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| Full name | Imperial Medicals Rugby Club |
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| Union | Middlesex RFU |
| Nickname(s) | Imperial Medics |
| Founded | 1997 through merger of two older sides Constituent elements: 1865 - St Mary's Hospital RFC 1984 - Charing Cross & Westminster Hospitals RFC(itself a merger of two older sides) |
| Location | Heston, Hounslow, London, England |
| Ground(s) | Heston Sports Ground (Capacity: 400) |
| Chairman | Mr Nigel Mendoza |
| Director of Rugby | James Snape |
| Captain(s) | Daniel Pethers (Club Captain) Connor Youmans (1XV Captain) |
| League(s) | BUCS South East 2B |
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Imperial Medicals Rugby Club ("Imperial Medics") is the name given to the rugby union team of Imperial College School of Medicine Students' Union, a modern amalgam of three formerly distinct hospital rugby clubs each with a long history, having all been founded in the nineteenth century. The teams from Charing Cross Hospital and Westminster Hospital were the first to merge in 1984 following the union of their respective Medical Departments. When St Mary's Hospital, London also merged in 1997 the team was strengthened by one of the two most successful hospital sides in London. Imperial Medics is notable for its recent dominance of the oldest competition in rugby, the United Hospitals Cup, as well as its history and the joint history of its constituent elements which have produced a large number of international players.
The history of Imperial Medicals Rugby Club is the combined history of three older sides, and their joint history from the point of merger:
Since Inauguration in 1997 IMRFC have enjoyed the following successes:
| Hospital Team | First Competed | Last Competed | Current Status | Wins | Total Wins including constituent elements |
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| Imperial Medics | 1998 | present | Active | 13 | 51 |
| St Mary’s | 1874 | 1997 | Part of Imperial Medics | 32 | 32 |
| Charing X/ Westminster | 1983 | 1997 | Part of Imperial Medics | 3 | 6 |
| Westminster | 1897 | 1982 | Part of Imperial Medics | 3 | 3 |
| Charing Cross | 1875 | 1982 | Part of Imperial Medics | 0 | 0 |
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Ireland - : D J Cussen (1921-27)
England - Tuppy Owen-Smith (1934-37) - captain, also 5 caps for the South Africa cricket team England - Tommy Kemp (1937-48) - captain England - Edward Scott (1947-48) - captain England - Nim Hall (1947-55) England - Norman "Billy" Bennett (1947-48)[2] England - Lewis Cannell (1948-57) Ireland - : James Murphy O'Connor (1954) - possibly the first player to use the round-the-corner style of goal-kicking at international level and the brother of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor
Scotland - N M Campbell (1956) England - Trevor Wintle (1966-69)
Wales - JPR Williams (1969-81) England - Kevin Simms (1985-88) Wales - Richard Wintle (1988)
Sidney Nelson Crowther (1903)[3] England - Nnamdi Obi - England Sevens, England Students England - James Logan - England Students
Greece - Dimitri Amiras - Greece England - Tom Rees
Cyprus - Vaki Antoniou|
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