All Blacks 1905

All Blacks 1905 "Rugby a game for Hooligans played by Gentlemen"

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1905 and All That........ "The New Zealand All Blacks"

I am going to let the pictures and postcards tell their own story, next year will be the anniversary of the tour, so I intend to keep adding to these images as I find new items with the aim of building a complete picture of the tour.

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The 1905 New Zealand Team	The captain on a postcard in classic pose	The captain again but this time on a Taddy Cigarette card.	The manager on a Taddy Cigarette card.	The team again

A souvenir of the tour issued in Wales	A postcard showing action from the game against Albion at Devonport, witnessed by over 20,000	The game against Somerset as reported in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Oct 29 1905	The tour fixtures and squad details from the back of a postcard	A postcard with details of the team
				More to come so please return at a later date.
The autographs of the team provided on a postcard	A cartoon from the punch magazine of 1905	The un-official programme from that famous game against Wales	The All Blacks in "The Sketch" 1905.

All Blacks playing at Cheltenham	Teams lined up under the posts	Nice coloured image of the team in Portsmouth

All Blacks game in Paris 1st Jan 1907	Details of French game	A win for the all Blacks but the 1st French International	The art of dribbling as demonstrated by the "All Blacks"	The Haka