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These are the 2005 items from My weekly Finds
Each week I try to update the home page with any interesting items that I have acquired, so if you are new to the site or have passed us by for a week or two, then look here to find out what's you have missed.
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Items from week ending - 16/01/05
A few different bits picked up over the past few weeks.
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| These are match box labels made in New Zealand with details and pictures of 1930's great All Blacks. | The Barbarians programme from there game against the touring South Africans in 1952, 8 Welsh players in the team. | 1930 Middlesex 7 a-side programme at this time event was in aid of the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Fund |
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| 1903 French Rugby postcard picked this up on the Internet for less than £10 a card that I have seen at fairs for £25+ | Nice card with details of University of Cape Town 1st XV 1935 faces presented inside an ovalball. | Modern card showing Bride and Groom sitting on the crossbar with a rugby ball 1999 ..but why? |
Items from week ending - 20/02/05
Not many finds due to currently working away from home in Pakistan which must be one of the few countries that do not play rugby at all. The following few bits have come from eBay over the last few weeks.
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| Rugby League postcard of Huddersfield Season 1948-49 | Comic postcard Football "Who's got the Ball" | 1903 postcard "Hot" Football at Winchester. |
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| Un-know Australian football team from "Brompton" | Rugby League team who defeated England in 1924. | Comic Rugby card Holland 1947 |
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| Set of cards "Rugby Internationals" from W.A & A.C. Churchmans. | All Blacks Millennium cards from Cadbury set of | Weet-Bix 2004 All Blacks Collectors Series |
Items from week ending - 11/03/05
Now back in the UK and hard on the trial of that 1905 All Black's programme I have found these few bits to keep me happy. This week I have included a few non rugby items that I have found on my travels, these I will sell or exchange to any interested parties. Contact me at the email address below : -
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| Cup winning rugby team card printed in Bridgewater @1920, tell me if you recognize the team. | Trowbridge Rugby Football Club invite to Referee 1907 | Coventry Football team 1905-6 season nice card but expensive. | Australian rugby team early @1910 picture taken in "Cobas"? love the hats. |
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| Rare card early Italian rugby, part of the fascist games period. | South African school at Pietermaritzburg the rugby field. | Front of 1971 Mobil footy trade card | Back of the card 1971 Mobil League Photos |
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| Football Christmas card 1955 the team that played Wales in October | Beer mat with World cup Willie 1966 Watney Mann's beer Unnnnnnn! | Mini Cricket bat from New Zealand tour 1958 | Silver golf spoon Devil holds bag of clubs with ball in his mouth. |
Items from week ending - 28/03/05
Some nice postcards this week including a couple from the 1924 Olympic games.
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| 1924 Paris Olympic games postcard Rugby | 1924 Paris Olympic games postcard Football | Canadian Rugby guide for the Radio Listener..1951 | The Art of Refereeing artwork by Fougasse 1950's |
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| Great postcard Italian advert for photographic film | Fixture cards for Llandilo Football Club 1904-05 and 1905-06 | Fixture list details Llandilo for 1905-06 played Oct to March | British Lions Itinerary for the 1959 tour to New Zealand |
Items from week ending - 11/04/05
No auctions or antiques fairs this week so a little thin on recent finds,
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| Small book with details on the history of rugby Voyous et gentlemen Une histoire du rugby in French but great details and pictures | Old Fougasse print from Punch dated 1924 "Rugby across the Ages" | A pair of Tennis spoons | Hand drawn card of H. C. Laird (Harlequins and England) a copy of a Wills Cigarette card. | Postcard promoting the 2003 Hong Kong Sevens |
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| Rugger Final from Tracker Books 1978 pre PC rugby game. | Postcard for 2005 Hong Kong Tens. | Strange postcard with banner in background for "The Springboks" taken at a game or is it the band. | Rugby pipe nice shape carved from wood. |
Items from week ending - 18/05/05
Lots of postcards in recent weeks a few below:-
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| Rugby in Australia - Australian v Great Britain - A Clever Mark | Rugby in Australia - Australian v Great Britain - "A Throw in From Touch" | Australian Rugby team to New Zealand 1913 nice real photo by "ZAK" | Reverse of card with details of tour sent by "Claude" |
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| New AB's card | Baines car for Devonshire | Cope's Clip card for J Daley - Cardiff | Unknown army team Xmas greeting |
Items from week ending - 22/06/05
Most items have come from the web over the last month, due to other urgent commitments the rugby memorabilia has had to take a back seat. I hope you like the few bits that I have had time to compile:-
Items from week ending - 01/07/05
It has taken me over 10 years to complete this subset of Taddy cards that are displayed below. Taddy cards are the hardest to find and most expensive of all the cigarette cards, so I was very pleased to buy the last one on eBay last week. They are the Richmond club from South East London one of the oldest rugby clubs in the UK. I have a number of these cards to sell or exchange if anyone is interested in starting their own collection, or needs some to complete a sub-set.
