In the year 1875, the second son of the then Lord Aberdare, the Right Hon. William Bruce, was a student at Oxford University and played rugby at College. During vacation, he would practise with Ted Williams, a rugby player of West Mon. Grammar School, who was the son of Mr Roger Williams, of the Capcoch Inn, Abercwmboi and brother of Dr R. Llewellyn Williams, the retired Minister of Health for Mountain Ash Urban District Council. Local lads started to join in and in 1875 a meeting was called at the Mountain Ash Inn, inviting all who were interested in Rugby Football to attend. About 30 attended and a Club was formed. This was the meeting that formed Mountain Ash Rugby Football Club.
The season 1994/95 saw Mount move their home matches from their spirtual home, the Rec, where the Club had played since 1909, to a new ground, Parc Duffryn Pennar, on the other side of the town. Built on the site of the old Duffryn pit. The Club invested in a new grandstand, dressing rooms, floodlighting system and superb playing surface. Such has been the impression made by the Club's new ground that County matches, Schoolboy Internationals, F.I.R.A. World Cup matches and various other representative fixtures are a regular occurrence.
A hawker named Mr Wiltshire used to sell fruit to spectators and would shout the old firm, the old firm, patronise the old firm when selling his produce. After a Welsh International Trial match at Mountain Ash at the turn of the 19th Century, the rugby writer Old Stager dubbed Mountain Ash the Old Firm which has remained with the Club to this very day.
The cache is a classic black magnetic nano, tucked out of sight. There is ample parking at te location but this is usually full on match days. Congratulations to Malbowiser on the snow bound FTF.
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