Wales v France in a few hours in Auckland... I'm afraid I haven't got the right ticket :-(
Here is a complementary Press ticket to attend Wales v France on Feb.23rd 1929 at Cardiff Arms Park.
As the ticket reads "Admit .... Representative to Seats Reserved for the Press". Just name your newspaper: Western Mail, Daily Chronicle, Daily Telegraph, The Times... or maybe French sports newspapers Le Miroir des Sports or L'Auto... Live radio broadcast, which was first experimented two years before (cf this previous note about "old school medias") was there as well...
Thinking about early rugby journalists, it always reminds me of that photography of French journalists Marcel Martin and Fernand Bidault standing on the roof of Bordeaux Stadium to provide advanced statistical analysis (check that here).
I'm also sending some friendly wishes to R. French rugby journalist, writer and... pianist (!) who'll be sitting in a few hours in Auckland Eden Park Press Stand to cover this exiting semi-final... If I can make a private comment: Dear R. your daily "backstage" cover of the RWC was a treasure!!
I was not willing to comment the sporting side of that match (a disputed 8-3 win for the guys in red... all stats here thanks to @espnscrum ), but let's also pay a small tribute to these two classy gentlemen who played that day: Welsh winger W.Rowe Harding and French fly-half Yves du Manoir...
Enough said! We want rugby !
Comme toujours, un blog dans la dentelle, millimétré. Et merci pour le clin d'oeil. Sorry, j'ai pu me rentre à la vente aux enchères pour des raisons professionnelles, tu peux les imaginers... On en reparlera à mon retour.
A suivre...
Posted by: comme fou | 15/10/2011 at 01:45
A suivre très vite ! la pression monte... m'en vais dormir un peu ;-)
Posted by: Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com) | 15/10/2011 at 02:59