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Item
OT112
Object ID
OT112
Type
Rights Holder
CIC
Provenance
F.E. Perkins
Season
Description
Letter: Type written carbon copy on Headed paper of Thomas Cook & Son, Travel Agents. Swansea tour to Paris correspondence, set #5: Stamped 11th April 1899. Printed both sides. From Thomas Cook & Son to F E Perkins, Swansea RFC. Dimensions: w8" x h10 1/4" (20.5cm x 26cm). Envelope incudes additional handwritten letter on headed thomas Cook & Son paper, to F E Perkins, also dated 11th April.
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. OT112 deals with the transportation costs and acknowledgement of payment of the balance for the trip. Thomas Cook also mention at this point that the cost of transport from Paddington to London Bridge is NOT included in the costs and is an additional fee!
Keywords
1898-1899, 1898-99, Stade Français, paris, tour,
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