The 1888 British Isles tour to New Zealand and Australia was a tour by a British rugby union team, known at the time as the "English Footballers", throughout New Zealand and Australia. Although a priv
The British Isles touring squad
The British Isles team. Taken on the Scotch Oval, close to the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on both of which the team played Australian Rules Football against local clubs
The team on board to Australia, from The Illustrated London News
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The Sydney Swans are an Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League, and the women's team in the AFL Women's. The Swans a
1888 British Lions tour to New Zealand and Australia
…tour were then required to sign an affidavit to state they were not to be paid for playing rugby when in Australia and New Zealand. British Lions and South Melbourne in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground. In addition to playing 35 game of rugby union, the Lions team also played 19 games…
The Bloods and the touring British Lions in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1888. South Melbourne won 7 goals to 3
1909 VFL team
Aerial photo of the South Melbourne cricket ground during the 1920s with a SMFC match in progress
Captain Laurie Nash marks on 26 June 1937