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SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY TOUR OF BRITISH ISLES 1931 SIGNED DINNER MENU

SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY TOUR OF BRITISH ISLES 1931 SIGNED DINNER MENU
SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY TOUR OF BRITISH ISLES 1931 SIGNED DINNER MENU

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Menu card for a dinner held in honour of the South Africans at the Grand Hotel, Birmingham on 21 October 1931, after a match against the Midland Counties. Embossed decoration and original ribbon still in tact. Signed on the back cover in pencil and ink by 14 players from both teams, including P de Villiers, SR de Toit, J White, JC Tindall, JH van der Westhuizen (ink) and SC Louw (ink) of South Africa. The other signatures include T Coulson, the captain of the Midland Counties team. From the collection of the Cambridge blue G.H. Bailey, with his pencil signature to front.

20 x 13cm. 4pp. Embossed design to front. Very light stains on both covers. Internally very clean. Slight rubbing to signatures but generally clear and bright. A lovely item.

Date
1931

£260.00 (Code: 91255)

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