A fully-signed official photograph of the 1935-36 New Zealand Rugby Union touring team to Great Britain, Ireland and Canada, the large 16 by 20in. b&w
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A fully-signed official photograph of the 1935-36 New Zealand Rugby Union touring team to Great Britain, Ireland and Canada, the large 16 by 20in. b&w photograph mounted on to card with printed legend NEW ZEALAND RUGBY FOOTBALL TEAM 1935-6, neatly signed in ink in four rows corresponding to the subject's position in the group portrait, signatures comprising Brown, Gilbert, Vorrath, Collins, Reid, Best, Mitchell, Lambourn, King, McLean, Wynyard, Mahoney, McKenzie, Atkins, Pepper, Caughey, Hadley, Hart, Manchester (captain), Meredith (manager), Oliver, Hore, Dalton, Solomon, Ball, Tindill, Sadler, Corner, Griffiths & Page, overall size 57 by 63cm., 22 /12 by 24 3/4in., area of water staining, minor damages; sold together with an edition of ''The Football Sun'' newspaper dated 15th January 1898, carrying a front page article on the development of a players' union, also amongst the extensive sports coverage is a report on the second day's play in the Ashes Test Match with Australia reaching 552-9 at stumps, J. Darling top-scoring with 178 (2)