Larne Rugby Club were contacted by David Allan of the Royal Society of Chemistry some time ago regarding a past member who had died in the Great War.
The inquiry concerned Captain John “Jack” Griffiths and research by ex Club President William Nelson uncovered the tale of this past captain of Larne Rugby Club.
The research started round a picture of the 1913 -14 Towns Cup winning side in the Clubhouse which features Jack Griffiths as captain, holding the ball, to the right of his ex pupil and then team-mate William McCluggage, pictured in his Junior Ulster shirt.
Captain Griffths was educated at Alun County School, Mold, and took his degree of B.Sc. at the University of North Wales (Bangor). He was appointed science master of Cleobury Mortimer College, Salop, and afterwards at Larne Grammar School, Co. Antrim, Ireland, and also the Technical Schools (Larne).
Jack Griffiths taught science at Larne Grammar School in the early 1900s and was a rugby player and coach who helped the School Headmaster of . . .
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