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A wooden supporters' rattle, or 'clacker', dating from the early 1960s. Handle and frame are all painted with messages of support for Wales and Swansea. "Cymru am byth" ("Wales forever") appears on one side. The 'cogs' of the instrument are alternately marked "W" or "NZ". Used at Wales v New Zealand rugby international 1963.
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A set of green rugby socks with white 'feet'. Double white strip on knee turns. Black band on calf with yellow band within.
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Medal, Welsh Champions 1900-01 season. Gold, Swansea 'town' civic 'castle' badge on front. Championship details, Players' name and position inscribed on back. Dimensions: w1" x h13/8" (w3cm x h3.5cm).
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Photographic collage of the Swansea RFC 1st XV of 1903-04. Sepia B&W portraits of players and officials are arranged on a green mount card with white text naming the players and stating toward the top of the mount: "Swansea First XV Football Team. Season 1903-4". Toward the base of the mount is printed: "Matches Played 32 - Won 30 - Lost 1 - Drawn 1 - Points for 571 - Against 48". Dimensions: w23 3/4" x h27 3/4" (w59cm x h70cm)
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Photographic copy of an original. Swansea RFC 1st fifteen 1897-98 season. Dimensions: w12" x h10" (w30.5cm x h25.5cm)
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A set of 9 hand made posters, coloured in by watercolour. Made by pupils at Sketty Primary School for a project on anti-apartheid and the Swansea v South Africa match of 1969. Dimensions: w12" x 17 1/2" (w31.5cm x h44cm).
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A set of 37 handwritten letters from pupils from Sketty Primary School, Swansea, written to the Archive Team members following the school visit to St Helen's on 4th December 2024. Lined paper sheets. Dimensions: w8 1/2" x h11 1/2" (w21.5cm x h28.5cm)
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Blazer, single breasted in black cloth with two buttons. Badge on left breast pocket shows WRU Prince of Wales feathers in a red shield. A second shield is quartered with the motifs of the English, Scottish, Irish and French rugby unions. "WRU XV" sits at the top right corner of the pocket and "1976" at the lower left corner, indicating this to be a Welsh Grand Slam blazer.
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Dewar Shield medal, with chain loop at top, Silver with P.O W. feathers as central motif and light and dark blue enamel work to front. "Welsh Ruby Union" in relief on round borders in navy ename. "Schools" at top in relief on white enamel. "Dewar Shield" and "Ich Dien" in relief on pale blue enamel across centre. Reverse has hall marks to base and "Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmingham" at top. Dimensions: w3/4" (2.1cm) x h1 1/4" (3.5cm).
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Cap, Swansea, 1923-1924 season. Blue (now faded to brown) with 'SFC' monogramme on front and '1923-24' on brim. Silver tassels.
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A composite of three pieces of wood combined use of tongue & groove joints to form a rectangular plaque. Half inch baton lengths run across the joints at top and base for extra support. The whole is hand carved to represent the Swansea Town/City arms and painted the colours of the coat of arms. The plaque originally resided in the grandstand at St Helen's and was removed when the existing stand was replaced by a modern structure in 2005. Dimensions: w: 23 1/2" (59.5cm) x h: 23 1/2" (59.5cm) x depth: 2" (5cm).
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A Past Player Profile of Samuel "Sammy" Rice who played rugby for Swansea RFC from 1890 to 1898 - by David Dow of the St Helen's Archive Team.
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List of archived match programmes
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Photograph, B&W, mounted and titled. Swansea Schools Rugby Team, Dewar Shield Winners 1938. Photographer Jack Thomas, 12 St Helen's Road, Swansea. Dimensions: w25" x h1" (w63.5cm x h48.26cm)
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Wood plaque with inset ceramic tile. OMBAC badge in shield in centre (O.M.B.A.C is the Old Mission Beach Athletic Club). Brass plaque beneath engraved: "OMBAC vs Swansea RFC May 16 1981 San Diego, CA." Dimensions: h10" x w10" (h25cm x w25cm).
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Painted wooden shield Swansea C&FC on stained wood base with "Floreat Swansea in black on gold scroll beneath. Brass plaque above with engraved: "Presented by Sydney Heath Ltd" Dimensions: w10" x h12" (w30.5cm x h25cm).
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Brushed aluminium plaque on stained wood base. Black engraved text: "Swansea XV vs Newport Beach and Irvine Coast Combined XV May 18, 1981". Dimensions: w10 1/2" x h7 1/2" (w26.6cm x h19cm).
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This item is a guest item, appearing on our website for a limited time. Item: Menu card from post-match dinner. Cream card, folded. Newport RFC club logo on front with dinner date and opponents (South Africa) named. Springbok badge beneath. A black and amber striped ribbon is looped into the front cover. Interior: dinner menu on the left page and "Toast List" on the right. Dimensions: w [closed] 5" x h8" (w12.5cm x h20cm).
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Photographic collage, mounted and titled. The Swansea team that defeated New Zealand in 1935. 23 individual portraits of players and committee of the Swansea rugby team. Each portrait is titled beneath in white ink and the top of the collage is titled: Swansea Rugby Football Team. The team that defeated New Zealand. Saturday September 28th, 1935. Swansea - 1 converted goal, 2 tries - 11 points. New Zealand - 1 try - 3 points." The collage bears the commercial signature of the photographer: "Jack Thomas St Helen's Road, Swansea" in the lower right corner. Dimensions: w"29 1/2 x h"22 (w75cm x h56cm).
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Match programme, Wales v France at St Helen's 22 December 1945
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Stained wood plaque with embossed badge fixed to front. Kidwelly Town badge above "Kidwelly Town Council". Dimensions: w5" x h7" (w12.7cm x h18cm).
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