In 1864, at Trinity College, also a college of the University of Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.

In 1864, at Trinity College, Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.

In 1864, at Trinity College, Toronto, F. Barlow Cumberland and Frederick A. Bethune devised rules based on rugby football.

Cumberland, officially known as Central Cumberland, were a rugby league team in 1908 based in the region of Cumberland Plain in western Sydney.

The Cumberland area was dominated by rugby union, another form of the game, as the main winter sport.

On that morning, Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph advertised a meeting for that night to discuss the formation of rugby league club in the Cumberland area.

The meeting was attended by annoyed members of the Western Suburbs Rugby Union Club who were asked to form a rugby league club under the name Central Cumberland.

However, when Cumberland were looking for players, 23 of the 27 players present at the meeting signed with the club, most of which were rugby union players from the Western Suburbs Rugby Union Club.

Both Cumberland and Western Suburbs had been winless to this point of the season and Cumberland had a score to settle with their rivals from Western Suburbs Rugby Union Club who were with Western Suburbs rugby league club.

Seven of the Cumberland players moved to neighbours Western Suburbs, although only Harry Bloomfield, A. Halling and S. Jarvis played first-grade rugby league again.

* Martin Hodgson, the 1930s rugby league all-time-great forward for Swinton, Cumberland and Great Britain was born ( 1909 ) and bred in the town.

However, the league closed two seasons later, and they returned to the Cumberland Senior League.

On July 28, Cantú was traded to the Cincinnati Reds along with minor league outfielder Shaun Cumberland for pitchers Brian Shackelford and Calvin Medlock.

Once the Cumberland County Civic Center began construction in 1976, there was discussion of the building hosting a minor league hockey franchise.

Tom's Run Relay-A 200-mile team building fitness event along the entire C & O Canal Towpath from Cumberland, MD to Alexandria, VA run in memory of U. S. Coast Guard CWO4 Tom Brooks.

Tatum, Haynes, Babe Presley, Ermer Robinson, Duke Cumberland, Clarence Wilson, Pop Gates, Frank Washington, Ted Strong and other current team members appear in the film as themselves.

The university's football team gained national attention in 2001 when Junior placekicker Ashley Martin became the first female football player to score a point in a Division I game tallying 3 points against Cumberland University.

The city and team decided to locate a stadium on the eastern bank of the Cumberland River in downtown Nashville, on the site of a blighted industrial development.

Also, the Cumberland University cycling team formed its own chapter of local non-profit organization Ride for Reading.

Cumberland would play a postseason game against Coach John Heisman's Clemson team on Thanksgiving Day that ended in a 11-11 tie and gave Coach A. L.

In addition, Cumberland achieved a top-ten finish at the National Collegiate Cycling Association's National Championship, its women's basketball team finished as NAIA National Tournament Runner-Up in 2007, and Cumberland achieved a National Tournament appearance for the No. 17-ranked Men's Tennis Team in 2007.

In 2009, a Cumberland team won the regional round of the National Trial Competition in Tallahassee, Florida, advancing to the national championship round in San Antonio.

The team was formed in 1912 by Cumberland Posey, and would remain in continuous operation for 38 seasons.

However, the clubs involved declined so the NSWRL agreed to allowing the Cumberland team to a trial match against Eastern Suburbs.

Cumberland thought of using the bottle green of the Western Suburbs Rugby Union Club, as many of their team members were from there.

These colours be later used for the Parramatta Eels introduction in the NSWRL premiership in 1947, although there was no official affiliation between Cumberland and the later Parramatta team.

Cumberland Willis " Cum " Posey, Jr. ( June 20, 1890 – March 28, 1946 ) was an American baseball player, manager, and team owner in the Negro leagues, as well as a star professional basketball player and team owner.

An all-star team compiled by Cumberland Posey in 1944 also listed Hill as one of the greatest Negro League outfielders.

While Crittenden was away in Richmond, Zollicoffer moved his forces to the north bank of the upper Cumberland River near Mill Springs ( now Nancy, Kentucky ), putting the river to his back and his forces into a trap.

* Calypso ( play ), a 1779 play by Richard Cumberland

1954 ), creator of Sweet ' N Low and the founder of Cumberland Packing Corporation

* Cumberland, Ontario ( disambiguation ), three locations within the Canadian province of Ontario

* Cumberland ( Edmonton ), Alberta, a neighbourhood

* Cumberland ( ward ), one of the ancient divisions of the county of Cumberland

* Cumberland County ( disambiguation ), in the United States, in Canada, and in Australia.

* Frederick William Cumberland ( 1821 – 1881 ), engineer and politician

* George Cumberland ( 1754 – 1848 ), art collector and artist

* Richard Cumberland ( dramatist ) ( 1732 – 1811 ), civil servant and dramatist

* Richard Cumberland ( philosopher ) ( 1631 – 1718 ), bishop and philosopher

* Vic Cumberland ( 1877 – 1927 ), Australian Rules footballer

* Cumberland ( CTA ), a rapid transit station in Chicago

* Cumberland ( Metra ), a commuter rail station in Des Plaines, Illinois

A rare type of rock called Cumberlandite, found only in Rhode Island ( specifically in the town of Cumberland ), is the state rock.

On a trip to the Lake District with old college friends he met Charlotte Genevieve Charpentier ( or Carpenter ), daughter of Jean Charpentier of Lyon in France, and ward of Lord Downshire in Cumberland.

Thus, the Dukedom of Strathearn ( named after a place in Scotland ) has been held with the Dukedoms of Connaught ( named after an Irish province ), Kent and Cumberland ( both named after English places ).

1790 ), frontiersman and militia leader, who founded Oldtown and widened Nemacolin's Trail, which led west from Cumberland.

The final route ( in heavy rain ) took the following course: Hammersmith, Kensington ( blocked ), Kensington Gore ( blocked ), Hyde Park, Park Lane ( blocked ), return to Hyde Park where soldiers forced the gates open, Cumberland Gate ( blocked ), Edgware Road, Tottenham Court Road, Drury Lane, the Strand, and from there was forced into the city centre.

From there, where the Braddock Road turned north to Pittsburgh, the Cumberland Road would continue west to Wheeling, West Virginia ( then part of Virginia ), also on the Ohio River.