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| F. E. Berry | R. S. Gibbons | G Harrison | A. G. Duggan | T. E. T. Teague |
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| A. G De Smidt | C. E Chase | S. Pilkington | W. B. Odgers | F. T. Turner |
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| M. G. M. Leggett | R. E. Godfray | R. M. Lawson | P. R. Thompson | C. Middleton |
Cards have also been added to my collection page
Taddy-cards Collection of 1905 Taddy cigarette cards
Items from week ending - 13/07/05
A few different bits this week some from eBay, and some from my local postcard fair. You have to go and have a look you never know what may turn up!
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| From NZ showing the 77 Lions - size 17"x 11" great pictures and stories, have seen nothing like it from the 05 tour yet | School boy annual from 1938, great cover picture back-up by some good stories inside. | 1957 Rugby Digest have not seen this before would like any more if you know of them. | Rare postcard of the English Rugby International Team season 1912-13, some very famous players here including Stoop from Harlequins. This card is for sale...make me an offer before I put it on eBay. | The Australian Amateur Rugby Team "The Wallabies" also for sale. |
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| Comic Cartoons of Sport @1928 a collection of sports humor advertising "Mineral Springs" tonic drink | The RUGBY Cartoon | The details of the game, as per the Comic Cartoon | Golf, also Cricket, Tennis, Boating, Swimming, Bowls, Fox Hunting, Angling, Horse Racing, Curling and Soccer | The Game of Life |
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| A small collection of items related to Tomas Cook Rugby Football Club. | The TC team outside their clubhouse. | After the game against Rugby Hilversum, touring as if should be, not so happy with the half pints they are drinking. | Nice rugby postcard, no detail but suggested that it my be Hartlepool? | One here for the Welsh, on the eve of the celebrations for the 1905 AB's tour. |
Items from week ending - 04/09/05
Finds from this years visit to International Picture Postcard Fair held at the Royal Horticultural Halls, London. SW1 31st Aug - 3rd Sept 2005 - I would have been happy just to have found any one of these cards but to come away with this lot makes me one happy bunny.
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| Bude College Durham 1912-13 "Dear Mother Just a photo of our rugby team......" What schools would do this now? | I know a few people on the internet who will love this card, a write-away from @1905 - " I caught the post..." | Blackheath Football Club 1st XV 1913-14 with de Villiers and H. Coverdale in the team. , | Rugby Football, A Rush from the Wrench Series No. 3845 | Bradford Rugby Football Club - Marsden as captain but no year given |
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| Hull Rugby Football Team (Northern Union) no year but 15 in the team. | Cardiff V Newport I hope its the rugby not the soccer game. | The New Zealand Football Team - A new one for me part of the Scott Series No 846 - Birmingham | Coventry (Rugby) Football Team 1907-08 - W. L. Oldham as captain. | Modern card - from the 2003 R.W.C. called rugby moves. |
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| Picked up 11 cards from this series still looking for No 12. | Rugby card from Manchester 2002 | 1999 R.W.C. card from Outspan says a lot about the modern advertising in the game. | Back of card says "Bob Mc Lester" press photo from Barrow-in-Furness a player to investigate. | This was the find of the day, celebrating Scotland's win over the 1906 SA team. This is going to form part of my web pages dedicated to the 1906 Springboks. |
Had to include this card from the 1904 Rugby in Australia series this is the New
South Wales Team. I have added to my 1904 Lions page as this was one of the
teams played in Australia.
Items from week ending - 14/09/05
Few bits mostly cards that have arrived over the past week or so, the major sports auctions are just around the corner so watch this space.......
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| Metropolitan Police defeat Paris Police at rugby 10pts to 3 @1920's | These 2 cards from Path News, show details of the game at Blackheath | A USA 1907 card for Harvard University Football | "Stade Nantais" champions of France 1906-07 | Modern cards showing All Blacks Haka aginst France 15/11/1986 |
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| G.C.R.F.C. 1st XV 1924-25 nice card a schools XV | USA card from @1905 sent across the pond. | 21st birthday card with a hint of rugby. | Selection card for "Old Richians" 1958 game against Civil Service | Old Blues Rugby Football Club 1st XV 1912-13 |
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| Cheshire V Cumberland 18th Nov 1922 - 27pts to 9pts the Cheshire Team | Comic postcard | Columbia University card | Premier Jour Rugby Toulouse June 1958 | Fixture card N.Z,, Australia and Lions 1962 |
Items from week ending - 26/09/05
Not much has arrived over the past few days but the 1924 cards add to my collection of cards from the last XV side rugby Olympics games. I am still looking for team photos from this series.
