Weston Family
The Saints - Northampton
Harry Weston married Edith Downing and they farmed at The Elms (Yardley Gobion) and brought up a family of two sons and three daughters. Bill Weston, the eldest son, played rugby for England in the nineteen-thirties and he continued farming at The Elms until his death in 1987.
The club was established in 1880 under the original title of Northampton St. James (Saints) by Rev Samuel Wathen Wigg, a local clergyman and curate of St. James Church who was a resident of the nearby village of Milton Malsor in the house known as "Mortimers". This is how the club got its two nicknames of The Saints or Jimmies. His original concept was to promote "order" to his younger parish members by creating a youth rugby club, with the philosophy of a "hooligan sport designed to turn them into gentlemen".
It was not long before Northampton had one of the major Rugby Union teams in the country. Twenty years after its establishment, the first Saints player, local farmer Harry Weston, was awarded an England Cap.”
William (Bill) Weston, Harry Weston's son, also a local farmer from Yardley Gobion was a player for the Northampton Saints and an England International player. His International Career spanned 1933-38: 15 matches for England against other Home Nations in the Home Nations Championship and one match for a Great Britain XV against New Zealand.
Harry Weston married Edith Downing and they farmed at The Elms (Yardley Gobion) and brought up a family of two sons and three daughters. Bill Weston, the eldest son, played rugby for England in the nineteen-thirties and he continued farming at The Elms until his death in 1987.
The club was established in 1880 under the original title of Northampton St. James (Saints) by Rev Samuel Wathen Wigg, a local clergyman and curate of St. James Church who was a resident of the nearby village of Milton Malsor in the house known as "Mortimers". This is how the club got its two nicknames of The Saints or Jimmies. His original concept was to promote "order" to his younger parish members by creating a youth rugby club, with the philosophy of a "hooligan sport designed to turn them into gentlemen".
It was not long before Northampton had one of the major Rugby Union teams in the country. Twenty years after its establishment, the first Saints player, local farmer Harry Weston, was awarded an England Cap.”
William (Bill) Weston, Harry Weston's son, also a local farmer from Yardley Gobion was a player for the Northampton Saints and an England International player. His International Career spanned 1933-38: 15 matches for England against other Home Nations in the Home Nations Championship and one match for a Great Britain XV against New Zealand.
- Test debut England v Ireland at Twickenham, Feb 11, 1933
- Last Test England v Scotland at Twickenham, Mar 19, 1938
Notification of selection to play for Stony Stratford Rugby Football Club. Headquarters: The Cock Hotel
