Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Penzance RFC formed in 1876, was a rugby union club based in Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The first recorded rugby match in Penzance is from 1870, played in the grounds of Poltair House, Heamoor and organised by W Borlase of Marlborough School. The Penzance team was mostly public schoolboys, home on holiday, and the opponents the Eastern Telegraph Company based in Porthcurno. The club, formed in 1876, did not flourish and was restarted in 1883, by J B Cornish who acted as Secretary, Treasurer and Captain.