JY070
Item
- Object ID
- JY070
- Type
- Jersey
- Rights Holder
- CIC
- Provenance
- Dai Parker
- Season
- 1929-1930
- Description
- Jersey, England/Wales, 1929, thin white and red hoops with combined English Rose and Welsh P.O.W. feathers on breast.
- Info
- Commemorative match jersey worn and presented by David (Dai) Stewart Parker at Twickenham in the Rowland Hill memorial Match on Saturday 5th October 1929. Rowland Hill (1855-1928) was a RFU Committee man from 1879 to 1928 and President from 1904-1907. The new main gates at Twickenham were named after him 1929 and the rugby match there between an England/Wales XV against a Scotland/Ireland XV was in his honour. Scotland/Ireland won the match 20 -13.
- Keywords
- jersey, england and wales, 1929-1930, dai parker, commemorative, george rowland hill,
- Item sets
- St Helen's Archive
- Media
JY070.JPG