Soccer was played enthusiastically in the school, usually in the
Autumn term with Rugby taking over after New Year. Around 1957 there was a "democratic vote" that decided to abandon soccer in favour of rugby as the sole winter team game
for boys! It is rumoured that the result owed much to the fact that Stuart Fudge was a former St. Luke's man and a
fair rugby player himself. Look at the picture for Colts Rugby in 1956. It is clear from this that most of
the players also appear in the rugby shots of the period
as well. In this picture are
BACK ROW: Chris Newman, TBA, Colin Stuart, Bob Bannister, Mike England, "Beanie" Green,
Johnny Lucas
FRONT ROW: Jim Burrows, TBA, Andrew Gibson, Roger Newman, Phil Bamsey.
Just look at this playing record - Played 12, Won 10, Drawn 1, Lost 1. Points for: 207, Points against: 41
This was the result of specialisation, a highly successful season.The team is seen in the new gold and black strip.
BACK ROW: Pete Luxon, Phil Bamsey, Colin Stuart (Vice-Captain) Chris Smith, Len Haysom, Graham Cole, Rodney Horn, Doug Robertson, Mike Lea,
FRONT ROW: Roger Newman, Tony Thomas, Bill Hine, Dave West, Dave Crowe, Ted Fullelove (Captain), Keith Rowland, Ben Jennings, Rod Thomas, Dave Greenaway, Mike Madley.
Exmouth Grammar School rugby teams had a lot of success in Devon particularly during the 1950's and 1960's. In 1961 this culminated in victory in the Devon Public and Grammar Schools 7-a-side competition. Members of the team were
BACK ROW: Tony Thomas, Chris Newman, Alan Fay, Pete Luxon
FRONT ROW: Phil Bamsey, Colin Stuart and Andrew Gibson.
