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NEW ZEALAND 1905 (v WALES) - A 1905 All Blacks jersey swapped with Welsh player Cliff Pritchard after the match with Wales. Cliff Pritchard was the Welsh 'Rover', the man who supplied the pass to Rhys Gabe who fed Teddy Morgan who scored the try. According to the local newspaper the Pontypool Free Press, Pritchard caught the train home to Pontypool and when he arrived in the station at 11.23 pm he was expecting it to be deserted. The station however was packed with well wishers. They then carried him shoulder high through the streets, It is thought he was wearing this jersey on his lap of honour around Pontypool. |
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1924 ALL BLACKS 'INVINCIBLES' JERSEY - GUS HART - The match worn 1924/5 All Blacks jersey of the tourists leading try scorer in Britain, Gus Hart. The jersey has originated from a collection of a leading sports promoter and collector from the Llanelli area and is believed to have been worn in the match with the club in which Gus Hart scored a 60 yard individual try in an 8-3 victory for the All Blacks. The All Black captain Cliff Porter remarked after the game "You gave us a harder game than Wales" (Wales were soundly beaten 19-0 at Swansea four days earlier). This was the last match for the tourists in Wales and they went on to complete the tour unbeaten with the record. played 32, won 32, points for 838, points against 116 CLICK HERE FOR A TOUR SUMMARY AND OTHER INFORMATION ON THIS TOUR |
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NEW ZEALAND 1950 ALL BLACKS JERSEY - A New Zealand All Blacks no 2 jersey from the collection of Rees Stephens, Neath, Wales, Barbarians & British Lions At the time of his retirement in 1957 Stephens was the most capped Welsh forward with 32 appearances (not including 5 uncapped). Other milestones in his career included becoming the first father & son combination to captain Wales, (his father Glyn captained wales in 1919) and scoring Wales' first 5 Nations post war try against England in 1947 and playing in the last Welsh team to defeat the All Blacks in 1953. Originally we thought the jersey originated from the 1953 All Black tour but subsequently we received information that we believe defines it as a 1950 jersey. Rees did not play against the All Blacks in the 1950 test series so we must assume that he received it from his second row partner and club mate Roy John who played in all 4 tests. The jersey has a label which is faded, they is colour run onto the silver fern and collar, Rees has written his name to the back of the collar. |
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NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS
1963 v WALES JERSEY - KEVIN BRISCOE - A No
7 New Zealand All Blacks international jersey from the collection
of Clive Rowlands, Wales 1963-65. This jersey was worn by All Black scrum half
Kevin Briscoe in the first New Zealand victory over Wales in Cardiff.
Previously Wales had beaten the All Blacks on three occasions at the
Arms Park (1905, 1935 & 1953) with the All Blacks winning in
Swansea in 1924. This victory brought New Zealand within one victory
of drawing level with Wales in this famous historical series. New
Zealand won the match 6-0 with a Don Clarke penalty and a Bruce Watt
drop goal. Clive Rowlands was carried off towards the end of the match
with a jarred spinal disc which caused momentary paralysis
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NEW ZEALAND ALL BLACKS - RICHIE McCAW No 7 CAP v SOUTH AFRICA - at Wellington 20th July 2002. A jersey from one of the greatest, if not the greatest All Black of all time. Richie McCaw. Richie has 148 caps for New Zealand, captaining the All Blacks in 110 of those appearances. He was the first All Black to reach 100 international appearances for New Zealand. This jersey is from McCaw's 7th cap and his first ever appearance against the Springboks in Wellington, on 20th July 2002. At the time this was the 2nd highest victory ever recorded for the All Blacks against the Boks in what is traditionally the most hotly contested international fixture in rugby union. In the same season McCaw famously wrestled pitch invader Peter van Zyl to the ground in the return fixture at Durban. That year he was voted the 'Newcomer of the Year' by the 'International Rugby Players Association'. In later seasons he has been nominated for the IRB Player of Year on eight occasions winning it a record three times. The No 7 jersey by Adidas is size 48/50" chest with the match details embroidered (in black) to the arm. the Silver Fern and 'Richard McCaw 7th cap' are embroidered (in black) near the bottom hemline. The jersey was exchanged post match with Corne Krige, the Springbok captain and sold by Krige as a charity auction with the proceeds going to his designated charity in his Western Province farewell week. |
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