A RARE 1906 SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL SPRINGBOK RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEYIn moss-green cotton with white collars, three original buttons, bears shield shaped crest in black felt with embroidered leaping Springbok, interior label for George Lewin.Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Springbok tour jersey has been offered at auction. Presented to Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) after the Wales v South Africa match, December 1st, 1906. Preserved with other important jerseys, caps, and photographs by Charlie Pritchard and 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 In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.In the wake of New Zealand’s seminal 1905 tour of Europe, in 1906–07 South Africa embarked on their inaugural tour of Europe with fixtures against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish clubs, counties, and invitational teams before finally travelling to France to play their national team.Just as the New Zealand team gained the nickname The All Blacks one year previously, the 1906 South Africans were given their famous sporting nickname of the Springboks for the first time. And as with the All Blacks the Springboks brought new tactics to the fore which most importantly included the 3–4–1 forward formation for scrummaging, seen for the first time in international rugby history. Tactically the years 1905 and 1906 were a coming of age for rugby union with the protagonists of change being the new world ‘colonials’.The tour was extremely successful for the South Africans which helped garner respect from the Northern Hemisphere teams and established South Africa as a formidable rugby playing country. After rapid development in South Africa, since the first British side toured the country in 1891, the 1906 tour was a landmark for the South African sport – it was the starting block for the current world champions - the only country to have won the Rugby World Cup four times.In the test matches played, the Springboks would only lose to Scotland and draw against England. The South African defeat of Wales was a shock to many critics and ended the international careers of some of the greatest Welsh players of the time. Out of 29 matches played, South Africa won 26, lost two and drew one.
A RARE 1906 SOUTH AFRICA INTERNATIONAL SPRINGBOK RUGBY UNION MATCH-WORN JERSEYIn moss-green cotton with white collars, three original buttons, bears shield shaped crest in black felt with embroidered leaping Springbok, interior label for George Lewin.Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Springbok tour jersey has been offered at auction. Presented to Charles Meyrick Pritchard (1882 – 1916) after the Wales v South Africa match, December 1st, 1906. Preserved with other important jerseys, caps, and photographs by Charlie Pritchard and 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.In the wake of New Zealand’s seminal 1905 tour of Europe, in 1906–07 South Africa embarked on their inaugural tour of Europe with fixtures against the four British Home Nation teams. The tour also took in several matches against British and Irish clubs, counties, and invitational teams before finally travelling to France to play their national team.Just as the New Zealand team gained the nickname The All Blacks one year previously, the 1906 South Africans were given their famous sporting nickname of the Springboks for the first time. And as with the All Blacks the Springboks brought new tactics to the fore which most importantly included the 3–4–1 forward formation for scrummaging, seen for the first time in international rugby history. Tactically the years 1905 and 1906 were a coming of age for rugby union with the protagonists of change being the new world ‘colonials’.The tour was extremely successful for the South Africans which helped garner respect from the Northern Hemisphere teams and established South Africa as a formidable rugby playing country. After rapid development in South Africa, since the first British side toured the country in 1891, the 1906 tour was a landmark for the South African sport – it was the starting block for the current world champions - the only country to have won the Rugby World Cup four times.In the test matches played, the Springboks would only lose to Scotland and draw against England. The South African defeat of Wales was a shock to many critics and ended the international careers of some of the greatest Welsh players of the time. Out of 29 matches played, South Africa won 26, lost two and drew one.
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