More Info →Campbell Street School Football Team 1907

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  The Campbell Street School team were 1907 winners of the Manawatu Rugby Football Union’s Schools Competition – their fourth time in a row. The school’s three previous successes are commemorated in the embroidered inscriptions on the banner. Standing on the left of the photo is the school’s headmaster F. E. Watson. Members of the team were: (left and right of the banner) W. Sexton [Three –quarter], J. Carter [Forward]; second row from the back: L. Liddel [Forward], R. Wood [Full-back], J. Christensen [Forward], S. McCullum (Wing-forward]; seated, third row: W. A. Chapman [Forward], T. Speir [Three-quarter], H. Childs, Captain [Five-eighth], W. McTaggart, Vice-Captain [Three-quarter], L. Boon (Forward]; front row: H. Freeth [Forward], J. Elliott [Five-eighth, F. Miller [Half-back], A. Simmonds [Half-back], M. Sheerin [Forward].  

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Date

1907

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COMM1499783695

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