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The Try that Beat the All Blacks

GILLETT, Frank

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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This artwork shows the first ever test match between the Wales and New Zealand rugby teams on the 16th of December 1905. Refereed by Scotland referee John Dallas, the game was played at the Cardiff Arms Park in front of over 40,000 people. In this artwork, Welsh winger Teddy Morgan dives across the try line giving Wales the lead over the All Blacks before half-time. Wales won the game 3-0. This match is not only significant because of the scoreline but also because the Welsh team and supporters, led by winger Teddy Morgan, sang the Welsh national anthem, Hen Wlad fy Nhadau, in response to hearing the New Zealand Haka. This was the first occasion a national anthem was sung before a sporting fixture.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 19809

Creation/Production

GILLETT, Frank
Date: 1905 ca

Acquisition

Gift, 7/2/1925
Given by The Western Mail

Measurements

Height (cm): 36.7
Width (cm): 38.3

Techniques

chalk pastel on paper
drawings and watercolours
Fine Art - works on paper

Material

chalk pastel
Ingres paper

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Figure Study
  • Fine Art
  • Gillett, Frank
  • History
  • Man
  • Pastel
  • People
  • Rugby
  • Sport And Leisure
  • Sport And Leisure
  • Welsh Historical Event
  • Works On Paper

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