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Rugby, Weapons & Cycles - St Etienne  First, this is a wonderful early 1900 rugby illustration (no date...) by E.Letellier... All what I like in collecting rugby... Second, this is the cover page of the catalogue of one of French leading mail order companies at the time: Manufacture Française d'Armes et Cycles de St.Etienne (French Factory of Weapons & Cycles in St.Etienne), a.k.a. "ManuFrance", founded in 1885 in St.Etienne."ManuFrance" went bankrupt in the 80s, but the brand surely remains strong in the memory of French readers... "ManuFrance" is strongly tied, on one hand, to its own monthly magazine "Le Chasseur Français" ("The French Hunter")- a "must read" in rural France (and, say, a real source of fun for urban and modern readers...), and, on the other hand, to the local (Association) Football team A.S.St Etienne which was sponsored by ManuFrance in its golden years... (Champions' League final lost in 1978 to Bayern Munich...)Back to the 1900s..., "ManuFrance" was then manufacturing all kind of rugby football equipement - mostly leather goods - i.e. balls, shoes - but also rugby kits... here are a few pages, from resp. 1911 and 1924.  P.S. : this website is entirely dedicated to pre-WW2 rugby... so, this is a unique opportunity to share this fine cover from "Le Chasseur Français" dated 1954, by French artist Paul Order. (large pictures, top down, here, here and there... and the last one also...) 17/11/2008 in 1 Rugby print | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Colonial Rugby ! Noumea, New Caledonia c.1905  Colonial Rugby !I like searching for old rugby pictures from "unusual" countries... I mean countries where you shouldn't expect rugby to be played in the early days of the XXth century... We all know that British merchants, sailors and soldiers had been playing the game almost everywhere possible, but I am always surprised to find rugby games in former French colonies (Africa, Indochina) or territories...Here is a postcard showing a football rugby game ("une partie de football à l'Anse Vata") in Noumea, New Caledonia.Should I recall that New Caledonia is a French Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean (cf map here, half-way from Australia, New Zealand and Fidji... Hence a natural place for rugby, even though, in fact, I am afraid that Caledonian rugby is not as developped as it could (should) be ; I am sure that French rugby could benefit from the input of Caledonian athletes if they are made from the same steel as other ruggers from the Pacific Region...Back to my postcard (hi res picture here)... there is no date, but it comes from a postcard series issued c.1905... no indications about the players neither, even if we could think of military teams. Any hint would be welcome... !You can see the ball (a bit fuzzy...) one meter above the head of the fullback in white... I always wonder how sports photographers were working in these early days to capture rugby action... he's almost missed the ball, but it remains a good action shot...Anse Vata ("Vata Bay") is now part of Noumea, but in the early 1900s the place was unhabited and it only was a destination for leasure, riding and walking. A velodrome was built there as early as 1895... and cycling remains one the most popular sports in New Caledonia ! Here is the track in this other postcard from the same series (I've found this picture on the net - I don't know who to credit...) Well ! this post is also a small tribute to the Pacific Islanders who'll be touring France next Saturday... let's hope that the game will be more attractive than this sad France v Argentina last week...And, before leaving, what about this sunset on Vata Bay... ? New Caledonia is possibly one of the most beautiful places on Earth... (CC BY-NC-SA imageo - Thank you)rugby, new caledonia, noumea, anse vata 13/11/2008 in 2 Rugby postcard | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Art & Rugby ! Delaunay "Equipe de Cardiff" 1913  What a discovery (for me, at least...) !My friend Pierre, sucessful entrepreneur and former rugger at Stade Français and RC Le Chesnay (the only French club with no website ??), referred to me last week this fantastic painting from Robert Delaunay, named "Equipe de Cardiff", first exhibited in 1913 and now at Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.Artists have often seen sports as an opportunity to capture modernity, movement, speed, bodies, colours... this painting brings all this, and much more... mixing the rugby game, the Eiffel tower (a recurring theme in Delaunay's work) and Paris Ferris Wheel, an aeroplane, advertising (Astra is a aeroplane manufacturer) in a splendid collage-like composition. Quote from Delaunay "Movement is produced by the rapport of odd elements, of the contrasts of colors between themselves which constitutes Reality"The group of ruggers is said to be a photography of French (and not from Cardiff, I'm afraid...) players published in La Vie Au Grand Air, but did not manage to find it... Let's also remember that this pre-ww1 era was a great time for aviation pioneers (the Wright Bros first flying in 1903... Louis Bleriot crossing the Channel in 1909...). Here is (more or less) the same plane flying over Paris... Interestingly, Delaunay worked out several other versions of his "Equipe de Cardiff" between 1912 and 1922... I've found three others now exhibited in Paris, Eindhoven (Van Abbemuseum) and Edinburgh (National Galleries of Scotland).    