Rugby Prints 1870-1930

Frederic Humbert (www.rugby-pioneers.com)

www.rugby-pioneers.com a very arbitrary selection of 25 fine rugby prints 1870-1930

March 2008

All pictures belong to Frédéric Humbert (www.rugby-pioneers.com) and are believed to be in the Public DomainThis work is shared under Creative Commons licence BY–SA–2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)

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Rugby college : the Big-Side


« Moeurs Anglaises », French newspaper, 1868


Football at Rugby – Harper’s weekly - 1870


“Famous English Football Players”, Boy’s Own Paper, 1881


Stade Français vs Rosslyn Park 1892First international rugby match in continental Europe


Stade Français playing at Stade de Courbevoie, 1897


Rugby League Trade cards c1900


Pascal Laporte, Captain of Bordeaux, 1901


« The Moa and the Lion » 1904New Zealand b British Lions 9-3 (1904) (Wellington, NZ)


Wales 1905


The « All Blacks » 1905


Rugby in the French Army, 1904 Equipe de Football du 78eme - En Touche


“Football Colours of some of our Public Schools”


Rugby print by Mich, c1910


Aviron Bayonnais 1914French Champion 1913 (H.O.Roe, F.Forgues…)


Perpignan vs Tarbes for « Brennus Shield » 1914 final of French championship in « La Vie Au Grand Air »


England b. France, April 1921in "Le Petit Journal Illustré"


“Captains Courageous” by MELin Illustrated Sports & Dramatic News, Feb. 1928


Rugby at the 1924 Olympics in Paris, by Roowy


Ireland b. France at Stade de Colombes, 1925


Rugby print by André GallandAdvertising for Kina Lillet c1930


France b. Ireland in Dublin, 1930Coach Jules Cadenat makes a wine break at half-time… (true story…)


Rugby in Italy, fascist propaganda, c1930


« Twickenham from Airplane » by Fougasse, 1931