1913 Leather Match Ball - All Blacks vs 'California All Stars'

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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 t...

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https://ehive.com/collections/3189/objects/45073

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All Blacks / All Stars / Ball / California / USA / Frank Mitchinson

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