JEAVONS-FELLOWS, John

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1891 JEAVONS
Held at	: World Rugby Museum, Twickenham   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a?_ref=1891 ›
Full title	: JEAVONS-FELLOWS, John
Date(s)	: 1995-2001
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: approximately 50 files
Name of creator(s)	: JEAVONS-FELLOWS | John International Rugby Board | 1886-

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Jeavons-Fellows was a member of the International Rugby (Football) Board, (IRB), representing England.

The International Rugby Football Board was formed in 1886. It gradually assumed more responsibility for the running of the game and making of its laws. In 1995, the Board announced the game would become 'open', and players could be paid for playing, effectively abolishing the amateur status of the game.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal papers of John Jeavons-Fellows comprising copies of minutes and papers of the International Rugby (Football) Board (IRB), relating particularly to the transition period of the game from amateur to professional.

Records include: minutes and papers of the IRB Annual Meeting, 1992-1998; Interim Meetings, 1996, 1997, 1998; Annual Meetings of the Council, 1996-1999, as well as papers relating to proposed alterations to the laws of the game 1998; Special Meetings of the Council, 1995-1999; International Meetings, 1992-1995; International Meeting of Council, 1995-1996; General Meetings of the Board, 1994, 1996, 1999;

IRFB papers relating to new regulations relating to the game, Instructions to Counsel to advise, 1995; IRFB Reports of the Amateurism Committee, Report of Laws Committee, Referees Committee, Strategic Plan, Finance Committee, Tours and tournaments Committee and Board of Policy Committee, Sep 1995; IRB Games Regulations Committee Review by the Working Party of the Regulations relating to the game; agendas, papers and report of game regulations committee, Jan 1997; Disciplinary committee papers, Jan 1997; IRB Committee reports 1998; IRB Review of regulations relating to the game - papers [1998]; IRB papers re Federico Mendez dispute, 1998; IRB Council Application submitted on behalf of USA Rugby (USA Rugby Football Union) 21 Oct 1998; IRB committee reports 1999, and terms of reference for the Anti-doping Advisory Committee;

IRB Annual Report 2001;

International Coaching organisers conference, Brisbane, Jun 1987 (bound set of papers presented); South Africa RFU Rugby World Cup, Organising Committee Report, 1995; and published copy of Rugby Catalogue of Information Sources, 1994 (English and French).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English and French

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

By appointment only. Contact the Museum of Rugby, Rugby House, Rugby Rd, Twickenham TW1 1DZ. Tel 020 8892 8877.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies available.

Finding aids:

The material uncatalogued.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Compiled in the course of Jeavons-Fellows duties as member of the International Rugby (Football) Board.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Museum of Rugby, by J Jeavons-Fellows.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Historical Manuscripts Commission's On-Line National Register of Archives; Rugby Museum web site (http//www. rfu.com)
Compiled by Alison Field as part of the London Signpost Survey Project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
September 2003