William Webb Ellis memorial tablet, Rugby School, England

William Webb Ellis memorial tablet, Rugby School, England
Date
Unknown
Reference
MNZ-1031-1/4-F
Description

William Webb Ellis memorial tablet, Rugby School, Rugby, England. Memorial text reads: "This stone commemorates the exploit of William Webb Ellis who with a fine disregard for the rules of football as played in his time first took the ball in his arms and ran with it thus originating the distinctive feature of the rugby game. AD 1823." This is a copy of a photograph in an unidentified publication. Date of photograph, and photographer, unidentified.

Publication note - Published in Making New Zealand (Wellington [N.Z.] : New Zealand Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1940) Vol 2, No 27, p 4

Source of descriptive information - File print, MNZ copyright register, MNZ negative register

Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).

Physical Description: Film negative

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection
Format
1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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