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I read one time that before that match some of the dignitaries including Collins had a bit of a puck around and that he (Colins) showed great skill at doubling on the ball overhead and seemed to be a proficient hurler. Doubling is the art of striking the ball in mid flight to drive it further on or to potentially score without catching or slowing the ball down and takes great skill and hand to eye coordination! Do you see the Kilkenny player on his mobile phone telling the folks back home that he has met the "Big Fella"?

Swordscookie A good story anyway (about the doubling)! Everyone I've shown this photo to has laughed about the Kilkenny player on "his mobile"... :)

I wonder if he actually played wearing those sock suspenders.

philip ward It is very odd. All of his team mates have proper thick knee length socks. Do you think he got on the train or bus to Dublin without his playing socks and had to wear his normal ones?

Given how difficult it was to travel in those days and the risks that were still there it may be that he was a former player who was pressganged into the role. It would not have been uncommon for less well off people to play in their street clothes and I saw matches in the 50's where guys in shirts, trousers and football boots played full games!

We had this photo before with the title "Clare Senior Hurling team, group" which is now obviously incorrect. It surely must be the Waterford team?

DannyM8 But a few of the non-players in that photo are wearing 'Up Clare' badges...

Definitely have to pull up their socks. Knocked out by Waterford 5-3 to 1 point en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_All-Ireland_Senior_Hurling_Cha...

Rory Sherlock Rory, you make a very good point. Can we agree that today's photo is actually Clare?

Rory Sherlock Both photos were obviously taken on the same day.

Another fine photo of the 1920s.

Great pic, reminds me of my da at that age.

Old picture... nice~~

for a second I thought those were headphones around his neck :P great pic!

Look at the shape of the stick and compare it with those in use at the weekend?