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Item
OT115
Object ID
OT115
Type
Rights Holder
CIC
Provenance
F.E. Perkins
Season
Description
Letter: 2 pages (written on 3 sides)Hand written in black pen. Swansea tour to Paris, set #8: Dated: no date given but contemporary to other items in the Paris tour April 1899. Comprises a list of deposits and payments by club members and guests toward the trip to Paris 14th to 17th April 1899. Dimensions: w5 1/2" x h8" (13.2cm x 20.6cm).
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. OT115 is a list of the personnel in the group to travel to Paris and what they are each due to pay toward the trip. It is notable that most of the group are travelling 3rd Class at £3-10s while a few have upgraded to £4.
Keywords
1898-1899, 1898-99, Stade Français, paris, tour,
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