Stratford Rugby Football Club

Date: 1920 - 1929

Reference: Eph-A-RUGBY-1920/1929

Description: Includes: 1920s?: Wellington football souvenir [Badge on yellow ribbon. 1920s?] 1920: Auckland Rugby Football Union 1920. [Official programme, richly illustrated with photographs of rugby players] University team vs Alhambra team. (Dunedin, 1920?) Folded programme of one sheet. 1921: New South Wales v New Zealand, at Lancaster Park. September 3 1921. Souvenir programme. The Third Springboks first New Zealand tour 1921. Introductory booklet The Third Springboks first New Zealand tour 1921. NZ vs South Africa at Wellington, with a Wellington vs King Country curtain-raiser (3 copies) The Third Springboks first New Zealand tour 1921. Springboks v Wellington. 23 July 1921. Programme. The Third Springboks first New Zealand tour 1921. Springboks v Otago. 10 August 1921. Programme. 1922: Canterbury Rugby Football Union Boys' High School v Christ's College. Lancaster Park, 5 July 1922. Programme with group photographs of each team. The Maoris tour of New South Wales. Game against NSW, at Sydney 24 June 1922. Official souvenir programme (illustration on cover)(Acc PR-01-0203) 1923: Thames Reps v Auckland Reps. Eden Park 25 August 1923. Official programme (includes many historic team photos, including one of the Auckland team in the early 1860s). 1924: All Blacks souvenir 1924-5 [with Programme of matches in Australia, Great Britain and France] Itinerary of the All Blacks (Great Britain) 1924. (2 different versions) New Zealand v Auckland. Eden Park, 23 July 1924. Official programme New Zealand vs Wales. Welsh Rugby Union. St Helen's Ground, Swansea. 29 November 1924. Official programme Greetings from the New Zealand Rugby Football Union "All Blacks" team on tour 1924-25 "Aoetearoa". (London, Ernest Booth). (PR-01-0203) New Zealand v Somersetshire at Weston-super-Mare, 20 September 1924; and v Gloucestershire at Gloucester, 25 September 1924. Combined programme. Northland vs Auckland [1924. Programme] (Cover missing) Wellington Rugby Football Union. North Island Possibles v Probables. Wellington, 21 May 1924. Programme Whakataane Kia Kaha! (Quit you like men. Be strong). [Programme cover with portrait of J Richardson, captain of the 1924 "All Blacks"] Reception for NZ Rugby Football team by the High Commission and Lady Allen. Wharncliffe Rooms London, 15 December 1924. Dance card with pencil 1925: The "All Blacks" v a New South Wales XV, University Oval, Sydney. 17 June 1925. Official souvenir programme. (PR-01-0203) Lancaster Park official guide, 16 May 1925 (Includes Merivale v Albion; Linwood v Varsity; Technical v Varsity; Christchurch v Riccarton) Lancaster Park official guide, 23 May 1925 (Includes Merivale v Chch; Linwood v Albion; Old Boys v Nth Canterbury) 1926: Auckland Rugby Union. Official souvenir programme of 1926. Many illustrations and information, historic photos. Front cover shows the Indian Hockey Team). Canterbury Rugby Football Union. Official guide. Lancaster Park, 22 May 1926. Lancaster Park official souvenir guide, 7 July 1926 (Boys' High School vs Christ's College) Lancaster Park official guide, 17 July 1926 (includes Linwood v Albion; Varsity v Merivale; Chch v Old Boys) 1927: South Island Secondary Schools Rugby Tournament 1927. Fraser Park, Timaru, 29 August and 1 September 1927. Official souvenir programme. Simpson & Williams Ltd. Print 9801 1928: All Blacks tour of South Africa 1928. Programme (folded card) 1928 All Blacks tour of South Africa. Programme. With compliments from Reg Stilwell, gents' outfitter, High St & Cashel St. Auckland Rugby Football Union publication [1928] (Cover missing) New South Wales tour. New South Wales vs New Zealand Maoris at Wellington, 22 September 1928. Official programme. (Acc PR-01-0071) Auckland Rugby Union. Official souvenir programme 1928. (Many illustrations. Front cover has autographed photo of the Auckland team, the NZ champions of 1927). 1929: Auckland Rugby Union. Auckland v Hawke's Bay [1929]. Official souvenir programme Stratford Football Club. Stratford v Star. Victoria Park, Stratford, July 20th, 1929. Programme Wairarapa Rugby Union. Manawhenua vs Wairarapa. 17 August 1929. Official programme. Intercollegiate Football Tournament. Wellington College, 24 and 26 August 1929. (with Christs College, Nelson College, Wanganui Collegiate School and Wellington College). Programme. Wairarapa Rugby Union. Otago vs Wairarapa. 7 September 1929. Official programme. Nelson Rugby Football Union. Game for the Seddon Shield. Nelson vs Buller. 1929. Official programme (2 copies, one without cover). Some programmes give the weight, height and brief biographical details of the team members. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 38 publications, in several folders.. 1 curio(s) badge. Physical Description: Sizes varying below 25 cm. Processing information: Combined into ATL-Group-00753 November 2022: Wairarapa Rugby Union. Canterbury vs Wairarapa. 28 August 1929. Official programme.