1. "Sports Players Malcolm Henson Doctoral Research RUGBY UNION AVONVALE RFC SOMERSET BLANCHARD T."
2. "Several families associated with the club in the 1880s still reside in Bathford namely the Blanchards, Lavingtons and Matthews and have important connections with Avonvale RFC as it is known today." 3. "Tom Blanchard was the first Avonvale player to represent Bath and with his brother played a large part in the founding of the local village club." 4. "The earliest record of Blanchard on the rugby scene was in a game between Widcombe Institute and Weston School in March 1882 when Tom turned out as a forward for Widcombe." 5. "The Blanchard family can be traced back to medieval times in the village and figures in the stainedglass window of the church depict a Crusader and his wife bearing the family name."
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