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| Card from the 1924 Paris Olympic games showing action from the match between France and United States | 1924 Olympics match between France and Romania | Stroud Rugby Football Club Season 1924-25 |
Items from week ending -14/10/2005
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| England 24 v Wales 0 at Hove 1914 what's all this about then | Welsh team from 1911 with Trew as captain. | First bit of rugby League Albert Goldthorpe with the Hunslet Cups from 1907-8 |
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| Fixture list for Racing Club De Roanne 1961-62 | Racing Club De Roanne French Champion 1959-60 | Signatures on back of French card |
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| Racing Club De Roanne souvenir album | Small golf book by C. J. L. Gilson 1950's | Small silver tennis racket that I picked up recently in Bulgaria |
Items from week ending -20/10/2005
A new postcard with a question to be answered and a army rugby pin.
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| Unknown rugby team with no details as to whom. | One of the players who has what looks like a Scottish cap for @1905 | A Pin for the Royal Engineers Rugby Football team. |
Items from week ending - 12/11/2005
Postcards and finds this week.
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| 1908 French advertising card for Tunmers balls, show Stade Bordelais 1908 French Champions | R.N.A.S - Mullion 1918-19 this card picked up in France from the De-champs auction site | Thanks-giving card more American football than rugby | Nice team card chap in 2nd row has what looks like a Scottish cap on his head. |
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| E. J Owen looks like a Northern Union player card from Catchsrside Yorks | J. Brough, Full Back, Silloth and Cumberland, 2 games for England one against the 1924 AB's | Photo card Clem Lewis from Cardiff | Nice American golf advertising cards, well it can't all be rugby. |
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| 1924 Olympic games part of a set that includes rugby and soccer. | The Season of Battle advertising cards for Nike kit. | "A more beautiful game" Women's football a nice set of modern cards, will our rugby ladies be following this up? | Adidas produce some nice modern cards if you can find them, this one for soccer. |
Items from week ending - 25/11/2005
Some nice Postcards plus I have added a few Donald McGill cards from my collection.
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| !904 Queensland Team from the Rugby in Australian series team played against British Isles | 1907 Queensland team that played the All Blacks | Too much Headwork - refers to University v Sydney District game @1908 | French Champions card 1913 Aviron Bayonnais |
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| 1905 Donald McGill card - I hope to get over | 1905 McGill gain - I have just caught the post | 1905 - McGill "What price me against the All Blacks" | Picture of 1912 Queensland team that played New South Wales |
Interesting link for details about Donald McGill - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McGill
Items from week ending - 20/12/2005
With Christmas coming up very little on the memorabilia front a few postcards and some older programmes.
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| Comic McGill postcard could be rugby or football but the view is the same. | County rugby at Gloucester rugby club. | One of 3 Varsity game programmes 1935, 36, 39. famous face in the 1935 was Prince A. Obolensky playing for Oxford. |
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| The referee subject of debate in both rugby and football. | Cricket South African tour to UK in 1951 packed with Pen pictures and tour details. | More rugby at Gloucester this time the England U19's against Australia how many of these will make it to the next World cup. |
29/12/2005 -
Last update of the year, items found at a postcard fair in Cheltenham. Rugby cards are getting very scarce at the moment with the comic cards now increasing in price and good team cards almost impossible to find under £20.
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| Cards from the "Rugby News" - J. M. Jones | T. Naylor | M. Lavelle | T. g. Thomas |
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| 1909 Write away card " I was taken aback......." artist signed "APFR" | Nice comic rugby card with the title Scrimmage. | Unused Write away card " Sorry I couldn't get away" | Un-know group or team with a nice selection of cups. |
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| A selection of individual players printed in Widnes by "Jo Lawtenbery" | Local team but no details cards removed from an album. | Ditto | Ditto |
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| Ditto | Ditto | Comic Card "The Football Season has Commenced" posted 1910 | Australian Rugby League cards 1970's |
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| Baines card "Well kicked Otley St. Joseph's" | Army rugby 1st B. N. Devon regiment in India 1929 | England V. Wales Sat 19th Jan 1952 | England V. Wales Sat 16th January 1937 "Note how little effect a war and 15 years made to the programme price." |
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