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NC025

South Wales Evening Post Saturday 10th October 1949 page 6. Article relating to the event held to mark the unveiling of the captain's board at St Helen's ground.

SR-1872-2025

A complete list of Swansea RFC 1st XV players from 1872 to 2025

A wooden supporters' rattle, or 'clacker', dating from the early 1960s. Handle and frame are all painted with messages of support for Wales and Swansea. "Cymru am byth" ("Wales forever") appears on one side. The 'cogs' of the instrument are alternately marked "W" or "NZ". Used at Wales v New Zealand rugby international 1963.

OT174

A set of green rugby socks with white 'feet'. Double white strip on knee turns. Black band on calf with yellow band within.

MD021

Medal, Welsh Champions 1900-01 season. Gold, Swansea 'town' civic 'castle' badge on front. Championship details, Players' name and position inscribed on back. Dimensions: w1" x h13/8" (w3cm x h3.5cm).

PH184

Photographic collage of the Swansea RFC 1st XV of 1903-04. Sepia B&W portraits of players and officials are arranged on a green mount card with white text naming the players and stating toward the top of the mount: "Swansea First XV Football Team. Season 1903-4". Toward the base of the mount is printed: "Matches Played 32 - Won 30 - Lost 1 - Drawn 1 - Points for 571 - Against 48". Dimensions: w23 3/4" x h27 3/4" (w59cm x h70cm)

PH171

Photographic copy of an original. Swansea RFC 1st fifteen 1897-98 season. Dimensions: w12" x h10" (w30.5cm x h25.5cm)

OT173

A set of 9 hand made posters, coloured in by watercolour. Made by pupils at Sketty Primary School for a project on anti-apartheid and the Swansea v South Africa match of 1969. Dimensions: w12" x 17 1/2" (w31.5cm x h44cm).

'The Battle of Swansea' - Swansea v Springboks 1969

A set of 37 handwritten letters from pupils from Sketty Primary School, Swansea, written to the Archive Team members following the school visit to St Helen's on 4th December 2024. Lined paper sheets. Dimensions: w8 1/2" x h11 1/2" (w21.5cm x h28.5cm)

BZ005

Blazer, single breasted in black cloth with two buttons. Badge on left breast pocket shows WRU Prince of Wales feathers in a red shield. A second shield is quartered with the motifs of the English, Scottish, Irish and French rugby unions. "WRU XV" sits at the top right corner of the pocket and "1976" at the lower left corner, indicating this to be a Welsh Grand Slam blazer.

MD020

Dewar Shield medal, with chain loop at top, Silver with P.O W. feathers as central motif and light and dark blue enamel work to front. "Welsh Ruby Union" in relief on round borders in navy ename. "Schools" at top in relief on white enamel. "Dewar Shield" and "Ich Dien" in relief on pale blue enamel across centre. Reverse has hall marks to base and "Thomas Fattorini Limited Birmingham" at top. Dimensions: w3/4" (2.1cm) x h1 1/4" (3.5cm).

CP045

Cap, Swansea, 1923-1924 season. Blue (now faded to brown) with 'SFC' monogramme on front and '1923-24' on brim. Silver tassels.

PQ109

A composite of three pieces of wood combined use of tongue & groove joints to form a rectangular plaque. Half inch baton lengths run across the joints at top and base for extra support. The whole is hand carved to represent the Swansea Town/City arms and painted the colours of the coat of arms. The plaque originally resided in the grandstand at St Helen's and was removed when the existing stand was replaced by a modern structure in 2005. Dimensions: w: 23 1/2" (59.5cm) x h: 23 1/2" (59.5cm) x depth: 2" (5cm).

Past Player Profile - Sammy Rice

A Past Player Profile of Samuel "Sammy" Rice who played rugby for Swansea RFC from 1890 to 1898 - by David Dow of the St Helen's Archive Team.

MP0000

List of archived match programmes

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