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12 page photo illustrated article from an Edwardian sports periodical the article is entitled "National Style in Rugby - How the Four Countries Differ" by Arthur J Gould describing playing styles of England Ireland Scotland Wales - also a section on New Zealand playing style with an interesting insight into their wing forward playing as a second inside half

Photo illustrations include

  • A J Gould
  • Scottish v Wales at Cardiff - feet play x 2 and a line out
  • Ireland v England at Leicester an Irish rush stopped, brought down on touchline and play in the loose
  • Wales v England getting free from a scrum at Richmond -a line out and "brought down"
  • D Gallagher captain of the All Blacks
  • New Zealand v Middlesex a good collar


    Please note these are pages extracted from a rare Edwardian disbound sports publication and there are no covers some articles may include the ending or beginning of other articles.

    Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

    I have several similar articles currently on ebay.



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