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Making a tackle in a game of Rugby, Brisbane

from State Library of Queensland

  • Peter McCombe said:
    The black Jersey with the silver fern emblem are of the All Blacks New Zealand rugby union team. The site saintsandheathens.wordpress.com/wallabies-rugby-jerseys/w... says that the Australian rugby union team (Wallabies) jersey for 1938 was 'gold with a green centre band' for a match against New Zealand. It does not list this jersey colours used for any other year. Matches between Australia and New Zealand were played in 1938 as follows 13 August 1938Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 6 August 1938Exhibition Ground, Brisbane 23 July 1938Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney This photo is likely to be of one of these matches. The Houses in the background look to be typical of Queensland architecture of the time - elevated timber buildings. I therefore suggest that this is a photo of Australia v New Zealand dated 6th August 1938 at the exhibition grounds Brisbane.
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    Fantastic detective work Peter McCombe ! Thanks for sharing this info. We would have to agree with you on all accounts. It's likely the game is in Brisbane as George Jackman was a photographer for the Brisbane newspapers The Courier Mail and The Daily Mail from 1920 -1945.

April 13, 1909

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • Swordscookie said:
    The Aberavon Wizards were always a great team when I was growing up and always seemed to have players on the great Welsh teams. I can imagine that the game was very rough as the Welsh lads were all from the mines and factories and tough cookies and Rugby in Cork in those days was for the more privileged members of society. The Cork crowd were no shrinking violets but the Aberavon lads would have perceived them as "soft". The knee protection was probably just that as the game in the pack in those days was very rough with "hacking" as a normal practice though I think that it had been outlawed by then. Hacking was literally kicking your opponent on the shin to clear him out of your way! Nice shot
  • yousif abdelrazaq said:
    so amazing
  • Brian Mulligan said:
    They are still alive, kicking and sometimes providing players to the Ospreys. I think they would like to see this picture! www.aberavonwizards.co.uk/1876-1914.htm
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Brian Mulligan Great idea! I just tweeted them a link, so we'll see...
  • Dalton Young said:
    Ruggers!

Rugby Union team from Beenleigh, ca. 1905

from State Library of Queensland

  • Anne Scheu said:
    A time when advertising in a sport was not a consideration. I do love the jerseys though.