JY066

Object ID: JY066
Type: Jersey
Rights Holder: CIC
Provenance: W C Ramsey
Season: 1946-1947
Description: Jersey, Middlesex Counties, 1945-1947 season. Thin blue/white hoops with combined Middlesex Counties RFC and Paris team motif on breast. Black number "1" on white rectangle on back.
Info: This is a Middlesex Counties jersey, probably from their first tour abroad in 1946-47 when they played Paris and A S Roanne (situated in the Loire). Both matches were lost. It was presented to Swansea RFC by W C ('Bill') Ramsey, who was Hon. Secretary of Middlesex Counties Rugby Union from 1946 to 1950. Middlesex also toured in France during 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1956.
Keywords: jersey, middlesex counties, 1947-1948, w c ramsey, tour, paris, rouanne rugby club,