A 1901-1911 WATSONIANS FC RUGBY JERSEY & TEAM PHOTOGRAPHHooped maroon and white jersey with white collars, four buttons, bears label for J C Stewart, Edinburgh. The period oak framed black and white photograph with title ‘Newport and Watsonians at Edinburgh, November 28th, 1903’, 31 x 36cms incl. frame Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. Most likely swapped after one of the several matches in which Pritchard featured for Newport RFC against Watsonians.The Watsonians of Edinburgh played their first match in 1875 and in 1876 adopted their maroon and white colours. In 1877 the club became a member of the Scottish Football Union (which became the SRU in 1924). Watsonians won their first Scottish Club Championship in the season 1891/1892, but their greatest period of dominance came between 1908 and 1914 when they won the Scottish championship a further five times.
A 1901-1911 WATSONIANS FC RUGBY JERSEY & TEAM PHOTOGRAPHHooped maroon and white jersey with white collars, four buttons, bears label for J C Stewart, Edinburgh. The period oak framed black and white photograph with title ‘Newport and Watsonians at Edinburgh, November 28th, 1903’, 31 x 36cms incl. frame Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium. Most likely swapped after one of the several matches in which Pritchard featured for Newport RFC against Watsonians.The Watsonians of Edinburgh played their first match in 1875 and in 1876 adopted their maroon and white colours. In 1877 the club became a member of the Scottish Football Union (which became the SRU in 1924). Watsonians won their first Scottish Club Championship in the season 1891/1892, but their greatest period of dominance came between 1908 and 1914 when they won the Scottish championship a further five times.
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