EPHEMERA COLLECTED BY WELSH RUGBY UNION PLAYER JACK MATTHEWS (1920-2012) ON THE 1950 BRITISH LIONS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALANDcomprising six gramophone 78rpm records of the British Lions Team choir singing various songs including 'Cwm Rhondda' 'Scotland For Ever', 'When Irish Eyes are Smiling', recorded in Sydney by Australian Broadcasting Commission on 23rd August 1950, four with paper sleeve (two records are duplicates). Together with two scrap-books; one book titled 'JACK MATTHEWS' containing excellent black and white photographs from moments of his playing career including All Black Ron Elvidge being helped off the pitch after a crunching Matthews tackle in the third test of the 1950 Lions tour, other tour scenes on the pitch and off, a view of Matthews being presented with a trophy by Field Marshall Montgomery, South Wales Argus Wales team photo, British Lions 1950 team photo signed by the players, Barbarians Football Club Easter Tour official photo 1953, Royal Army Medical Corps team photo and photograph of Matthews and his team meeting King George VI before a match. The second album contains press cuttings from the British Lions 1950 tourProvenance: from the family of Dr Jack MatthewsCondition Report: records appear to be unused, scrap books scruffy and damage to some photos (please see online images)
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Original antique Spanish Fruit Crate Label by Norberto Ferrer - Carcagente Espana - The blue label with yellow lettering features a stadium full of spectators watching a Football game with two football players – One dressed in a red shirt and white shorts kicking the ball and the other dressed in striped shirt and blue shorts trying to tackle him. Excellent condition. Country of issue: Spain, designer: Norberto Ferrer, size (cm): 25x27, year of printing: 1920s
A cast iron and mahogany rectangular 'Pub' Table, the painted white trestle ends each with a central cast panel depicting a Penny Farthing, Cricket Bats, Football etc., the reverse marked 'Rd no. 171730 Sports Pattern', these being united by a geometrically designed pierced stretcher, 41in (104cm) long, 17½in (44cm) wide, 29in (73.5cm) high.
C. H. 'Charlie' Beer (Devon, Exeter, Honiton Rugby Football Club) interest: a 9ct gold medal for Devon Rugby Junior Cup 1927-28 inscribed to 'Honiton' and 'C. H. Beer', together with two Exeter Rugby Football Club 1st XV team photographs, 1930-31 and 1931-32, both featuring C. H. Beer, and a Honiton Rugby Football Club team photograph, 1935-36, featuring C. H. Beer (Captain) (4) Honiton beat Brixham Reserves 21-7 to win the Devon Rugby Junior Cup 1927-28. On the history of Rugby Football in Devon, S. F. Carnell wrote "The club (Honiton) had a long association with Allhallows School, which provided it with many good players. Most notable were ......W. E. Sprake who with C. H. Beer played for Exeter and Devon."
Charlie Beasley Victorian Rugby Union Items consisting of Lancashire Cap 1897-8 outfitter James Gardner (Manchester) with hand written name 'C L Beasley' and '21/4' on label; Lancashire shirt with narrow red/white hoops stamped to collar ' James Gardner Late J E Stewart Manchester' (Lancashire badge faded); Bedford Grammar School Cap with indistinct label inside; various b/w photographs including Littleborough Football Club 1896-7 with Charlie Beasley wearing Lancashire County shirt, three of Bedford Grammar School team with Charlie Beasley wearing cap and others; also included a newspaper cutting 12/4/1961 from Manchester Evening News reporting Sale Rugby Clubs Centenary dinner at which the two caps were displayed, Charlie Beasley having died two months before at the age of 82
European Football And Other Programmes including Tottenham v OFK Belgrade 1963, Liverpool v FC Koln 1965, Wales v Scotland 1971, Sheffield Wed v Juventus 1957/8, Borough Utd v Slovan Bratislava 1963, European Champion Clubs Cup Final 1968 Benfica v Manchester Utd, Napoli v Swindon 1970, Ajax v Panathinaikos 1971 and others
Tottenham Hotspur Football Programmes including Sheffield Wed v 1964, Chelsea v 1963, 2xFA Cup Semi Final v Burnley 1961, 2xFA Cup Final v Leicaster City 1961, Athletico Madrid v 1963, v OFK Belgrade 1963 and others mostly 1960's but some 70's examples Dec 24th 1960 v West Ham United and Feb 22nd 1961 Spus v Wolves
Football - a varied selection of approx 60 predominantly English club matchday programmes ca 1970s to include West Ham, Hartlepool, Bolton, Ipswich, Southend, Sunderland, Sheff Utd, Brighton, Norwich, Luton, Aston Villa, Fulham and others, also Scottish, Rangers, Celtic, Ayr Utd, Partick Thistle, St Mirren, also Ireland Linfield, some later Everton and Manchester United
Football - six Testimonial programmes comprising Tommy Lawton (Everton v Gt Britain XI), Gordon Banks (Stoke v Manchester Utd), Brian Labone (Everton v Liverpool), John Hollins (Chelsea v Arsenal), Billy Bremner (Stirling Albion v Leeds) and Harry Cripps (Millwall v West Hm), also a collection of 15 Marine F C (Liverpool) matchday programmes ca 1970s to include v Hartlepool (FA Cup), v Barrow (F A Cup), v Wigan (F A Cup), v Everton (1978) - included in the lot are in excess of 20 'Shoot' magazine ca 1974
Football - a collection of 24 matchday programmes, ca 1960s, predominantly Manchester United to include European Cup matches, also England v Russia 1969, Plymouth v Blackpool 1967, Orient v Brighton 1969, etc, 'Hornet Gallery of Sport' presented with the Hornet Nos 1 and 2, and a carton containing a large collection of 1960s and early 1970s Football League Review magazines
Bury F C - a collection of 1950s matchday football programmes comprising 7 of season 1957-58 to include v S K Budowlani Opole (Poland) and v F C Macabi, Petah both floodlight friendlies; also 15 of season 1959-60, intact, unwritten, some staples with light surface rust, single vertical folds [total of 22 programmes] - Est £40 - £60
Rugby Union Programmes - Birkenhead Park v Waterloo 1954, Old Widnesians v J P Quinns XV 1954, Waterloo Lancs Cup Final replay Liverpool v Orrell 1977, England v Wales at Twickenham 1960, Middlesex 7-a-side Finals at Twickenham 1960, Lancashire v Australia 1981, North of England v All Blacks 1967, Lancs v Glasgow & District 1976, also 'Soccer and Rugby' 50 years of Association Football in Wigan publ. 1946Condition Report: The Lancashire v Glasgow & District programme is from Wednesday 20th October 1976.
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