charlie_cochrane: (lessons for survivors)
charlie_cochrane ([personal profile] charlie_cochrane) wrote2013-09-29 12:49 pm
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Are we in the shire?

As previously reported, was watching Sarries vs Quins, and couldn't help being struck by the preponderance of hobbit type surnames. Trayfoot. Wigglesworth. Ashton. Hargreaves. Hopper. So I had a look at the teams for the games on today. Dollman. Shoemark. Yeandle. Scaysbrook. Ewers. Barrow. Hogg. Twelvetrees. Stooke.

No wonder I love my rugby...



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[identity profile] eglantine-br.livejournal.com 2013-09-29 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Great names-- I especially like Wigglesworth and Trayfoot.

[identity profile] charliecochrane.livejournal.com 2013-09-29 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Those were the very two who got me searching. Wigglesworth's name is so long they have to abbreviate it on his shirt. :)

[identity profile] aglarien1.livejournal.com 2013-09-29 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL! Hobbits, after all, were English.

[identity profile] charliecochrane.livejournal.com 2013-09-29 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You can see where Tolkein got his inspiration.

Billy Twelvetrees is a hero of ours. His nickname is "thirty six". LOL

[identity profile] aglarien1.livejournal.com 2013-10-02 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
What a great nickname! Love it.

[identity profile] charliecochrane.livejournal.com 2013-10-02 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
There are some great sporting nicknames around...
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