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Title
Sir George Rowland Hill (1855–1928)
Date
1929
Medium
bronze
Accession number
ARTUK10
Work type
Relief
Inscription description
lettering engraved into stone beneath the relief, on the east side of the gates: SIR GEORGE / ROWLAND HILL / 1855 1928 / RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION / COMMITTEE 1879 1928 / HONORARY SECRETARY 1881 1904 / PRESIDENT 1904 1907; lettering engraved into the central stone pillar, on the west side of the gates: ERECTED IN MEMORY OF / SIR GEORGE ROWLAND HILL / WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE / TO THE SERVICE OF OUR GAME / THROUGHOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE / 1929