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Acme Thunderer whistle - circa 1950s. (WRM 0568) |
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Acme Thunderer whistle - circa 1950s. (WRM 0568) |
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A great 8 page card invitation & programme produced for the Wellington post-match 'Ball' held at the Wellington Town Hall. The inside has a marvellous pop up Lion's head which gives this wonderful piece of 1959 tour memorabilia a great individual feel. Illustrated throughout by cartoonist Nan Kivell. In excellent condition, the invitation is made to Mr REG (Dickie) Jeeps & Partner. (WRM-0426) |
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1904 British tour. - A hand drawn cartoon of a kangaroo titled "Well it's hard luck that an Australia Kangarooter is to be beaten by the BUSH. The 'Bush' relates to Percy Bush to whom this cartoon belonged. The artist looks to be A Azidet (Ref: WRM-481) |
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A collection of memorabilia relating to a share issue by Liverpool Stanley Rugby League Club belonging to Joseph Porter 1889 - 1964, (pictured in 2nd illustration.) - WRM-Rl-Mi-F92-32 |
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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings from 1963/4 All Blacks in Wales |
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Neath RFC try poster - circa 2000 |
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IRELAND - 1932 CHAMPIONSHIP WINNING TEAM
IRISH team (v Wales 1932) autographed sheet. A signed Esplanade Hotel* headed notepaper with 17 signatures, (15 of the team and two travelling reserves). The players who have signed the sheet are EJ Lightfoot, SL Waide, EOD Davy, CJ Hanrahan, W McC Ross, EC Ridgeway, VJ Pike, Teddy Hunt, GR Beamish, MJ Dunne, JAE Siggins, MP Crowe, PF Murray, JL Farrell, Noel Murphy (senior) + reserves CRA Graves (15 caps 1934 onwards and 1938 British Lions) + 1 other reserve not yet identified. This was a championship year for Ireland, the first for 20 years. After losing against England at home, Beamish's men travelled to Edinburgh where they secured their 4th successive victory in Scotland, they triumphed there 20 - 8. Then to Cardiff where Wales were lining up for the Triple Crown. In the previous two championships, 1930 & 1931 Wales had denied the Irish of Triple Crowns on both occasions, it was poetic justice that Ireland conquered the men in scarlet by 12 points to 10, scoring 4 tries in the process, a record try count in Wales. The autograph sheet is mounted together with........... The Esplande Hotel, Porthcawl was the traditional headquarters of Wales' opponents up until about 1980, we have seen several examples of signed headed notepaper of teams who have stayed at this hotel during the period. |
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Piece of Cardiff Arms Park turf taken back to New Zealand by All Black forward Ken Gray as a memento of the All Blacks victory over Wales in 1967. The piece of turf was given to New Zealand journalist Peter Sellars. (WRM-0365) |
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Part of a dinner menu card probably for the Manchester v Glasgow Academicals match at Whalley Range on 1st March 1880. The card has been cut to retain the illustration which would have been on the cover of the menu card. This shows a group of onlookers including a policeman studying a poster for the match. This card was part of a collection of 1880 Glasgow fixture cards and tickets of this period. A delightful illustration, admission for the match was 6d but ladies were free. Ref: WRM- F33 - |
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The oldest pair of rugby boots we've ever seen, paired together with a six panel ball. | WRM-0961-btba-1890s -xa.WRM.eys |
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G T LAW - HAND MADE RUGBY BOOTS - 1967
Bob Brewer (Canada 1967) describes the history of these boots
"The boots – they were made by G T Law and Sons of Wimbledon (now out of business I understand). A fitter came down to Oxford and measured all of us and then sent the boots which were quite revolutionary in the day, being so light and comfortable without the usual need to “break them in”. So I wore them in the match against Major Stanley’s XV, the 1965 Varsity match (which probably ranks as one of the worst Varsity matches ever!) and then we went on a short tour of Ireland and played University College, Cork and Cork Constitution. After that, I played several matches for the local Oxford RFC before tearing a cartilage against, I think, Llanelli which put an end to the 1965-1966 season. I then went off to Canada in September and started immediately playing for the Toronto Nomads, a team consisting mostly of ex-pats from Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the UK, plus a few quite talented Canadians. I was selected to play for Ontario and played a few provincial matches during that season (Two seasons, really, as you