For anyone interested the true origins of the game of rugby in the centuries- old mass ba' games of the Scottish Borders and the North of England - still alive and kicking to this day - here are tales wonderfully told by historians of the game. Historic images ant texts, alongside contemporary photography, tell a story two centuries in the making.
Hugh Hornby Book order






- 2021
- 2015
Bowled Over
- 232 pages
- 9 hours of reading
An in-depth look at the history, culture and physical landscape of bowls in Britain.
- 2008
Uppies and Downies
- 180 pages
- 7 hours of reading
A detailed and superbly illustrated account of some of British football's most unusual games, Looks at the nation's most eccentric football variants and analyses them as part of a collective tradition.