Peterborough Rugby Union Football Club
Sporting Club in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
It is widely believed that the sport of rugby has its origins with the initiative of William Webb-Ellis who in 1823 with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time, 1st took the ball in his arms and ran with it, thus originating the distinctive feature of the Rugby game. Thus reads the plaque erected in 1895 at Rugby School. His reputation as the originator of the sport finds expression in the naming of the Rugby Union World Cup trophy - the Webb Ellis Cup.