Rugby football - New Zealand - Taranaki Region

Date: [ca 1874-1944] (1953)]

By: Major, John Edwin, 1859-1954

Reference: qMS-1232

Description: Accounts of life in Wellington, Manawatu, Gisborne and Taranaki, and many political recollections and comments. There is a chapter on old-time racing, including the days before the book-maker was banned. There are also references to visiting celebrities, among them Mark Twain, Frank Bullen and Paderewski, and memories of many theatrical shows. Included is a summary of the career of the late Henry Hayward, a pioneer in cinema entertainment in NZ. Source of title - Transcribed He was a store-keeper, law clerk and land agent; member of Parliament for Hawera for six years; mayor of Hawera for thirteen years and member of other local bodies in Taranaki. He was a noted runner; played Rugby football for these provinces; and as owner and spectator was keenly interested in horse-riding. He was one of the founders of a number of clubs and societies, including the Philatelic Society and the Polynesian Society. He was also a friend of the Maori and a student of his culture Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: [May or August 1974]

From: Hewson, Paul, 1948- :Hawera, a personal view

Reference: PAColl-8796-26

Description: Spectators at rugby match, Hicks Memorial Park, Camberwell Road, Hawera, photographed May-August 1974 by Paul Hewson. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.7 x 23.4 cm, on mount 38 x 30.5 cm

Date: [May or August 1974]

From: Hewson, Paul, 1948- :Hawera, a personal view

Reference: PAColl-8796-25

Description: Rugby players at Hicks Memorial Park, Camberwell Road, Hawera, photographed May-August 1974 by Paul Hewson. Exhibited in 'Within Memory' Exhibition at the National Library Galley, 6 April - 16 July 2006. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 15.7 x 23.4 cm, on mount 38 x 30.5 cm

Date: 1925

By: McAllister, James, 1869-1952; Brewster, Barney, active 1991-2019

Reference: PAColl-7963

Description: Group portrait of Pukengahu Football Club, 1st Juniors team, taken in 1925 by James McAllister of Stratford. Back row: P. Caskey, J. Lash, F. Forbes, S. McGuinness, D. McGuinness, W. Hills, C. Diamond, C. Booker (coach). Middle row: R. houghton, L. Caskey, T. Walsh, A. Bloomfield, H. Martin, A. Bilski. Front row: M. Grieg, C. Gibbons. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - McAllister.; Mount recto - above image - Pukengahu Football Club 1st Juniors, 1925; Mount recto - beneath image - Back Row-P. Caskey, J. Lash, F. Forbes, S. McGuinness, D. McGuinness, W. Hills, C. Diamond, C. Booker, (coach.) Middle Row-R. Houghton, L. Caskey, T. Walsh, A. Bloomfield, H. Martin, A Bilski. Front Row-M. Greig, C. Gibbons. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.1 x 20.7 cm, on mount 28 x 35.6 cm

Date: 1890

From: New Zealand Graphic & Ladies Journal

By: New Zealand Graphic and Ladies' Journal; Slader, S E, active 1870s-1890s

Reference: PUBL-0126-1890-001

Description: An engraving in three sections. At the top left is the Auckland football team's banner, with a list of the games played between 1888 and 1889, then a head and shoulders frontal portrait of O. Wells, the captain. Right of centre at the top is a similar portrait of A. Bayly, the Taranaki captain, and their banner, with two victories listed. The lower two-thirds depicts a scrummage, and within that is a small tondo, lower right, showing a maul. According to p. 8 of the same issue of this journal, the game took place at Potter's Paddock, Auckland. A drawing of the 'Grand Stand at Potter's Paddock, Auckland' is signed S. E. Slader, who may also be the artist for the Taranaki v. Auckland image Extended Title - From New Zealand graphic and ladies journal. Vol 6, No. 34, August 23 1890, p. 1 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, on page of newspaper, 270 x 240