Amusing provocation from my Parisian postman: he just handed me, minutes ago..., this postcard that looks like another reminder of this Challenge Cup final dramatically lost by Stade Français Paris to London Harlequins last Friday...
Say, a fine team picture from the Quins (no date, but not much before WW1... captain A.D.Stoop holding the ball...)... Ironically, a postcard sent to Paris...
Here is king size picture if some Harlequins fans would like to check all the names.
I recognize (and it's written in the bottom right corner...) behind the players the stands of Richmond Athletic Ground where Geoff N. kindly brought me last summer... a monument of English rugby history : "home" of many England international games before Twickenham was built, "home" of both Richmond (obviously...) and London Scottish...
But that's another story !
And many thanks again to Geoff if you read these lines...
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