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THERE WAS ALSO SOME RUGBY: THE SIXTH SPRINGBOKS IN BRITAIN

by Wallace Reyburn

Published by Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd.. 1st. 1970

Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper. The springboks controversial rugby tour of the UK 1969-1970 - everywhere the South Africans went anti-apartheid demonstrators tried to halt their matches. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. 182 pages. B/w photos.

Minimal bumping to spine. Covers are foxed. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to top edge of textblock. Price-cut wrapper is edge rubbed and lightly creased. Rear panel is a bit grubby.

ISBN: 0091041708
Stock no. 1330759

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Contents

  • PART I: THE DEMO TOUR
  • 1 The Demo-bores Move in
  • 2 Fetch Me My Cloak and Dagger
  • 3 The Ugliness at Swansea
  • 4 Bristol Fashion
  • 5 The Language and Other Barriers
  • 6 The Policeman's Lot
  • PART II: RUGBY - OBJECT OF THE OPERATION
  • 7 Why Were They Such a Poor Team?
  • 8 Take Me To Your Leader
  • 9 Marginal Jottings
  • 10 Passing Judgements
  • PART III: THE TWENTY-FIVE MATCHES
  • PART IV: FACTS AND FIGURES
  • The 1969-70 Springboks
  • Who Did The Scoring
  • Details of the Matches
  • Scorers For and Against
  • Previous South African Tours to Europe

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