A fully signed b&w photograph of the France team before the very first match in World Cup finals history v Mexico at the Pocitos Stadium, Montevideo,
£200 - £300
A fully signed b&w photograph of the France team before the very first match in World Cup finals history v Mexico at the Pocitos Stadium, Montevideo, 13th July 1930, the 7 by 9 1/2in. photograph fully signed in ink by the starting XI Thepot, Mattler, Capelle, Villaplane (captain), Pinel, Chantrel, Liberati, Delfour, Maschinot, Laurent and Langillerand, plus the head coach Raoul Caudron, and bearing further signatures, presumably reserves It was appropriate that the dream of World Cup founders Henri Delaunay and Jules Rimet got underway with France having the honour of playing in the first-ever World Cup game. France won the match 4-1. A similar picture, but taken from a slightly different angle, is in the Getty Images Archive, ref: 88616812.