NOT MANY farms today could field a full Rugby fifteen in regular competition, but in the 1890’s the Longbeach station fielded a very strong team against club teams in Mid-Canterbury. Players in the photograph are:—Back row: E. Wilson, J. Boal, R. Legrange, H. Harman, W. Standage, L. Webster. Middle row: W. H. Price, E. Seymore, E. Humphreys, R. Moore, J. Smith. Front row: E. Box, F. Timms, E. Buchanan, Seymore, W. Walls.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30218, 24 August 1963, Page 9
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72NOT MANY farms today could field a full Rugby fifteen in regular competition, but in the 1890’s the Longbeach station fielded a very strong team against club teams in Mid-Canterbury. Players in the photograph are:—Back row: E. Wilson, J. Boal, R. Legrange, H. Harman, W. Standage, L. Webster. Middle row: W. H. Price, E. Seymore, E. Humphreys, R. Moore, J. Smith. Front row: E. Box, F. Timms, E. Buchanan, Seymore, W. Walls. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30218, 24 August 1963, Page 9
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