Paterson, Alan Stuart, 1902-1968 :Sad hearts and coronachs, by Little Eric. "Well, the Lions 'ave done the North Island, an' the North Island 'as taken wot you might call an 'idin' - Wot a trail of devastation! Tuesday 25/7/50 [1950]

Cartoon strip showing scenes of defeated rugby players from the various provinces "conquered" by the British Lions rugby team: Wyrapper-Bush [Wairarapa-Bush], 'Awkes Bay, East Coast Poverty Bay, Wellin'ton, Wanganui, Taranaki, Manawatu-'Orowhenua, Waikato, North Auckland, Auckland. At lower right, two men talk over a beer, and one wonders just what was in the food parcels that New Zealand sent to Britain.

The title "Sad hearts and coronachs" may be a play on the title of the 1949 British film "Kind Hearts and Coronets".

A coronach is a Scot or Irish dirge or lamentation for the dead.

Although the Lions won games against provincial sides they were beaten 3-1 in the four-match test series. However they were considered by the public of the time to be "the best-ever side to have toured the Land of the Long White Cloud" (retrieved from http://www.lionsrugby.com/news/9244.php, 22 February 2011)

Other Titles - What, hiding, have, has, and; July

Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s).

Physical Description: Ink drawing, on sheet 268 x 380 mm.