A 1906 IRELAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY ALFRED TEDFORD (1877-1942)The emerald-green jersey with white collars, three buttons, canvas shield-shaped crest in rope frame, embroidered with four-headed shamrock and date 1906, interior label for T Lynch & Son, Dublin and with player’s label inscribed ‘A Tedford’Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Ireland international jersey has been offered at auction, acquired by Charles Meyrick Pritchard after the Ireland v Wales match in Belfast, March 10th, 1906. It is assumed that Pritchard sought-out Tedford after the 1906 match, as Tedford had scored two tries in a victorious man-of-the-match performance against Wales in 1904 which had been Pritchard’s debut for Wales.Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charlie Pritchard which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Ireland played host to Wales at the Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast, the visitors with a Triple Crown in their sights having beaten England and Scotland, Despite the exciting backlines for both sides which included the formidable Basil Maclear for Ireland and the likes of Teddy Morgan, Rhys Gabe and Gwyn Nicholls for Wales, the match evolved into a forward arm-wrestle. Alfred Tedford, wearing this jersey, put in a key performance to claim victory for the underdog home-side. It was a match not without incident with Irish half-back W B Purdon carried off just before half-time with a broken leg and in the second half they lost another player when Tommy Cadell had to retire with a broken ankle. According to E H D Sewell in 'Rugger: The Man's Game the Irish win 'heralded the greatest victory recorded in rugby's stirring history, who would have risked a ha'penny that the Irish team, if playing one short throughout the second half and two short for the last ten minutes of it, would beat that Welsh side'. The match was also notable as the final cap for Gwyn Nicholls, the legendary Welsh 'Prince of Threequarters'. The Irish win concluded the 1906 Championship with them level on top with Wales.Tedford was born in Belfast and educated at Methodist College Belfast. He played his club rugby for Malone RFC and between 1902 and 1908 was capped twenty-three times for Ireland scoring six international tries. In 1903 he took part in the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three test matches, and was voted the outstanding forward on the tour. With the backdrop of political unrest in Ireland, Tedford must have endured a challenging tenure as President of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1919-1920. In 1923 and 1924 he served as an Irish selector.
A 1906 IRELAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY MATCH-WORN BY ALFRED TEDFORD (1877-1942)The emerald-green jersey with white collars, three buttons, canvas shield-shaped crest in rope frame, embroidered with four-headed shamrock and date 1906, interior label for T Lynch & Son, Dublin and with player’s label inscribed ‘A Tedford’Provenance: believed to be the first time a 1906 Ireland international jersey has been offered at auction, acquired by Charles Meyrick Pritchard after the Ireland v Wales match in Belfast, March 10th, 1906. It is assumed that Pritchard sought-out Tedford after the 1906 match, as Tedford had scored two tries in a victorious man-of-the-match performance against Wales in 1904 which had been Pritchard’s debut for Wales.Preserved with other important jerseys, caps and photographs by Charlie Pritchard which form a collection entered to this auction by Charlie Pritchard’s great-grandson. In recent years the collection has been archived and exhibited at the World Rugby Museum at Twickenham Stadium.Ireland played host to Wales at the Balmoral Showgrounds in Belfast, the visitors with a Triple Crown in their sights having beaten England and Scotland, Despite the exciting backlines for both sides which included the formidable Basil Maclear for Ireland and the likes of Teddy Morgan, Rhys Gabe and Gwyn Nicholls for Wales, the match evolved into a forward arm-wrestle. Alfred Tedford, wearing this jersey, put in a key performance to claim victory for the underdog home-side. It was a match not without incident with Irish half-back W B Purdon carried off just before half-time with a broken leg and in the second half they lost another player when Tommy Cadell had to retire with a broken ankle. According to E H D Sewell in 'Rugger: The Man's Game the Irish win 'heralded the greatest victory recorded in rugby's stirring history, who would have risked a ha'penny that the Irish team, if playing one short throughout the second half and two short for the last ten minutes of it, would beat that Welsh side'. The match was also notable as the final cap for Gwyn Nicholls, the legendary Welsh 'Prince of Threequarters'. The Irish win concluded the 1906 Championship with them level on top with Wales.Tedford was born in Belfast and educated at Methodist College Belfast. He played his club rugby for Malone RFC and between 1902 and 1908 was capped twenty-three times for Ireland scoring six international tries. In 1903 he took part in the 1903 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three test matches, and was voted the outstanding forward on the tour. With the backdrop of political unrest in Ireland, Tedford must have endured a challenging tenure as President of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1919-1920. In 1923 and 1924 he served as an Irish selector.
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