cannot play rugby in the Winter, so you play in the Autumn and the Spring!). By now the boots had worn out, so I wrote to G T Law, asking if they still had my measurements and if so would they make me another pair, which arrived by post a couple of weeks later, for the sum, if I recall correctly, of £5! Those are the boots which you now have. So I used them in the Autumn season of 1967 for the Nomads, Ontario and the match for Canada against England. At the end of the Autumn 1967, I moved from Toronto to a small town in Northern Ontario called Deep River which was the centre of all Canada’s atomic energy research – a safe long distance from anywhere! Here, I found a very active rugby team – again largely ex-pat but with some exceptionally able young Canadians – called the Deep River Blues! We played in the Montreal league (which we won whilst I was there) which was a major journey to get to and involved being away for the weekend. I couldn’t spare any more time away, so I did not play again for Ontario (or Quebec, as I was in a Montreal league). Early in 1969, my work took me to Trois Rivieres in the heart of Quebec to commission a nuclear reactor and there was no rugby there at all, so that was the end of my career. In the Budge Rogers book, he mentions that he (and I assume, the whole England team) had boots made to measure by G T Law and Sons." - Robert 'Bob' Brewer, Oxford University & Canada. Ref: WRM-1024-mmbt1967-law.gt-WRM-uss |
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| Purchased in December 2008 at a 'celebrity cash in the attic
auction' is this Rugby World - Adidas Golden Boot award. The boot was
awarded to Bill Beaumont OBE as the 'Player of the Year' for England. We
have found two years in which Bill won this award, 1978 and 1980, on both
occasions Roger Uttley picked up the award for him. The award was
voted for by the readers of Rugby World. The 'Celebrity Cash in the Attic' programme
was first aired on BBC2 on 3rd February 2009. The boot is a normal
'Adidas' boot that has been plated with a gold colour metal, possibly gold
leaf. The awards ceremony was held at the Painter's Hall (1978) and Café Royal
(1980) in London.
Need to know more about the rugby boot - visit our 'Development of the Rugby Boot' exhibition held in London, November 2007. For instance did you know that...................... The
earliest recorded ‘football’ boots were listed in the wardrobe of
King Henry VIII. They were made by his shoemaker Cornelius Johnson at a
cost of 4 shillings. -
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1526 CLICK HERE TO VIEW THIS EXHIBITION
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SCRUM CAP - CIRCA 1960s - country of origin: South Africa | Ref: WRM-0755- eq-scrum- cp-white- WRM-rss |
CLICK HERE TO EMAIL THE WORLD RUGBY MUSEUM
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The World-Rugby-Museum is hosted and supported by Rugby Relics |
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MUSEUM GALLERY
On this page you will find items waiting to be added to the main museum pages
EQUIPMENT - BOOTS - SCRUM CAPS
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DEUTSCHES RUGBY-SPORT MUSEUM HEIDELBERG We were delighted to receive the recently published "Rugby in der DDR" book that features Rugby Union in the Democratic Republic of of Germany 1948-1990. The book is extensively illustrated with action photographs and exhibits in the museum. The Museum is located at Heidelberg and was opened in 1997. The are 4 exhibition rooms with exhibits featuring the history of rugby in Germany |
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WALES v SCOTLAND 1908 PROGRAMME Wales v Scotland 1st February 1908 programme. Wales won the game 6-5 with tries by Billy Trew and Johnnie Williams, this was the 2nd match in Wales first ever Grand Slam season. a 6 page fold out card programme. |
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WALES v SOUTH AFRICA 1906 PROGRAMME After defeating the All Blacks in 1905, Wales had the opportunity to become the best team in the world by beating the Springboks at St Helen's, Swansea. It was not to be, the touring South Africans trounced the home team by 11 points (a goal and two tries) to nil. The official programme for the match is a standard issue by Rees Electric Press of Cardiff. Our edition is 6 pages which have the front cover split from the remaining two pages. |
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BOB SEDDON THE FIRST BRITISH CAPTAIN 1888 A trade card published in the 1890s dedicated to the first ever captain of a British touring side, Robert Seddon. The card measuring 9cm in length and 7cm across was issued by J Baines of Manningham the 'sole inventor and Patentee of the halfpenny packet of cricket and football cards ! The card is in 'In Memorium'. Bob Seddon unfortunately drowned in a rowing accident whilst on the Australian leg of the tour. He was succeeded by AE Stoddart as captain, a great all round sportsman who went on to captain the English cricket team.
