Arntzen, Carl - Record for consecutive scoring matches: scoring points - 11
Y. Ayeb - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances) prior to 1999. With CS Lons in the French "PREMIERE DIVISION FEDERALE" in Oct 2001 - follow his progress here - if you parlez le language!
John Beale - Now Director Of Rugby for Moseley Rugby Ltd
Andy Binns - Team captain in 2004, 120+ league appearances is a club record.
Scott Bemand joined Harlequins from Moseley in the summer of 2001 and made his first appearance in the Zurich Premiership in the game against Bristol on the 8th September 2001, a game in which he scored a try on debut. Scott has won representative honours with England Colts and England Students. Later with Leicester
Simon Brading - 70+ career appearances, England semi finalist in the Student World Cup 2000
W.L. Bunting - one of 4 Moseley players to have captained England
Peter Buxton - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances) prior to 1999 - joint most individual tries in a match: 3 (vs. Coventry 18 March 2000) - April 2002, Gloucester Rugby Club has announced that it has been successful in concluding a deal, which will bring Peter Buxton to Kingsholm. Buxton who can play either blind side or number eight has agreed terms for a three- year deal. He started his career at Cheltenham before moving to Midlands side Moseley. After a successful spell there, he moved to Welsh side Newport and has been an ever present this season starring in the Heineken Cup for the Welsh side who finished second in their Pool after beating Newcastle twice. Buxton was also called up for the England A Six Nations Squad this season and hopes to continue his development in the Zurich Premiership.) follow his progress here
J.F. Byrne one of 4 Moseley players to have captained England
Al Charron, Flanker. Over 50 caps for Canada. Hugely powerful with a never-say-die attitude. Scored a second-half try against New Zealand in the 1991 World Cup quarter-final and the winning try against Wales in 1993 in Cardiff. Scored two tries in 1995 World Cup when he played in four positions in three games. Selected as a Barbarian on several occasions. With Dax (france) in 2001
follow his progress here -nice website Dax!
read his view on life at a troubled Moseley here
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Mark Chudleigh - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999. now with Launceston. - follow his progress here
Marcus Cook- Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances) prior to 1999 - 80+ career appearances, Now with Stourbridge.
England star Martin Cooper, played in Two Cup Finals; 1979 & 1982.
Simon Cooper - assembled a group to form Moseley Ventures Ltd. and bought the club out of Administration in 1998 and ran it until 2002.
Corless - "How could you forget Trevor Corless, that nifty England centre and Mose man through and through" offered one fan's e-mail. (Trevor is gratified that his public remember him. Unfortunately he has asked us to point out that, not for the first time in his life, he has been mistaken for his brother, Barrie.) Whilst TC concedes that Barrie was indeed silky skilled and an England international, Trevor,apparently, is "by far the better drinker and the more handsome of the two". For those that remember, Trevor was a Prop forward for Birmingham (the REAL Birmingham RFC), Moseley and N. Mids, to name but a few. He was also an England trialist and played for Midlands Division. Most recently he is the chap who makes the announcements at MFC home matches.........It should also be mentioned that TC has been an outstanding M&J coach for more than a decade, and Barrie (Action photo here)
(10 caps for England 1976-8, the first full time Director of Rugby at Gloucester in 1995) is now part of the First XV Coaching set-up at Moseley).
Read Barrie's Books - Click here for info
Mike Coulman - British Lion in 1968
Gary Cox Played in Two Cup Finals; - 1979, 1982; a former club captain and England Under-23 hooker, made a record 458 1st XV appearances for Moseley.
P. Cranmer - one of 4 Moseley players to have captained England
Les Cusworth to quote RugbySpeakers.co.uk - "Les was a creative fly half during a period when the England coaches were looking for someone who would play strictly to their plan, a greater trust in the skills of their playmaker would have produced better results and more caps for Les! He scored 947 points for Leicester in 365 games, after playing for Wakefield and Moseley and had a worldwide reputation as a sevens player, coaching England to triumph in the inaugural sevens world cup in Scotland in 1993. He was at Worcester, but is now working freelance. A most friendly personality and an extremely popular speaker".
follow his progress here
John Davidson - Described in a Sunday Times article on the Leicester side that won the first League title as "An athletic lock who joined the Tigers from Moseley. A middle jumper with fantastic hands, but his work in the oil industry limited his rugby career"
Sam Doble; England full back in 72/73 and record points scorer for Moseley. After his sad and untimely death from cancer in 1977, 15 internationals turned out for a memorial match against Moseley, played to a packed Reddings.
