The first club president was Frank Henry Cook (1862-1940 -eldest grandson of the company founder),[1] who had played his rugby at Mill Hill School.

The company purchased land at Ravensbourne Kent and laid out a sports ground and erected a Pavilion.

Cook & Son's RFC in 1926 after the company moved to its new London Head Office in Berkeley Street Mayfair.

During this time the annual summer Sports Day was held at Ravensbourne which became a popular date in the company's social calendar.

The only club record appears in August 1926 [5] when the Grafton Hotel Tottenham Court Road, hosted the dinner.

Location: Ravensbourne Avenue, Beckenham, Kent Telephone: RAVensbourne 6713 Resident stewards: Annie & William Dyer (1953–56), George & Gladys Gladdy (1956–75) After the company moved its Head Office to Peterborough in 1977, the club was renamed Thomas Cook Sports and Social Club.

The Ravensbourne playing fields and pavilion were purchased by the Goan Association [6] and used as a sports facility until tragically the old Mock-Tudor clubhouse opened by the founder's grandson seventy-six years earlier, was burnt down in 1998 due to vandalism.

[7] It was then sold to Lewisham Council – now called Summerhouse Playing Fields as part of the wider Beckenham Place Park open space.

Trend, 1925–6, 1953 - 1966 First XV Seasons 1953-1966' Roy Dangerfield (1953–56); Don Keston (1956–58); Hugh Dalzell (1958–61); Mike Lidbetter (1961–62); Bob Maidment (1962–63); Dave Isaac (1963–64); Mike Lakin (1964–65); Jim Munnick (1965-66) A XV Seasons 1958 - 1965 Dennis Beal (1958–59); Don Keston (1959–61); Derek Sells (1961–63); Mike Lakin (1963–64); Dave Keeling (1964–65); 1910 - 1914, 1921 - 1939 No fixture lists for these periods survive, with the exception of some details from the 1925–6 season.

[10] The following list of clubs played (many since closed) within London and Home Counties - shows an astonishing range and diversity - probably impossible today.

(1876), Wasps RFC (1867) Old Boys (ex Grammar School Clubs): Abbotstonians, Anchorians, Askians, Beccehamians, Caterhamians, Cestrians, Colfeians, Creightonians, Dunstonians, Elthamians, Elysians, Esthameians, Hamptonians, Hermits, Isleworthians, Ignatians, Loughton, Masonians, Mitchamians, Purleians, Olavians, Shootershillians, Tottonians, Woolverstonians Established minor clubs: Brighton Football Club (RFU), Ealing, Esher, Grasshoppers, Hendon, Merton & Morden, Osterley, Rochester, Ruislip Shirley Wanderers, Sidcup, Streatham, Sudbury Court, Twickenham (Exiles), Wanstead, Westcombe Park, Wimbledon Colleges, Polytechnics, Youth organisations: Battersea College University of Surrey, Borough Polytechnic, Goldsmiths College Goldsmiths, University of London, King Edward VII Nautical College, Kingston Tech, Northern Poly, College of St Mark & St John, Southall Technical College, University Coll.

London, Woolwich Poly, Centymca (Central YMCA), Fairbairn House (East-End Boys Club), Toch H Military, Naval, Police: Battersea Ironsides (ex.42nd Royal Tank Regiment Cadets XV), HAC (Hon Artillery Company) Artillery Ground, HMS President (London Div.

RNR), Metropolitan Police, U.S. Marines ('wanderers XV' based at their London Embassy) Insurance Companies: Cuaco (Commercial Union Assurance Co.),[11] Ibis (Prudential plc Assurance), Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation, Sun Alliance (company) Government & Institutions: BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Motspur Park, Civil Service, Customs & Excise, Foreign Office, London Fire Brigade, London Transport, National Coal Board (NCB), PLA (Port of London Authority), Vet Lab (Government Central Veterinary Laboratory), Manufacturing & Business Houses: AEC, AEI (Woolwich), CAV, Decca, Firestone, Ford, GEC, Harrodian (Harrod's Department Store Knightsbridge), Hoover, Lensbury (Shell), Lyons (J.Lyons & Co.), Meadhurst (British Petroleum), Unilever, Smiths Industries (Clocks), Siemens, Standard Telephones, V.C.D (Vickers) Hospital Medical and Dental schools: King's College Hospital, London Hospital, Royal Dental Hospital, Royal Free, University College Hospital UK Banks & Foreign Exchange: Bank of England, Barclays, Lloyds, National Provincial, Westminster, Forex (London Foreign Exchange) Overseas Banks (London based): Chartered Bank of India, Bank of London and South America, Bank of West Africa, Standard Bank of South Africa Airlines, Travel Agencies: Silver Wings (BEA-British European Airways), Speedbird (BOAC), Swans Tours Railways: Great Western Railways (GWR), London Midland Scottish Railway (LMS), Southern Railway (SR) Exiles: London French RFC, London New Zealand RFC The club was amongst the first English clubs to tour the Netherlands with a match against RC Hilversum [12] in 1958.

The group consisted of Brian Martin, Jim Munnick (-d.2015), Dale Tarrild-Ball, Bob and Jacky Gould, Harry (1940-2015) and Ann Masterton-Smith, John and Maggie Dann, Roy Butcher, Hugh Dalzell.