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Rugby Memorabilia — Sports Memorabilia Australia

Auction House:Sports Memorabilia AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:64
Sale Title:Rugby MemorabiliaLots with images:64
Auction Location:SydneyPrices available:34
Date:27-Mar-2013
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Tour program - London v Australia, Blackheath 11/11/1908, single page with fold sheet for the tour match. Features team list and tour members. Some foxing
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Tour program - Cardiff v Australia, Arms park 27/9/47, double hole punches plus name on cover. Has a crease and rusted staple.
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Tour program - Combined Serv XV v Australia, Twickenham 1/10/47, wed 1st October 1947. This appears to be a very old 'copy' of the programme, or may have been an unofficial. Has been folded. Samer format also - 125 mm x 175 mm.
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Tour program - Abertillery & Cross Keys v Australia 12/9/47, a basic single page programme with single fold. Has been creased once.
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Tour program - Combined Serv v Australia, Twick 1/10/47, official programme. Single page with one fold. Has a single crease also. Final score written in pencil Australia 19 - def. CS 8. Foxing and some staining.
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Tour program - Pontypool et al v Australia, Pontypool 23/12/47, pontypool, Talywain & Blaenavon. Single page with fold. Score and scorers lists. A 9 df locals 7. Has 2 creases and some staining.
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Tour program - Swansea v Australia, St Helens 13/12/47, full programme with a single crease.
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Trevor Allen's 1949 Wallaby Jersey # 8 - Bledisloe win, green Australian Wallaby jersey. With Australian coat of arms and Rugby Union 1949 embroidered on badge. The jersey carries a yellow # 8. This was Trevor's tour number for this series in New Zealand. The jersey is faded but in excellent condition otherwise - no holes or tears. The jersey bears the David Jones label and is made of cotton. Also included is a copy of the programme for the tour match v Southland Wednesday 21st September 1949 and a copy of…
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1930 British Lions Rugby Jersey # 28 FD Prentice, a blue British Lions jersey from their 1930 tour of New Zealand and Australia. The jersey is # 28 - the tour number of captain the forward FD (Doug) Prentice. The number is white with no patch. The badge on the front is not the badge with the four nations emblems, but rather the older three Lions badge. Three is no manufactured label, but rather some very detailed washing instructions. Englishman Doug Prentice a number 8, played three tests for England 1928…
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1937 Springbok Jersey # 15 E Bastard, often described as the Best Team to leave New Zealand, the 1937 Springboks played 11 matches in Australia also including two Tests. They lost just one match - the famous victory in the wet for NSW. The # 15 jersey was worn by breakaway 'Ebbo' Bastard who played 18 matches for the Springboks including 6 Tests. A farmer he died in 1949 in a shooting accident. The jersey has faded but apart from that has no holes or tears. Bastard is printed on the collar. The black…
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1935-36 Australian Cricket Team Autographs, a single autograph book page containing 13 signatures of the Australia Cricket side that toured South Africa 1935-36. Contains signatures of; Richardson, McCabe, O'Reilly, McCormick, Chipperfield, Oldfield, O'Brien, Barnett, Brown, Sievers, Darling, Grimmett and Fingleton. Page titled All Australian Cricket team 1936. (115 mm x 143 mm)
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1965 Test v South Australia Whistle. Crowe's Blazer & tie, in 1965 Kev Crowe was the Test referee in the match played against the Springboks at Lang Park, Brisbane. In December 1965 he was invited to a black tie function in Sydney to present the 1965 Wallabies with their pockets. Included is the invitation from the ARU and event ticket (at the ANew ZealandAC Memorial Hall, North Sydney). At this function Kev was presented with his Australian rugby blazer and tie, which are both included, as is the engrave…
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Test Touch Judge flag v Lions 1966, Embroidered on the flag is Australia v British Lions 1966' with Australian Coat of Arms also embroidered. Double sided. These were used by the Touch Judge
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Test Touch Judge flag v Fiji 1976, embroidered on the flag is 'Australia v Fiji 1976' accompanied by Fiji badge.
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Tour Touch Judge flag v Ireland 1979, embroidered on the flag is 'Sydney v Ireland 1979' accompanied by an Irish badge.
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Queensland Centenary Touch Judge flag, specially struck Touch-Judge flag for centenary inter-state series between Queensland v New South Wales 1982
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Irish Tour Touch Judge flag 1966, specially struck touch-Judge flags for Irelands tour. Hand written is 'Qld v Ireland 1966, (should be 1967) White with green shamrock sewn on.
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Japan Tour Touch Judge flag 1975, specially struck touch-Judge flags Japan's 1975 tour. Japanese rugby emblem - has been signed by Japanese side.