See the History section of this site for details of the memorial game
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Bill Drake-Lee - Flanker - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Alwynne Evans - "Visionary Evans" Wrote Michael Blair in the Birmingham Post in February 2002 upon his "quiet resignation" as Moseley's chief executive. "Apart from being one of English rugby's most able administrators - it was he who supplied the nuts and bolts for the conversion to league rugby, countrywide.A Moseley man. Having joined the club more than 40 years ago, played for them, administered for them in every capacity in the club, including chairman and president. Evans has always been able to take the forward view and he was immediately at hand to organise the first national fixtures, on an RFU-supplied computer in his bedroom in Sutton Coldfield."
Keith Fielding - Speedy England winger came to Moseley from Five Ways and Loughborough University, moved to League, played in the 1975 world cup, and won a Superstars champion of champions award.
John Finlan - 1960's Fly-half - 13 caps - outside-half who kicked three drop goals for England.
Lee Fortey - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999, at Bees in 2001/2 via time at Newport
Geoff Gregory - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999 - Joint record holder - most individual tries in a match: 3 v London Welsh, December 2001, 75+ career appearances.Moved to Bees in 2003
Paul Gisbourne, currently Moseley 1st XV front row coach.
John Goodwin - Keith Bracey writes - "Another from the Dixonians conveyor belt.The story goes that he was playing for Camp Hill Colts who were heavily beaten by Dixonians whom he then asked if he could join. Dixonians, realising he had a 'higher calling' recommended him to Moseley and he played on the left-wing for Moseley throughout the 1980's and early 1990's.
He was unlucky that at the same time and in the same position was one of the legends of the English game, Rory Underwood, and was never capped by his country. He did tour New Zealand with England in 1984 along with another Moseley player Ian Metcalfe, however he was not capped on a disastrous tour, during which one of the Test Matches was lost by over 40 points.
John became a little disillusioned with the game following his lack of International recognition and retired early. A great loss to the game in general and Moseley in particular."
Andy Hall - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999 - moved to Glasgow 2001 - follow his progress here
R. Hampton - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Ben Harvey - scored a record 181 points in League rugby in the 2000-1 season.
Keith Hatter - Keith Bracey writes - "A fine wing of the mid-to-late 1960's who went on to greater achievements on the coaching field, having I believe been backs coach to Moseley teams of the 1990's. Another Moseley player who had links with Junior Club Dixonians, being the coaching inspiration behind their North Midlands Cup winning teams of the 1970's,on one famous occasion beating Stourbridge. Now believed to be an hotelier in the Exeter area,he used to commute to Birmingham to coach Moseley. That's commitment for you!"
A. Healy - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Simon Hodgkinson - Most penalties in a season: 41 - (1994-95) 14 England caps - 1989-91Good write up here
Nigel (N E)Horton - "Oopnorth" a Leeds Supporter remembers "a big brute of a lock in the 70s, "the Johnston of the day". Birmingham born - he won 20 England caps between 1969 and 1980. He represented the British Lions on their 1977 tour to New Zealand. He played for Moseley and Toulouse in a 25-year playing career. He also coached in France for the St Claude RFC, Bourgen Bresse RFC and Rouen RFC from 1980 to 1993. Upon his return to England he was the Coaching Director for Birmingham & Solihull RFC. Since 1993 he has been involved in the design and marketing of Predator Training Equipment, which is used by many of the top rugby teams throughout the world. In addition Nigel has given lectures to the Rugby Unions of England, France, South Africa, Canada and United States on the different aspects of forward play.
