A PERIOD FRAMED BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWPORT RUGBY TEAM IN 1886-87The team informally arranged outside of a pavilion in three rows, captain for that season only, Bob Gould seated centre and holding match-ball, some players wearing caps, ‘rugby union’s first superstar’ Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould seated front left, 67 x 83cms incl. framePreserved with important jerseys, caps and further photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882-1914) which form a collection entered for 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 In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.
A PERIOD FRAMED BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE NEWPORT RUGBY TEAM IN 1886-87The team informally arranged outside of a pavilion in three rows, captain for that season only, Bob Gould seated centre and holding match-ball, some players wearing caps, ‘rugby union’s first superstar’ Arthur ‘Monkey’ Gould seated front left, 67 x 83cms incl. framePreserved with important jerseys, caps and further photographs by Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882-1914) which form a collection entered for 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 In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.
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