You will find Delaunay's bio (in English) and some other paintings on this nice website. Enjoy !(all pictures are copyrighted - credit to their respective owners)rugby, Delaunay 07/11/2008 in 1 Rugby print, 6 Not so rugby | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Galllery of freaks, 1899 - This is not rugby...       Flipping through the pages of a 1899 French Sports Newspaper ("Le Sport Universel Illustré"), I suddenly faced this incredible gallery of Music-Hall "freaks" riding their bicycle... All of them appeared in a show in London... brrr, it reminds me of "Elephant Man"...From left to right, and from top to bottom, here are "Le Pédaleur à la tête de veau" ("calf-head cyclist"), "Le cycliste à la tête de chien" ("dog-head cyclist"), "Le pédaleur-squelette" ("skeletton-cyclist"), "La cycliste barbue" ("bearded-woman cyclist"), "Le cycliste cul-de-jatte" (it's explicit...), "Le cycliste manchot" ("no-armed cyclist"). (click for lager pics).Which one is your favorite ?rugby, freaks 06/11/2008 in 1 Rugby print | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0) Famous Rugby Footballers, 1895     The "Famous Footballers" were a series of high quality photographies edited by C.W.Alcock and Rowland Hill in 1895 (published by Hudson & Kearns). It came as a 12 pages weekly leaflet (cf below... too large for my A4 scanner...), or as individual sheets within "News of the World" newspaper. Strong and glossy paper... sharp pictures... the quality is just amazing... All pictures were shot in studio, in sometimes fairly kitsch settings...The full series comprizes of 224 large photographies, i.e. 108 Association Footballers and 116 Ruggers... All the best British players from the 90s (1890s I mean...) are featured here... a fine journey between Home Countries (Scotland, Wales, Ireland and England) and major clubs, universities or counties from then (Blackheath, Moseley, Newport, Cardiff, Cambridge, Oxford, Lancashire, Midland County etc...)... a great way to capture that pioneers era...You can sometimes find these pictures as a rare, expensive and beautiful king-size bounded book... I do collect them one by one... or can sometimes find a leaflet... I do have about fifty of them... some other posts in the future ! By the way, there are four of them hanging on my office wall to welcome you, should you pay me a visit in Paris !As a starter today, here are Paul Clauss of Scotland (a member of the team that toured South Africa in 1891), A.J.Gould of Newport and Wales, J.H. Rogers of Moseley and England, B.B.Tuke of Ireland (click on the links to get larger pics).To be continued... rugby, famous footballers 30/10/2008 in 1 Rugby print | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) When Paris was giving lessons to Toulouse students… 1903 final This afternoon, Stade Français lost in Stade de France vs Stade Toulousain… first defeat of the season for my favourite team… Say, my story is a tribute to the roots and rise of Toulousain (*) rugby. This text is the translation of a recent post (in plain French…) on the forum of Stade Français website, where I regularly share some Parisian memorabilia (my ID is “Frederic 1892”).  1903… the supremacy of Parisian teams Stade Français and Racing Club de France is contested as rugby is rising in South-West France… Bordeaux became champion in 1899 and managed to play the final every season since then (defeated by Stade Français in 1900 and 1901.. by RCF in 1902…)Stade Français was lead by Scot Jack Muir… my picture is not the team who played the final as it was shot three months earlier in Paris, but most key-players are there : Henri Amand (future international cap n°1 in 1906), Monrouval brothers (both students at « Polythechnique »), Gaudermen, Beaurin… (future international players G.Jérome and E.Lesieur are however missing).The organization of early 1900s French Championship is simple… the best of provincial teams of the year vs the best of Parisian teams of the year…In the North, Racing Club de France had won the « Championship of Paris » and was ready to play the final… but was disqualified for having played with an English rugger with no registered licence… and was replaced by Stade Français (SF defeating Le Havre in play-offs)In the South, surprise came from S.O.E.T (Stade Olympique des Etudiants Toulousains), which managed its way to the final defeating Stade Bordelais (Bordeaux) and F.C.Lyon. The first rugby final in Toulouse history… obviously not the last one… French Rugby Union decided to play the final in Toulouse (possibly to promote rugby outside of Paris) on April 26th 1903. In these days, there was no stadium in Toulouse… games were played on « Prairies des Flitres », i.e. an open field along river Garonne inside the city… until 1907 when « Stade des Ponts Jumeaux » (« Twin bridges Stadium»…) would be built.Stade Français winger Emile Lesieur recalls a final where the guys from Paris did show more speed and tactics than their oppponents…Final score16-8, i.e. 4 tries to 2 for Stade Français.Stats (in French) and details are brought here by my friends from finalesrugby.com Rugby trivia now ! let’s mention that one of the four Parisian tries was scored by Mexican three-quarter Fernando