From The Vaults

09 May 2022

#FromTheVaults - Harlequins cap, 1920-21

With Harlequins taking on Gloucester at Twickenham Stadium this month, we’re highlighting the Harlequins cap which was awarded to William Wavell Wakefield in the 1920-21 season when he was club captain...

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09 May 2022

#FromTheVaults - Harlequins cap, 1920-21

With Harlequins taking on Gloucester at Twickenham Stadium this month, we’re highlighting the Harlequins cap which was awarded to William Wavell Wakefield in the 1920-21 season when he was club captain...

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25 April 2022

#FromTheVaults - Navy badge, 1922

As the rugby teams of the British Army and the Royal Navy prepare for their return to Twickenham this coming weekend, we have decided to highlight this one-hundred-year-old cloth badge which was worn by Navy scrum-half Cecil Kershaw...

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07 March 2022

#FromTheVaults - 'The Springbok Girl' photographs

Our object of the month is this photograph of Kathleen Trick, ‘The Springbok Girl’, which was recently donated to the museum by one of Kathleen’s nieces. When Kathleen wore this custom-made kit to a fancy-dress party in 1907, it was the start of a special relationship with South Africa’s touring rugby teams...

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07 February 2022

#FromTheVaults - The Calcutta Cup

Rupees, rivalries and revelries: An exclusive audience with a (nearly) priceless trophy...

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03 January 2022

#FromTheVaults – Australia Jersey, 1947-48

In 1947, the Australian rugby union team embarked on a nine-month tour to Britain, Ireland, France and North America. This jersey was worn on that tour...

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06 December 2021

#FromTheVaults – Varsity Match Programme, 1921

The Varsity Match epitomises the long-standing rivalry between the universities at Oxford and Cambridge and December 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the first Varsity Match played at Twickenham...

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01 November 2021

#FromTheVaults - Twickenham Stadium Site Plan

As full crowds return for the Autumn Internationals, this month’s featured object from our collection is an architect’s drawing showing the proposed site of the first North stand built at Twickenham in 1925...

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04 October 2021

#FromTheVaults - Photograph Album, 1891 British Isles tour of South Africa

Following this summer’s Lions’ tour of South Africa, we wanted to highlight this photograph album in our collection which records the events of the first British Isles tour to South Africa 130 years ago...

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06 September 2021

#FromTheVaults - Uruguay Pennant Flag

It's been a while, but we're back with our #FromTheVaults series, taking a look into our archives to explore some of the many thousands of objects that are not on display in the World Rugby Museum galleries.

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21 December 2020

#FromTheVaults - RFU Christmas Card, ‘Fougasse’

This month’s featured object from our collection is a Christmas card designed for the Rugby Football Union by one of Britain’s best loved cartoonists, Cyril Kenneth Bird CBE (1887-1965).

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23 November 2020

#FromTheVaults – British Isles Dinner Menu, 1904

For this month's #FromTheVaults we wanted to share with you this charming little dinner menu from the British Isles tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1904 – the first time a British team played both countries on the same tour...

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19 October 2020

#FromTheVaults - Barbarians Jersey, 1903

At the start of 2020 we revived an old “Object of the Month” feature and now after a brief hiatus, our #FromTheVaults series is back with this Barbarians jersey from 1903.

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