Rugby Interest.- All Blacks, 1930

Rugby Interest.- All Blacks, 1930

Vintage black and white composite photograph of the 1930 New Zealand 'All Blacks' team that defeated the British Lions by 15 points to 10 in the 3rd test match of the New Zealand leg of the 1930 British Lions tour, signed by all plyers of the New Zealand team, including: Cliff Porter (Captain), George Nepia, Bill Hazlett, Beau Cottrell, George Hart, Hugh McLean, Reuben McWilliams, Fred Lucas, Mark Nicholls, Merv Corner, Walter Batty, Jack Hore, Dick Steere, Bert Cooke and Archie Strang, a couple of closed tears to margins, otherwise in very good condition, mounted, 26.5 x 29cm.

***The 1930 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia was the twelfth tour by a British Isles team and the fifth to New Zealand and Australia. This tour is recognised as the first to represent a bona fide British team and the first to be widely dubbed the 'Lions', after the nickname was used by journalists during the 1924 tour of South Africa. Led by England's Doug Prentice and managed by James Baxter the tour took in 28 matches, seven in Australia and 21 in New Zealand. Of the 28 games, 24 were against club or invitational teams, four were test matches against New Zealand and one was a test match against Australia. The test match results saw the Lions lose to Australia and win only one of the four New Zealand tests.