Ancona… I believe that this is the only time in French rugby that a Mexican athlete enters into official records (and what about world rugby ? I haven’t even checked if Mexico is affiliated to IRB…). Let’s also note that there were two Scot players (Muir et Forsyth) in Paris team... opening the way for Simon Taylor this season…Stade Toulousain “as we know it” was created in 1907 in direct connection from SOET… to make a long story short, Stade Toulousain inherits from four clubs… As early as 1896 (the prehistory of French rugby…), "Olympique Toulousain" (a team from Toulouse HiSchool « lycée ») and "Stade Toulousain" (another team from the same Toulouse « lycée »…) merged to create the "Stade Olympien des Etudiants de Toulouse" (SOET), while later, in 1905, "Union Sportive de l'Ecole Vétérinaire" (Vet’School team) and "Sport Athlétique Toulousain" merged into USEVT "Veto-Sports"… SOET et USEVT merged in 1907 to create Stade Toulousain…A bit complicated… but students only !Among 1903 Toulouse young ruggers , some will become key-players of Stade Toulousain : Fabregat (hidden in the second row of SOET team picture, with an impressive beard…) then first captain of Stade Toulousain, Cuillé or Toto Pujol, eccentric and eclectic athlete who will be capped in 1906… under Stade Français colours and will end his sporting career in Wales... Here are the guys in 1909 with Stade Toulousain : another lost final ! Otherwise, the rise of Toulousain (*) rugby that year 1903 must have stimulated the guys from Bordeaux… they will then put a stong hold on French Championship… winning in 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907… until Stade Français “come back” in 1908… the last one before modern times… 1998 actually...Here are larger pics of SF, SOET or ST(*) Toulousain ? Toulousan ? how do you say "Toulousain" in English ??Technorati Tags: rugby, stade français, stade toulousain, SOET 26/10/2008 in 1 Rugby print, 2 Rugby postcard | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) The most ridiculous rugby postcards EVER   French postcards... no date...Freaking cards indeed !... outrageous make-up, kitsch and cheap studio background, ridiculous posing - especially the one where the guy seems to head at the ball -, fooball association jersey, insane sepia colours... weird ! I don't think that this photographer has ever attended to a rugby match...If I may ask a question : why this ??rugby 21/10/2008 in 2 Rugby postcard | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) Harlequins v Maoris ... 1926 video footage sent by FredericEarlier this month I was discussing about the 1926 tour of New Zealand Maoris in Europe, and I was regretting not to have any video evidence of their haka... Say, Michael Perkin mailed me last night that he's found it ! Here we are, back in 1926, to see the Harlequins of London defeating the Maoris 11-5 at Twickenham... Enjoy the 1'30 video (credit to British Pathé - wonderful digital archives... but too expensive for me...)By the way: the Quins will be in Paris soon to play vs Stade Français in H-Cup... we'll discuss about that later...rugby, video, maoris, haka, harlequins 16/10/2008 in 4 Rugby video | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) Fantasy Team of WW1 Heroes  A team you've seen never before... actually a photoshop work to create a fantasy team of international ruggers who died during WW1.The original picture is this photo of the Equipe de France who played vs England in April 1914 at Colombes... last international game before WW1 broke out... out of the 30 players, 11 were to be killed at war...The line-up of this team goes from Scotland to New Zealand... from Ireland to South Africa... (larger pic here) :3rd row :David GALLAHER (NZ), J.J. CONILH DE BEYSSAC (F), Alfred MAYSSONNIE (F), Felix FAURE (F)2nd RowBasil MAC LEAR (Irl), Blair SWANNEL (Aus), Charles Meyrick PRITCHARD (Wal), Ronald POULTON-PALMER (Eng) (captain), Jan (Jacky) MORKEL (AfS), Gaston LANE (F), Emmanuel IGUINIZ (F), Maurice BOYAU (F)Front Row:Jean LARRIBEAU (F), Walter Riddell SUTHERLAND (Sco), Marcel BURGUN (F)This fantasy team is an initiative of French Ministry of Defense ("Office National des Anciens Combattants" i.e. "Department of Veterans Affairs"), who took the opportunity of an international U13 tournament early this month in Rodez (France) to organize a temporary exhibition about French athletes during WW1, and to circulate 3000 copies of a fine leaflet about "Rugby & Rugbymen" (available here for download : the players' bios are inside...) I was happy to bring a couple of pictures to this project... among other contributors, I've spotted the names of "online friends" Sean Fagan, David Arrou and Eric Lanuza...Let me add a few links about this major tounament in Rodez, aka Top12, for 11-13 years old boys which gathered 800 boys and girls (edited Oct.17), from 40 teams and 10 countries (France, England, Wales, Ireland, Germany, South Africa, Belgium, Romania and Italie). The program (in French) is here as well as the list of the teams... the story was covered here...Edited Oct. 17 : not to forget Top12 website here... Pictures by permission. Credit to ONAC de l'Aveyron and Imprimerie Hérail, Rodez rugby, ww1 14/10/2008 in 1 Rugby print, 5 Other rugby stuff | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) Rabbit rugby: most stupid rugby postcard ever ?  Recipes for stupid rugby postcards are simple : draw some animals or some babies (could do both ?) and let roll the ball...This "rabbit game" could certainly be in the Top10, it's a bit weird... surely because of this anthropomorphic drawing...Say, we could open a contest... all your "stupid" contributions are welcome ! Don't hesitate to share your stupid postcards !Here are those that I used to post over the past three years...       Freaky, isn't ?? 09/10/2008 in 2 Rugby postcard | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) Maori War Cry in Paris... and Germany 1926  No, the NZ Maoris did not tour in Germany in 1926...But almost the same picture as my previous post i.e. performing Maori War Cry before playing in Paris, Stade de Colombes (in Miroir des Sports, Oct.1926) In 1926-27, the NZ Maoris went on a seven-month tour which took in Australia, Ceylon, France, Wales and Canada. The side played 38 matches, winning 29, losing seven and drawing two.Actually, I was surprised to find this Haka ("Schlachtruf" i.e. "War Cry") published as a German postcard (larger picture here @ Flickr)... sign of German growing interest for rugby in these days and sign of the strong interest from media in this "uncommon" team...Having said that, the German caption is a bit misleading... it reads that "France defeats New Zealand in Rugby 11:9 - The NZ Maoris during their War Cry before the game begins", but that was not a Test Match nor an "official" French side, but a selection of Paris players. Ironically, the "true" Equipe de France lost 3 -12 the only Test match vs the Maori side, later in December in the same stadiumCheck this other picture below (December 1926 in Paris)... cameras are rolling... (and the "Haka leader" is wearing trousers because the temperature was dead cold that day !) I was hoping to find some video footage of the Maori team on the web, but did not... Say, I am still happy to share this Haka shot during the 1924-25 All Blacks tour ("The Invincibles")... "Ko Niu Tireni e haruru nei" - The New Zealand storm is about to break... rugby, haka, maoris, new zealand 03/10/2008 in 1 Rugby print, 2 Rugby postcard, 4 Rugby video | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0) Creative Commons are good for you !  Legal stuff...It's my pleasure to share my pictures with people who share my interest in rugby memorabilia ! So far, I have contributed to several books, academic projects, newspaper articles, rugby exhibitions or conferences, menus (yes, a "rugby" pub in South France...) and.... Wikipedia.Most of my pictures belong to the public domain (basically, because they are old enough - usually 70 years after initial publishing for newspaper prints or 70 after the death of the artist for artworks, under French law). Still, you have to deal with me to clear reproductions rights if you want to use my pictures... as I provide for the scans or the digital sources.Either this blog or my photo hosting service (Flickr) do promote Creative Commons (check the logo in the right column) as a licencing system that brings both a strict legal framework and a maximum flexbility for the content owner : I can elect whether commercial use is permitted or not, whether modifications are permitted or not, under which conditions if any... For instance, this website is published under a Creative Commons licence "attribution" "share alike" or CC BY SA (cf the pictos in the right column under "legal stuff") which means that there is no restriction to the use of my work, provided that you "attribute" it to me ("BY") and that you share it in return with others ("SA" "Share Alike"... you don't add copyrights on it !)...One click to get a "human readable" licence as they call it... another click to get a full text "lawyer readabale" licence code ...  It also has some technical implications (techo-adverse people can skip to the next paragraph...). All my pictures at Flickr carry this legal information as a metadata, so that online services could determine automatically if pictures are used (copy, print, etc...) in compliance with this CC licence...Creative Commons framework easily let interested people use my pictures into their own projects... without having to enter into long lasting - and sometimes expensive - copyrights clearances... As long as you respect the CC rules, you don't even have to ask me... The upper picture is a great example... last year, during the Rugby World Cup, CRDP d'Alsace (Centre Regional de Documentation Pedagogique) - a French public organization that provides documents, pictures, texts, etc... toschool and college teachers to help them prepare their lectures - have made available a dozen of my pictures to illustrate somefacts about rugby history : it's exactly what Creative Commons licencesare aiming for... : sharing, enriching, creating something new... and sharing it again for the benefit of everyone...And now some French kids know about the Maori Tour in France in October 1926... Congratulations to the French Ministry of Education for this fair use of Creative Commons licences ! 30/09/2008 in 5 Other rugby stuff | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0) Suivante » Who would like to advertise here ? Premium Content - Niche Targeted Audience - 8000 PV/month En Français Auf Deutsch En Español In Italiano En Català
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