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Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :'Twas a noble victory - and faith has been restored - a...
Date: 1972
From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]
Reference: B-134-229
Description: The cartoon is in four parts. The first part shows the All Blacks winning 14 - 9 against the Scottish rugby team. The second part shows a husband saying to his wife, having just watched the game, I knew we'd do them! His wife replies, that's not what you were saying an hour and a half ago. The third part shows two men in a pub. One of them says, whatever the English sports writers say, I reckon the All Blacks are a good team! The other replies, Indeed, indeed! And we are still a great rugby nation. The final part shows a man who had a bet with a Scottish man, the New Zealander is saying, Let's see, I had a dollar's worth at five to one on the All Blacks, didn't I? Refers to the All Blacks defeating Scotland during the 1972 tour of the British Isles. It was also the first time New Zealanders were able to see live coverage of a rugby match on tv. Exhibited in 'Guts and Glory' an exhibition of rugby cartoons, organised by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive Trust in association with the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, at the National Library Gallery, 15 July - 7 November 1999, and then touring until 2001. Curated by Susan Foster. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink, brush and ink, letrafilm, 395 x 315mm.