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1968 Australia v New Zealand Ballymore Test match whistle, whistle engraved with year and name of referee for the 1968 controversial rugby Test match between Australia v New Zealand All Blacks, also a letter signed by the referee confirming that this was the whistle used in that test. White referee's jersey worn in late 1960s and 1970s by Kev Crowe. In this Ballymore Test Kev Crowe awarded just the third penalty try in Test history. This enabled New Zealand to win and kept there unbeaten record running
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Rugby World Cup 1987 Promotional material, International Rugby Board promotional placard depicting the World Cup with the competing teams in their pools, this is also accompanied by miniature jerseys of the countries competing. These paper jerseys are double sided and would have been designed to be hung around a pub or club on string.
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Queensland Referees Association Life members cap, Queensland Rugby Referees Associations 50 year service cap. Awarded to Kev Crowe
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Queensland Rugby Union life members cap, Queensland Rugby Union life members cap. Awarded to Kev Crowe
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Australian referees jersey 1969, with Australian Society of Referees badge worn in the Fiji v Australian XV match 1969. Normally referees wore white jerseys. Due to Fiji wearing this colour Kev wore Australian gold. The Australian XV wore a maroon jersey with navy shorts. In the 1970s Australian referee's which were officiating more in neutral contests, started wearing national jumpers. This is a very early example of that
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Uni Programme 1960 Australia v New Zealand 28/6/1960, 1960 New Zealand Unis v Australia Unis Exhibition Grounds 28 May 1960 Referee K. Crowe. 20 pages, some foxing. Was stuck in scrapbook. Australian side features wallabies; S.Boyce, J.O'Gorman, P.Crittle and G. Chapman. Interestingly a R. Cowper played Fullback. This is Bob Cowper born 1940 who played 27 cricket Tests for Australia. Bob's father Denis played 9 Tests for the Wallabies in the 1930s and later coached the Wallabies on the 1957-58 UK Tour.
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Tour program - 1965 South Africa v Queensland 22/6/1965, 1965 Queensland v South Africa. Rugby Oval, Normanby 22 June 1965. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 11. No. 12. Programme cover is scuffed, has a single fold and writing on the front and back cover. Staples rusted. Small tear and glue on back cover
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Test program - British Isles v Australia Lang Park 4/6/66, 1966 A v British Isles Lang Park 4 June 1966. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 12. No. 12. Staple rust and very slight glue and tear on back cover
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Test program - British Isles v Australia SCG 18/5/66, 1966 A v British Isles. Sydney Cricket Ground 28 May 1966. The Rugby News Vol. 44. No. 14. Tape on spine and glue damage to back cover
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Tour program - Queensland v British Isles Lang park 31/5/66, 1966 Queensland v British Isles. Lang Park 31 May 1966. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 12, No. 11. Back cover torn from glue and almost off.
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Test program - Australia v New Zealand Ballymore 22/6/68, 1968 A v New Zealand Ballymore 22 June 1968. The Rugby News Vol. 46. No. 26. No damage to cover. Penalty try in last moments enabled New Zealand to win
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Tour program - Queensland v New Zealand Ballymore 18/6/68, 1968 Queensland v New Zealand Ballymore 18 June 1968. The Rugby News Vol. 46, No. 24. Slight split on spine and a few scuffs on front cover
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Tour program - Australia XV v Fiji Ballymore 2/8/69, 1969 Australia XV v Fiji Ballymore 2 Aug 1969. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 15, No. 20. Back cover damage after being removed from scrapbook. The Australia XV looks like a who's who of young rugby players that subsequently 'defected' to Rugby League. Owen O'Donnell, Robbie Parker and Ross Birrell all made the move. A rare programme.
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Test program - Australia v South Africa Ballymore 31/7/71, 1971 A v SA. Exhibition Ground Brisbane 31 July 1971. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 17No. 18. Cover scuffed with two creases and two tears. The Australian side contained three players from NSW Country Shaw, Hipwell and Butler and Thompson from WA!
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Test program - Australia v New Zealand Ballymore 1/6/74, 1974 A v New Zealand Ballymore 1 June 1974. The Rugby News Vol. 52, No. 16. Just one staple (originally) thus centre page loose. Australian side now has 6 players from NSW country; Shaw, Hipwell, Lambie, Cornelsen, McDougall and Horton (& Weatherstone on bench) plus Meadows from VIC
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Tour program - Queensland Country v New Zealand Toowoomba 3/6/74, 1974 Queensland Country v New Zealand Toowoomba 3 June 1974. The Rugby News Vol. 52, No. 18. Back cover has some tears where removed from scrapbook. Queensland Country includes S. Pilecki from Rockhampton
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Schoolboy tour program - Queensland v England 25/8/74, 1974 Queensland V England Schoolboys. 25 August 1974. The Queensland Rugby News Vol. 20 no. 23.
