Buy this book on-line RUGBY EPHEMERA : In Memory of WidnesNo Publisher No Place No Date, 1895
A printed 8 line verse, with a vignette of a horse-drawn undertaker's cart and three mourners at the head, the whole surrounded by a frame of black cloth. The total dimensions are qapprox 110 x 70mm. The verse commences "The dance Runcorn led them was painful no doubt.....". The piece refers to the first match which was played by the Widnes Vikings Rugby League Football Club: "In 1895, Widnes were founder members of the Northern Union which broke away from the Rugby Football Union. Their first game was an away fixture against Runcorn which they lost 15-4.". Widnes were one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams.. A scarce evocative ephemeral item Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of RUGBY EPHEMERA : In Memory of Widnes. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, collectables, out of print books, antiquarian books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |