pride.

Favourite travel destination: USA – I travelled coast to coast on Greyhound Buses in 1976 and had a house in Florida from 1990 to 2003.

Favourite Redingensians try: Playing for the Tigers in 1976 against Pennanians we had a scrum deep in our 25 (as it was called then).

The ball went out to the captain and blind side wing (Mike Viney) who put in a cross-kick behind their full-back.

I was playing open-side and caught the ball on the half-way line and ran in to score un-opposed.

Favourite ever try: Barbarians v All Blacks in 1973 by Gareth Edwards.

Favourite ever player: Peter Winterbottom.

Favourite current player(s): James Baker and Johnny Williams.

Other hobbies: Maps.

Favourite TV show: Travel programs – Simon Reeve, Michael Palin and Michael Portillo.

Favourite musician: Eric Clapton.

Favourite song: Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits.

Favourite rugby ground(s): Far pitch at OBR where I played many of my home games.

It is bigger and flatter than the first-team pitch.

Second team: Redingensians Thirds, second to the Vets.

Favourite other sports: Cycling - watching the Tour de France and Athletics.

One law change you'd make in rugby: Enforce the law for crooked scrum feeds.

If line-out throws were as crooked as scrum feeds they would go straight to the scrum-half or even behind him.

Best thing about Rams RFC: It caters for all levels of players from the Firsts to the Fifths, the Under 7s to the Colts and girls too.