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Date: 1950

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-104-059

Description: The cartoon shows a rugby game in progress. One team, wearing striped jerseys is using one of their players as a battering ram and have broken up the opposition's scrum by this method. One of the team shouts "Boy, this has the African scrum licked by a mile!" Context unknown. Attached to the top right corner is a slip of paper printed with the words '"The Evening Post" April 15.....1950' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on card 535 x 350 mm

Date: 1949

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-017

Description: The cartoon is a series of cameos featuring politicians and others as All Blacks as the country heads towards the 1949 general election. The first cameo shows a man with a '?' on his jersey who scratches his head; text below reads 'Masterton - wet or dry, a trustworthy player-' The second shows PM Peter Fraser running with a rugby ball that represents 'Raglan' under his arm; text reads 'P. Fraser - his duel with Bretton Woods, (the international) will be watched with great interest-' The third cameo shows leader of the National Party, Sid Holland, whispering in the ear of a much smaller Frederick Widdowson Doidge who holds a rugby ball; text reads 'Private enterprise' - Sid's great discovery, knows all the doidges (wordplay on 'Doidge' and 'dodge') (no relation to Doug. Credit.) (is 'doug' another wordplay?) In the fourth cameo a player with his leg in plaster lies on a bed which floats in the sea; text reads 'M.S. Wanganella - the (dead) lock, may be a dead loss, still in dock with injuries received earlier. Has been to Australia before.' The fifth cameo shows a black rectangle with the words 'Wellington - All Black' below it. The sixth cameo shows two players bending over and presenting their backsides to the viewer; below are the words 'The union secretaries - back row, side row, front row, any old row will suit them - especially if it's about danger money-' (wordplay on 'row' meaning a straight line and the differently pronounced 'row' meaning 'argument') The seventh cameo in the centre is Walter Nash who grabs for a ball that represents the 'budget' (Nash's 'black budget'); text reads 'Touch'yer Nash - the fly-away half contemporary and admirer of Charlie Taxton; playing loan (or) cash (or) share league reputedly for big money-' Below him is 'Angus McLagan - the left winger - a hard man to tackle, possibly the toughest man in the country-'; McLagan runs with the ball looking tough. Eighth is a large player who sits on a rugby ball that represents 'work' looking stubborn above the text 'Willie Watersider - the go-slow (ex-Onslow) forward, generally asking somebody to back up, back out, back down, or back pay -' and in the corner is a player holding a ball that represents Karapiro above the text '-and of course, R. Semple, one of the best feat-bawlers in the country!' Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and pencil on paper 380 x 490 mm

Date: 1955

By: Colvin, Neville Maurice, 1918-1991

Reference: B-184-030

Description: A very small boy runs along a garden path whacking a ball with a furled umbrella, for a hockey stick. His father stops mowing the lawn to lament to his neighbour who is watering a garden strip that the boy 'had everything - Ron Jarden's pace, Jackie Dougan's side-step, Bob Scott's eye for an opening - then we went to have a look at the Indians'. Context - Ron Jarden was an All Black who played his first game in 1951 and retired in 1956. Jackie Dougan was a first five eighth who played for Petone and Onslow, and Bob Scott was also an All Black who played between 1946 and 1954. An Indian hockey team visited New Zealand in 1955. Dr. G.S. Randhawa captained the Indian Hockey Team in New Zealand and Australia during 1955. The cartoon has one slip of paper glued to the top left which reads 'The Evening Post August 6th 1955 and a second slip glued top right which reads 'Sports Post - Wellington, Threepence'. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on thin card, 490 x 385 mm