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ENIGMA: THE WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS STORY
Schoolboy William Webb Ellis is purported to have invented Rugby Football when he ‘picked up the ball and ran’ in 1823. But who was Webb Ellis? Did he really invent the game? And what did he do next?
What you will see?
200 years after the mythical birth of Rugby Football, this exhibition seeks to illuminate the legacy of a rebel schoolboy whose name has gone down in history.
Guide Prices
Exhibition included in Museum entry, see website for more details.