1947-48 AUSTRALIAN WALLABIES  

RUGBY TOUR

of GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, FRANCE & NORTH AMERICA

We are offering the following items of rugby memorabilia from this historic post-war rugby tour by the Australian Wallabies:

PROGRAMME - England v Australia - Overall condition: very good  -  Noted faults: none

PROGRAMME - Scotland v Australia - Overall condition: no longer available

PROGRAMME - Wales v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: creased

PROGRAMME - Barbarians v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: right hand edge worn

PROGRAMME - Aberavon & Neath v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: slight crease

PROGRAMME - Abertillery & Cross Keys v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: folding crease across the centre

PROGRAMME - Cardiff v Australia - Overall condition: fair  -  Noted faults: heavy folding creases

PROGRAMME - London v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: none

PROGRAMME - Newport v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: slight crease

PROGRAMME - Pontypool, Talywain & Blaenavon v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: light folding creases

PROGRAMME - Swansea v Australia - Overall condition: good  -  Noted faults: small pen mark on the front cover

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BOOK  by Malcolm Spark - The One That Nearly Got Away by Malcolm Spark  

This book was published in 1989 in a numbered limited edition of 700. The title refers to one of the remaining tours that didn't have a book published about it. Only published in soft cover, a second-hand paperback in very good condition

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MODERN REPRODUCTION 12" x 8" (30cm x 25cm) PHOTOGRAPHS

v North of Scotland on 8th October 1947. Australia won the match 14-0. The players and officials in this photograph are as follows:

E Davis, T K Bourke, P A Hardcastle,  J O Stenmark, D F Kraefft, J G Fuller, J W T MacBride, A E J Tonkin, J Keller, E G Broad, C J Windon, A K Walker, C T Burke, J Windsor


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v Glasgow and Edinburgh on 15th October 1947. Australia won the match 23-9. The players and officials in this photograph are as follows:

R J Piper, G M Cooke, E Tweedale, D H Keller, D F Kraefft, J O Stenmark, A J Buchan, C C Eastes, K H Kearney, M L Howell, C J Windon (Vice-Captain), Trevor Allan (Captain), J W T MacBride, N A Emery, C T Burke


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v Scotland on 22nd November 1947. Australia won the match 16-7. The players and officials in this photograph are as follows:

T K Bourke (Touch Judge), E A J Tonkin, M L Howell, A J Buchan, E Tweedale, D F Kraefft, G M Cooke, D H Keller, B J C Piper, N H Lambert (Referee), E H Davis, K H Kearney, C J Windon (Vice-Captain), T Allan (Captain), N A Emery, C T Burke, J W T MacBride