St Helen’s ArchivePreserving the past for the future
Item
PH238
Object ID
PH238
Type
Rights Holder
Hartlepool Old Boys RFC
Provenance
Jim Ainslie
Season
Description
Photograph B&W, mounted on card, Photographer H.A. Chapman, High Street, Swansea. Hartlepool Old Boys RFC 1905-06 season Dimensions: w11 1/2" x 11" (29.7cm x 28cm).
Info
The Hartlepool Old Boys RFC team that played Swansea at St Helen's on 14th April 1906. The match was won by Swansea by 14 - 0. Front row 2nd from left if Frank (Patsy) Boylen (Hartlepool Rovers) who went on to play for England in the 1908 Internationals and had a long career with the NRU. Middle of the 2nd row with the ball is Old Boys Captain Harry Havelock, who later played for England again in 1908. Finally, in the back row 4th from left if Jim Ainslie,(Hartlepool Rovers). His grandson Jim loaned the photo for copying.
The HOB team photographed here played three matches on this tour: against Gloucester (lost 37 - 0), Swansea (lost 14 - 0) and Llanelli (lost 6-3).
Grateful acknowledgement to Chris McLoughlin, Hon. Secretary of the Hartlepool & District Rugby Union, who emailed the image to St Helen's Archive 29th August 2023. Chris was able to identify several of the HOB players. To find out more about this image and the early Hartlepool rugby scene, visit the Hartlepool History Then and Now website.
The HOB team photographed here played three matches on this tour: against Gloucester (lost 37 - 0), Swansea (lost 14 - 0) and Llanelli (lost 6-3).
Grateful acknowledgement to Chris McLoughlin, Hon. Secretary of the Hartlepool & District Rugby Union, who emailed the image to St Helen's Archive 29th August 2023. Chris was able to identify several of the HOB players. To find out more about this image and the early Hartlepool rugby scene, visit the Hartlepool History Then and Now website.
Keywords
1905-1906, 1905-06, hartlepool old boys,
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