Oriental Football Club

Club History

Oriental Football Club – On February 28, 1888, a notice appears on the notice board in the Oriental Boating Club shed jutting out into Oriental Bay. Thirteen men attend that first meeting in the Oriental Boating Club’s shed and though very little business was they are unanimous in one thing: to form a rugby club. These thirteen formed the first Committee of the Oriental Football Club. There have been three separate mergers to form Oriental-Rongotai FC; Rongotai College RFC was established in 1928 and merged with the Seatoun FC (est1929) in 1936. The new club was called Seatoun-Rongotai College Old Boys. This club then merged with Miramar FC (est1920) in 1951 forming the Eastern Suburbs RFC. Easts then changed their name to Rongotai College Old Boys in 1964. Oriental Club amalgamated with Rongotai College Old Boys in 1969. Ories home ground was Hataitai Park which was the home ground of both Marist and Wellington. The Ories Committee decided that they needed their own home ground to continue to attract youngsters. Rongotai College Old Boys home ground was the Polo Ground. To this day Oriental-Rongotai’s home ground is the Polo Ground.

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75th Jubilee 1888 – 1963 Oriental Rugby Club

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77 pages

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75th Jubilee 1888 – 1963 Oriental Rugby Club

Club:

Oriental Football Club

Year:

1963

Author:

Not stated

Pages:

77 pages

Notes:

Club History