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Lloyd, Trevor 1863-1937 :[Britain defeated by the All Blacks]. 1908
Date: 1908
By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937
Reference: C-109-020
Description: Shows a kiwi dressed as an All Black with a defeated British lion. They are on a rugby field, with ecstatic crowds behind them. A photographer (might this be Trevor Lloyd?) crouches on the left taking pictures. Context: The cartoon shows a 1908 test game during the tour of New Zealand of a British team (comprising English and Welsh players). There were three tests: the All Blacks won 2 and one was drawn. Overall points were 64 for the All Blacks and 8 against. This cartoon celebrates the New Zealand victory in the third test at Auckland. New Zealand won 29-0. Dating: the cartoon was originally dated by the Library as 1905 when it was described in 1979, on the assumption it showed the All Blacks playing in Britain. The scene is in New Zealand and the cartoon was published in the Auckland Weekly News 30 July 1908. 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. Supplied title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sepia ink and wash, Chinese white and some watercolour, 380 x 537 mm
Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937 :Nil (desperandum). [The All Blacks v New South Wales. 18 July...
Date: 1907
By: Lloyd, Trevor, 1863-1937; Auckland weekly news (Newspaper)
Reference: C-109-026
Description: The defeated All Blacks are depicted as a wounded and weeping kiwi. In the background is a crowd of kangaroos in striped pants, who leap and wave their hats with joy. On the goal crossbar sit two laughing kookaburras. Context: The All Blacks rugby tour of Australia in July 1907. This cartoon shows the New South Wales rugby union side defeating the All Blacks 14-0 in their second of two matches in 1907. The cartoon refers to a game on 18 July 1907 Published in the Auckland Weekly news in July 1907. Exhibited in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' exhibition of cartoons on the New Zealand-Australian relationship curated by Ian F. Grant of the New Zealand Cartoon Archive and exhibited in the National Library Gallery from 28 November 2001 to 24 February 2002 to mark the centenary of Australian Federation. Also exhibited at X Space Gallery, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland in mid-March 2002 and at Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia from 26 March 2003 to 29 June 2003. Published in 'The Other Side of the Ditch' by Ian F. Grant, published by the New Zealand Cartoon Archive in association with Tandem Press, 2001. Note that the score handwritten on the verso of the original cartoon is incorrect. The words 'Nil (desperandum) can be seen in faint pencil beneath the cartoon. Inscriptions: Verso - NZ-O, NSW-17, 1921 at Christchurch Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash 310 x 420 mm
SPOT THE SPECTATOR. 25 June 2009
Date: 2009
From: Nisbet, Alastair, 1958- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0011619
Description: Shows a poster asking the viewer to 'Spot the spectator'. It asks the viewer to mark with an 'x' where in a large empty stadium being pelted with rain the 'die-hard...Canty rugby fan may be seated during the test against Italy. Refers to the difficulty of attracting large crowds to the game. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :'When they said it would be world class they didn't tell us it ...
Date: 2011
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0018803
Description: The title reads ',...and in Auckland.' The cartoon shows the Auckland waterfront during the Rugby World Cup with enormous crowds spilling out of the 'Cloud' and all over the wharf. Someone says 'When They said it would be world class, they didn't tell us it was the third world..' Context: The huge crowds and general chaos at the opening of the Rugby World Cup. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).