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Item
OT114
Object ID
OT114
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 #7: Stamped 25th April 1899. Printed on both sides. 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. OT114 deals with the straightening of the account between Thomas Cook & Sons and the Swansea club. The £10 deposit is refunded to the club less the price of one additional traveller.
Keywords
1898-1899, 1898-99, Stade Français, paris, tour,
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