Click for a photo at Rugby heroes.net
Andy Houston - Joint most drop goals in a match: 2 - (vs. Blackheath, 14 November 1995),
Gordie Houston Hooker - from Worcester in 1999, at Bees in 2001/2
Nick Jeavons, Played in Two Cup Finals; 1979, 1982; and won 14 England Caps when at Mose. Called The English "Tarzan" by the French
Chuckle at this translated match report from the 1981 "Large Slam"
-- Click here for a photo at Rugby heroes.net
Matt Jones (1997-98)Most individual points in a season: 178 - Most drop goals in a season: 5 - Joint most drop goals in a match: 2 - (vs. Orrell 25 October 1997)
S. Jones - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Don Lane - hooker, a former club captain, made a then record 450 1st XV appearances for Moseley eventually surpassed by Gary Cox' 458.
John Liley - scored 24 points in the 79-10 record Cup win against Liverpool St. Helens in 97/98
Mark Linnett, who should have had many more appearances than his single England cap. Competing for a place with someone who goes on to win 112 caps does make life difficult!
Alistair Kerr (1991-96) - Most points in a career: 364, Most conversions in a career: 38 - Most penalties in a career: 61 - Most penalties in a match: 8 (vs. Waterloo 17 February 1996 - league record)Joint most drop goals in a match: 2 (vs. Plymouth, 21 February 1996 - Most drop goals in a career: 5
Richard le Bas - Most conversions in a season: 27 - Most conversions in a match: (1996-7, vs. Rotheram, 26 April 1997)
Mark Linnett - Former holder of "Most league appearances" with 84 - (including 32 consecutively)
Matt Long - 105+ career appearances.Moved to Bees in 2003
Stuart McKinnon - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999 - 90+ Career appearances.
Colin McFadyean - British Lion in 1966 and one of four Moseley Players to Captain England. Spike Nicholl, now following Moseley's progress from Zimbabwe, recalls "one of your past great players, In my opinion, a wonderfully gifted wing and centre who received scandalous treatment from the England selectors of that period." Clifton supporters have a wonderful tribute page to Colin - click here to read more
Rod Martin- Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999 - 130 + career appearances.Retired from Rugby in 2002
Ian Metcalfe - Keith Bracey writes - "A fine full-back, Moseley captain and Cambridge Blue of the 1980s. Ian played full-back at King Edward's School and went up to Cambridge in 1976 where he gained his Blue. Returning to play for Moseley, he was a fearless full-back and captain, often a little too brave for his own good. His career was ended prematurely with a serious injury during a match at the Reddings. Having studied Law at Cambridge, a career in the law beckoned and he is now a prominent and respected local solicitor with International Birmingham practice Wragge & Co. Ian coached with Moseley M&J for many years and his son is a fine fly-half, being a member of Leicester Tigers' Academy side and having represented England Schools."
Neil Mitchell - 130+ career appearances. Moved to Stourbridge, now 1st XV coach at Stour.
Steve Moore - the first Moseley player to represent Wales, while at the club.
Derek Nutt - Played in Two Cup Finals 1979 & 1982, Derek captained Moseley in the 1982 John Player Cup final at Twickenham when they shared the trophy with Gloucester after a 12-12 draw. Was first XV Coach for the first period after the new regime took over in 2002
Darragh O'Mahony - Most career league tries: 32 - (1997-98) Also most individual tries in a season: 17 (1997-98) Also joint most individual tries in a match: 3, three times (vs. Nottingham, 2 February 1997; Waterloo, 14 February 1998; Fylde 25 April 1998), most consecutive scoring matches: Scoring tries - 5 . In 1996, Darragh joined something of an Irish exodus to Moseley, where he collected a staggering 32 tries. Bedford were then quick to snap him up, and the tries kept coming. After joining Saracens, Darragh scored 23 tries in two seasons.
follow his progress here
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Ian Patten- Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999 - 90+ career appearances. Last known at Stourbridge
Marsden J Proctor - First player to start in the under 8s and progress through to win a First XV tie (Debut v Abertillery 1988). Went on to play 50 plus for Moseley in first division rugby & also coach 1st Team (Forwards)from 2000-2002 alongside John White. In 2004 playing Federal 3 rugby in South West France.