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CARDIFF ARMS PARK - THE LONGEST KICK |
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1st February 1986 - Cardiff Arms Park The crowd thought him mad, the media ‘ambitious’ only one man was certain he could do it. 70 yards 8 ½ inches (64.65 metres) was the distance of the penalty that Paul Thorburn kicked against Scotland in 1986. The longest successful kick at goal in the history of Welsh International Rugby. This was the 4th of 5 penalty goals kicked by the Neath legend as Wales went on to defeat Scotland by 22 points to 15. Pictured above is the ball that 'flew' that astounding distance while below you will find more photos of the ball and a picture of the boots with which he kicked that incredible goal. These are together with a 'printers' plate of the article that featured the kick in the Western Mail of the following week. The boots and printer's plate were loaned by Paul Thorburn to the Neath Rugby 125 exhibition held to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of the WRU in Neath. The ball is now a treasured exhibit in the World Rugby Museum collection.
This is how the legendary commentator Bill McLaren viewed the kick. "NOW I'LL TELL YER - YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS BUT THAT IS THE WELSH 10 METRES LINE AND PAUL THORBURN IS GOING TO ATTEMPT A GOAL "IT'S MILES TO THOSE GOALPOSTS" HE IS OF COURSE A BIG KICKER - HE'S SCORED 438 POINTS LAST SEASON FOR NEATH BUT THIS WOULD BE A MONSTER THORBURN THEN............... WOOOOFFF WHAT A BELT HE'S GIVEN IT "THAT IS AMAZING" "I'VE SEEN ALL THE GREAT GOAL KICKERS IN THE WORLD OVER THE LAST DECADE BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A KICK LIKE THIS ONE. HE GAVE IT A MONSTER SMACK, IT'S WHAT 60...62 METRES ALLOW A BIT MORE FOR THE ANGLE IT JUST CREPT IN....... BUT IT COUNTS ...................
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ENGLAND - WALES v SCOTLAND - IRELAND Services International Rugby Match Programme 16th December 1939 - Richmond Athletic Ground |
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Lieut. EJ Unwin (England) - more info | 2 |  |
WCW Murdoch (Scotland) |
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DJ Macrae (Scotland) | |
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HR McKibbin (Ireland) | |
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CV Boyle (Ireland) | |
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RB Bruce Lockhart (Scotland) |
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J Ellis (England) | 7 |  |
WRC Brydon (Scotland) |
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DE Teden (England) | 8 |  |
J Megaw (Ireland) |
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WH Travers (Wales) | 9 |  |
C Teehan (Ireland) |
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WEN Davies (Wales) | 10 |  |
RW Sampson (Scotland) |
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TF Huskisson (England) | 11 |  |
RB Mayne (Ireland) |
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SR Couchman (England) | 12 |  |
GB Horsburgh (Scotland) |
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JK Watkins (England) | 13 |  |
ABW Buchanan (Scotland) |
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England/Wales Scotland Ireland ran out convincing winners 17 points to 3 in this encounter. A big thank you to Phil Atkinson of the Rugby Memorabilia Society for supplying the following match report from The Times. | |||
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postcard - Joe Tucker, 4th April 1933.
(WRM 0668) This is a 'first cap' photo of Joe Tucker of Pontypool winning his Under 15 Welsh Schools cap. Wales played England at Plymouth winning 15 pts to 3pts The other team members were: We would like to say a big THANK YOU to Ray Evans for the above information. |
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Rugby Relics were delighted last week to help out Ken Daniell, the former Gloucester centre three-quarter with a programme of a match in which he had played. Ken appeared in the cherry & white hoops of Gloucester for three seasons following the second world war. The illustrated programme and newspaper cuttings are of a match at Richmond where Gloucester defeated the home side 15-3. Ken had an exceptionally good game scoring the only try of the match. His tackling was also noted in the Sunday Times report "Much of the tackling particularly that of K Daniell in the Gloucester centre was excellent. The headline 'brilliant play at stand-off' relate to one of Neath's favourite sons Willie Jones, who was stationed near Gloucester while in the RAF. We wish Ken & Mrs Daniell continued good health as they approach their diamond wedding anniversary. |
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"Concanen's opening lines 'I sing the pleasures of the rural throng / and mimick wars as yet unknown to song" indicate that in writing a long poem about a football match, he was breaking new ground [.] The ball, we are told, was constructed of 'three folds of bullock's hide with leathern thongs bound fast on either side' and stuffed with hay. There were goals at either end of the pitch constructed by sticking two willow rods in the ground some feet apart, bending them towards each other and tying the ends together so that a semicircle was formed". |
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Continuing on the theme of Giant Postcards, it looks as though the 'News of the World' jumped on the bandwagon with a Giant postcard of the 1906 Springboks. WRM-0597 |
