1913 Leather Match Ball - All Blacks vs 'California All Stars'
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Dating from 1913, one of the country's oldest rugby balls is a signed souvenir of the first clash between New Zealand and America. Touring California as part of a push to promote rugby union as an alternative to American Football, its leather surface is tattooed with the spidery ink signatures of the 1913 All Blacks team that thrashed the All-America (California 'All Stars') crew 51-3 in San Francisco. Some have blamed the hammering the top All Blacks team gave the fledgling Yankee teams on this tour for stunting the growth of the game in the States, but the USA bounced back to win rugby at the Olympics in 1920 and 1924.
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1913 Leather Match Ball - All Blacks vs 'California All Stars'
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Maker
Unknown
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Date made
Unknown
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Subject
All Blacks, All Stars, Ball, California, USA, Frank Mitchinson
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Additional information
Leather, 30cm (Length) x 60cm (circum) & 37cm (from tip to tip across curve)
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