Re-visting the Recreation Ground 50 years after playing in one of the most famous games of rugby ever played on the famous old ground, some of the surviving members of the Cornwall side that played Lancashire in the 1969 County Championship Final, played on the 8th March.
23,000 spectators crammed into the Redruth Recreation Ground that afternoon in the hope that Cornwall could win the crown that had eluded them since 1908.
Sadly it was not to be as Lancashire staged a second half comeback to win the game 11-9.
Cornwall’s first half points were scored by Roger Harris and Raymond George, penalties and David Chapman with a drop-goal.
Sadly four of the side have passed away and they are sadly missed by all supporters of the game in Cornwall.
The players were the guests of the Cornwall RFU for the day.