Richard Protherough - England semi finalist in the Student World Cup 2000, first XV Captain 2002-3. Joint record holder - most individual tries in a match: 3 v Henley, March 2002, 90+ career appearances. Moved to Coventry in 2003. Brother Dan
Protherough (a useful Hooker) is the club's Community Development Manager. As part of a long association with Mosely, their father, the late Dave Protherough, spotted a lad called Steve Ojomoh playing for Rosslyn Park Colts in 1988 and tried to bring him to Moseley!
M. Roberts - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Peter Shillingford Joint most individual tries in a match: 3 - (vs. Wasps, 5 February 1988)
P. Short - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
N. Simpson - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances in a season) prior to 1999
Ian Smith - the first Moseley player to represent Scotland, while at the club.
Dave Spiller Joint most individual tries in a match: 3 - (vs. Sale, 4 April 1992)
Graham Smith - visited Billesley for the Newport pre-season friendly in 2005. Graham played over 250 matches for Moseley after joining in 1982 from Wolverhampton. His playing honours include Scotland A 1990-1991 and the full Scotland tour to North America in 1991. He joined the England Womens coaching staff in 2003 having previously been on the Moseley Coaching staff between 2000 and 2002 as well as the National U17 development programme (1999-2004) and England U18 Club's (2002/2004). Graham writes..."I had 13 great years at Moseley and had a fantastic partnership with 'Sumo' Linnet with a massive influence from Dave Protherough (God rest his soul) I was fortunate enough to play for England U23s and Scotland whilst a Moseley player, I made around 240 1st XV appearances and played in some of Moseley's most memorable games. Moseley v Bath 4-3 @ the Reddings in the cup and Cardiff v Moseley away 10-14 plus many many more. I am now the England assistant coach for the RFUW after a spell at the Worcester/England rugby academy. It would be good to see my name along side so many great players. Kind Regards to anyone at Moseley who has a memory long enough to know me."
Rudi Smith - a flying winger for Moseley from Dixonians - his company now supports our M&Js
Malcolm Swain - Played in Two Finals; - 1972, 1979; Keith Bracey writes - "I had been introduced to the joys of rugby by another Welshman, Malcolm Swain, who played centre with England's Barrie Corless at that time. Malcolm had taught Maths at George Dixon Grammar and instilled in me a love of the game that lasts until this day. Malcolm was probably the best Welsh centre not to be capped by Wales.Some said it was because he played in England for Moseley, and there is probably some truth in that, as the Welsh selectors did not see him week in week out. However he did have other fine Welsh players to compete with such as Ray Gravell and Steve Fenwick . Malcolm Swain went on to a distinguished teaching career at Solihull School where I am sure he inculcated into his charges that same love of the game he gave me all those years ago."
Mike Teague - - British Lion in 1989 & 93, featured in Bill McClaren's best ever world XV - won 27 caps overall, 5 of them while playing for Moseley in 1992-93.
Alan Thomas, Moseley's flying welshman, in the halcyon days of flying welshmen, kept the Reddings in shape for years, Alan is the man shown "closing the gate of the Reddings for the last time", whenever the Beeb repeat that old clip. Also father of current first XV fly half, Ollie.
Graham Viney - Keith Bracey writes - "Another player from the Dixonians conveyor belt of talent was scrum-half Graham Viney, the most talented player I ever played with and probably the best player Dixonians ever produced. Graham was one of those talented players and sportsmen it all came too easily to. When he could be bothered there was no finer scrum-half in the land. I believe he was voted Moseley Player of the Year in one of the two seasons he played for the club in the mid-eighties."
Dave Warren - was there ever a year when Dave didn't figure large in the Moseley story - currently Chief Executive, of course.
N. Webber - Awarded 1st XV Tie (for 15 appearances) prior to 1999
Jan Webster - scrum half in the first England Side to beat the All Blacks "down under" and first Club President of the revitalised Moseley from 2002. Read of his England exploits here - - Another good photo here
John White - Former player, coach, chairman, vice president and Director of Rugby in late 90's/early 00's. Joined Coventry in 2004
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