London Cornish was formed as Cornish Exiles in 1962 by a group of like minded men from God's Country, who met up in Fleet Street's Cock Tavern. The club changed its name to London Cornish shortly thereafter and played occasional fixtures in a variety of locations until moving to the current ground, the Richardson Evans Memorial Playing Fields in 1972. These grounds have been rented to us every season since then by the Wimbledon & Putney Common Conservators, who on occasion come along to support. By common consent, our 1s pitch is as good a surface as any in the leagues. Our clubhouse is the Telegraph Inn on Putney Heath, Massive Pubs being one our primary sponsors.

The advent of the League system saw London Cornish begin life in the Middlesex divisions and there we stayed until 1997/98 when we transferred to Surrey 3, which we promptly won! Having bounced between Surrey 2 and 3 for a few seasons, 4 promotions in the last 6 seasons mean we are about to embark on our first ever season in London 3 S/W, having achieved a fine 2nd place in London 4 S/W in 2006/07. Our current Director of Rugby, Redruth born Dickon Moon, took on the role at the start of 2003/4.

We are an open club and our players are drawn from across the County and around the globe, but we remain true to the Celtic roots of the club and are proud that 11 Cornishmen played for the 1st XV in various games during 2005/06 in the League and Cup. Our 4 sides boast players from Britain and Ireland, Australia, New Zealand (with whom we have a very close affinity), South Africa, the USA and Canada to name but a few.

The club crest is half the One-and-All Cornwall logo and half the red cross and sword on a white background of London and we proudly wear the black and gold colours of the Cornwall County XV. Permission for this was kindly granted by the patron of the Cornwall RFU who is H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Every season since 1983 we have travelled to Cornwall to play the Winners of the Cornwall Junior Cup for the Arthur Hunt Memorial Cup. We are the current holders of the Trophy, and this season we will make our defence against Liskeard-Looe. Entry to all our home matches remains free, and at league matches we also provide free programmes so supporters are hugely encouraged!