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OT110

Item

Object ID

OT110

Type

Letter

Rights Holder

CIC

Provenance

F.E. Perkins

Season

1898-1899

Description

Letter: Type written carbon copy on Headed paper of Thomas Cook & Son, Travel Agents. Swansea tour to Paris correspondence, set #3: Stamped 11th March 1899. Printed one side. From Thomas Cook & Son to F E Perkins, Swansea RFC. Dimensions: w8" x h10 1/4" (20.5cm x 26cm).

Info

This set of correspondence is one of 8 sets (OT108, OT109, OT110, OT111, OT112, OT113, OT114, OT115) relating to the arrangements for the tour of Swansea RFC to Paris in April 1899 near the end of their fixture season in Wales. The tour was notable for being the first one by a Welsh club to continental Europe. Swansea travelled as acknowledged Welsh Champions for the 1898-99 season, a title they were to retain for five of the next six seasons, culminating in an 'Invincible' season in 1904-05. The opponents in Paris in April 1899 were ostensibly the Stade Français club. But due to the renown of the 'All Whites' at this time, a combined France XV was engaged instead, built around the Stade Français club. OT110 is an acknowledgement by Thomas Cook & Sons of the £10 deposit by the Swansea club.

Keywords

1898-1899, 1898-99, Stade Français, paris, tour,

References

OT107

OT117

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