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“If a country is going to have a national rugby ground, it might as well
100 years of twickenham Stadium Chronology 1907 10.5 acre market garden purchased for £5,572.12.6 1908 Original East and West Stands constructed along with South Terrace 1909 Inaugural fixture played between Harlequins and Richmond 1910 Inaugural international match played between England and Wales “May the future be as happy as has been the past; may the games be as good as the best of those that have gone before, and may we long be able to congratulate Twickenham on its manners no less than on its weather. Let the game go on.” 1913 England win their first Grand Slam with victory over Scotland 1914-1918 Pitch used to graze horses during WW1 1921 War memorial unveiled • First Varsity Match played 1925 North Stand completed 1926 First Middlesex-Sevens held at venue, won by Harlequins Kenneth Rankin, 1936 1927 East Stand extended 1929 Sir George Rowland Hill Memorial Gates unveiled 1932 West Stand extended • South Stand extended “If a country is going to have a national rugby ground, it might as well be the best in the world. Which Twickenham is.” 1940-1945 Stadium used as civil defence depo, decontamination site, coal dump and swarf store during WW2 1981 South Stand constructed Wallace Reyburn, 1975 1991 New North Stand constructed • Rugby World Cup held at stadium Twickenham Stadium 1925 1993 New East Stand constructed 1995 New West Stand constructed 2006 New South Stand constructed Twickenham Stadium 1925 Twickenham Stadium c.1980 Twickenham Stadium 1999 Twickenham Stadium 1928 Twickenham Stadium 1940’s Twickenham Stadium 1991 100 years of twickenham Stadium Chronology 1907 10.5 acre market garden purchased for £5,572.12.6 1908 Original East and West Stands constructed along with South Terrace 1909 Inaugural fixture played between Harlequins and Richmond 1910 Inaugural international match played between England and Wales “May the future be as happy as has been the past; may the games be as good as the best of those that have gone before, and may we long be able to congratulate Twickenham on its manners no less than on its weather. Let the game go on.” 1913 England win their first Grand Slam with victory over Scotland 1914-1918 Pitch used to graze horses during WW1 1921 War memorial unveiled • First Varsity Match played 1925 North Stand completed 1926 First Middlesex-Sevens held at venue, won by Harlequins Kenneth Rankin, 1936 1927 East Stand extended 1929 Sir George Rowland Hill Memorial Gates unveiled 1932 West Stand extended • South Stand extended “If a country is going to have a national rugby ground, it might as well be the best in the world. Which Twickenham is.” 1940-1945 Stadium used as civil defence depo, decontamination site, coal dump and swarf store during WW2 1981 South Stand constructed Wallace Reyburn, 1975 1991 Twickenham Stadium 1925 New North Stand constructed • Rugby World Cup held at stadium 1993 New East Stand constructed 1995 New West Stand constructed 2006 New South Stand constructed Twickenham Stadium 1925 Twickenham Stadium c.1980 Twickenham Stadium 1999 Twickenham Stadium 1928 Twickenham Stadium 1940’s Twickenham Stadium 1991
