Melbourne Harlequins

Melbourne Harlequin Rugby Club

Full name	Melbourne Harlequin Rugby Club
Union	Australian Rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Quins
Founded	1928
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Team kit
Official website
www.quins.com.au

The Melbourne Harlequins Rugby Union Club is an Australian rugby union team. Originally membership was restricted to people born in Britain, but this restriction has since been lifted. ^[1] Although Rugby is the main sport, the club still plays friendly cricket, golf and darts.

History

The Melbourne Harlequins club was formed by a group of ex-patriot British and Irish living in Melbourne. The first event was a cricket match in 1929 between the Sydney Bohemians and the Melbourne Harlequins, The Harlequins team consisted of five club members plus six members of the MCC party (including Jack Hobbs and Patsy Hendren) who were in Australia for the Ashes whilst the Sydney Bohemians had seven Harlequins and five members of the Australian team. The first rugby match was not until the next year (1929).

Initially, the playing record was poor in the first three seasons. This record improved after the war and in 1948 the club undertook its first interstate tour to play the Hobart Harlequins. This was so successful that the “Jersey Match” was played each year between the two clubs. From 1949 to 1994 matches were played annually, with the prize being an old Melbourne Harlequins Jersey, the venue alternating between Melbourne and Hobart.

Club colours

According to the constitution the club colours are Black, Maroon, Sage Green and Pale Blue. These have been further defined very specifically by the club as being:

Colour name	PMS	RGB	HTML	Example	Note
Black	Pantone Black	26 23 27	#1A171B
Maroon	209c	117 38 61	#75263D
Sage green	361c	30 181 58	#1EB53A
Pale blue	278c	153 186 221	#99BADD
Gold	1235	252 181 20	#FCB514		This colour is only to be used when gold thread is used to embroider the Jester on jacket pockets and the like.

References

1. ^ http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s98/st45898.htm?print=1