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Tour program - Queensland v New Zealand Ballymore 28/5/74, 1974 Queensland v New Zealand Ballymore 28 May 1974. The Rugby News Vol. 52, No. 15. Front cover loose and no back cover
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Test program - Australia v England Ballymore 31/5/75, 1975 A v England Ballymore 31 May 1975. Rugby News Vol 53. No. 13. In excellent condition
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Tour program - Queensland v Japan Ballymore 10/8/1975, 1975 Qld v Japan Ballymore 10 Aug 1975. Rugby News Vol. 53, No. 31. Very Good condition
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Test program - Australia v Fiji Ballymore 19/7/76, 1976 A v Fiji Ballymore 19 June 1976. Rugby '76 Vol. 54 No. 21. Slight split on spine. Very good condition
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Tour program - Queensland v New Zealand Barbars Ballymore 20/3/77, 1977 Qld v New Zealand Bar bars 20 March 1977. Rugby '77 Vol 2 No. 1.
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Tour program - Junior All Blacks v Queensland Ballymore 9/7/78, 1978 Queensland v Junior All Blacks Ballymore 9 Jul 1978. Rugby '78 Vol. 3 No. 15
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Schoolboy Test program - Australia v England 9/9/79, 1979 Australia Schools v Eng Schools Ballymore 9 Sept 1979. Single crease. Scuffing on back cover from scrapbook removal
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Schoolboy Tour program - Queensland v New Zealand Toowoomba 30/8/80, 1980 Queensland Schools v New Zealand Schools Toowoomba 30 Aug 1980. Cover scuffed and stained. Staple rust. Queensland side includes future wallabies Lynagh, Cook and martin. New Zealand includes Grant Fox.
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State program - Queensland v Australia Bar-Bars, 1982 Queensland v Australia Barbars Ballymore 2 Oct 1982. Part of the Queensland RU Centenary celebrations. The bar bar side contained 4 All Blacks 3 of whom were captains Anderson, Johnstone and Robertson. Tear on back cover from scrapbook removal.
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State program - Queensland v NSW Ballymore 6/6/82, 1982 Queensland v NSW Ballymore 6 June 1982. Queensland Rugby Centenary Celebrations. Sl spine tear. Back damage due to removal from scrapbook
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Lions tour program - Queensland v Lions 17/6/89, 1989 Queensland v British Lions 17 June 1989. Back cover some damage due to removal from scrapbook
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Dinner Menu - Kev Crowe, dinner menu Kev Crowe Testimonial
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Rugby League program - St George v Moree 11/9/60, st George v Moree. Taylor Oval Moree 11 Sept 1960. Single folded page programme - St George City premiers for last 5 years v Moree group 5 premiers. St George includes King. Provan Peter, Riley, Clay. Provan Norm, Porter, Ryan and Kearney. Curtain raiser was a Rugby match Moree XV v Quirindi XV. Rare Saints programme
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Pennant-500 games, 500 game referee pennant awarded to Kev Crowe.
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Tour Guide - 1962 Yawata, 1962 Tour Guide Yawata RFC to Australia (Japan)
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Rugby Players Touring Ties (5), five Rugby Tour Ties - Japan (Australia 1975)/ England (1975)/ FIR/ Rugby World Cup 1987/ All Blacks Australian Tour 1988
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Rugby Players Touring Ties (6), six Rugby Touring Ties - Scotland Rugby Union 1873-1973/ Rugby World Cup 1987/ FF Rugby 1990/ NSWRU/ ARU inbound tours tie c1992 Scotland and New Zealand/ Australian referees Tie
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Test program - Ireland v Australia Lansdowne Road 6/12/47, has crease. Team sheet has written in pen scorers and results of the other tests
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Test program - Wales v Australia Arms Park 20/12/47, has 2 creases but free of an writing. Average condition
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Test program - Eng v Australia Twickenham 3/1/48, single folded page with a few tears but no writing
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Test program - Australia v Fiji SCG 9/8/52, the Rugby News 9 Aug 1952. Very good condition
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Test program - New Zealand v Australia Lancaster Pk 6/9/52, small version. Two rusted staples. Programme lists changes to the Australian side. Back cover torn.
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Test program - Australia v South Australia SCG 19/6/65, the Rugby news Vol. 43, No. 17. Excellent condition
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Test program - Australia v South Australia Lang Park Bris 26/6/65, the Queensland Rugby News Vol. 11, No. 13. Sl scuff on front over
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Test program - South Australia v Australia Newlands 6/9/69, official Programme. Single staple. 10 cents
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Test program - South Australia v Australia Newlands 6/9/69 1 page, single page version - Appears to be official as same typeface etc. as the book, just in a single page format. Cost 2 cents
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Test program - South Australia v Australia 1st Test Ellis Pk 2/8/69, slight stain on front cover
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Test program - Australia v South Australia SCG 7/8/71, the Rugby News Vol. 49, No. 23. has two creases
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Test program - France v Australia Colombes 27/11/71, official booklet made for both tests 20/11/71 at Toulouse and 27/11/71 at Colombes. This contains the single folded page teams insert for the Colombes Test. Excellent condition
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