1977 British Lions to New Zealand rugby football original signed oversized postcard,original oversized postcard depicting Lake Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand, uniformly signed in blue and black ink to the plain side of the postcard by the 1977 British Lions including Phil Bennett, John Bevan, Gordon Brown, Mike Gibson, Andy Irvine, Elgan Rees, Derek Quinnell, Ian McGeechan, J.J Williams, Bill Beaumont, Fran Cotton, Moss Keane, Tony Neary, Jeff Squire, Peter Wheeler, Bobby Windsor et al., 14 by 22cm., some very minor foxing, otherwise in good clean conditionIn 1977 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. The Lions played 26 matches, including four internationals against the 'All Blacks'. They lost the series against the 'All Blacks' by three matches to one. The Lions tourists left London on the 10th of May 1977 and returned on the 19th of August. Of their 26 matches on tour, they won 21 and lost 5. Although the Lions lost the test series against the ‘All Blacks’ they were level 1–1 after the second international and came close to drawing the series; they led 9–6 going into injury time in the fourth test only to concede a match-winning try scored by Lawrie Knight. The touring party as originally announced contained 17 players from Wales (including the as-yet uncapped Elgan Rees and Brynmor Williams), 5 from England, 5 from Scotland and 3 from Ireland. Geoff Wheel had to withdraw on medical advice before the touring party left and was replaced by Moss Keane. Roger Uttley aggravated a back injury at the get-together prior to leaving and was subsequently replaced by Jeff Squire. Bill Beaumont, Charlie Faulkner and Alun Lewis joined the tour party later in New Zealand as replacements.
£120 - £180
1977 British Lions to New Zealand rugby football original signed oversized postcard,original oversized postcard depicting Lake Te Anau, South Island, New Zealand, uniformly signed in blue and black ink to the plain side of the postcard by the 1977 British Lions including Phil Bennett, John Bevan, Gordon Brown, Mike Gibson, Andy Irvine, Elgan Rees, Derek Quinnell, Ian McGeechan, J.J Williams, Bill Beaumont, Fran Cotton, Moss Keane, Tony Neary, Jeff Squire, Peter Wheeler, Bobby Windsor et al., 14 by 22cm., some very minor foxing, otherwise in good clean conditionIn 1977 the British Lions rugby union team toured New Zealand. The Lions played 26 matches, including four internationals against the 'All Blacks'. They lost the series against the 'All Blacks' by three matches to one. The Lions tourists left London on the 10th of May 1977 and returned on the 19th of August. Of their 26 matches on tour, they won 21 and lost 5. Although the Lions lost the test series against the ‘All Blacks’ they were level 1–1 after the second international and came close to drawing the series; they led 9–6 going into injury time in the fourth test only to concede a match-winning try scored by Lawrie Knight. The touring party as originally announced contained 17 players from Wales (including the as-yet uncapped Elgan Rees and Brynmor Williams), 5 from England, 5 from Scotland and 3 from Ireland. Geoff Wheel had to withdraw on medical advice before the touring party left and was replaced by Moss Keane. Roger Uttley aggravated a back injury at the get-together prior to leaving and was subsequently replaced by Jeff Squire. Bill Beaumont, Charlie Faulkner and Alun Lewis joined the tour party later in New Zealand as replacements.