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Inter-Collegiate Football, 1923 [postcard, with photo of a football team, 1923]

2 May 2022 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This postcard, which incorporates a photo of a football team, is from 1923.]

Inter-Collegiate Football, 1923

Postcard, with a photo of a football team, from 1923 (Adelaide, South Australia).
Front of postcard



1923 postcard.
Reverse of postcard

[Front of postcard]

Inter-Collegiate Football, 1923
S.P.S.C. 7 goals 15 behinds v. P.A.C. 13 goals 15 behinds

E. Ziegler, 43 Elizabeth Street, Norwood.

J. M. Underdown; R. J. Evans; H. C. Nitschke; G. D. Stevens; C. M. Richards
Rev. K. J. T. Bickersteth; A. W. Cameron; W. C. Howard; C. O. R. Fenner; R. G. Howard; J. W. Mitchell; F. C. H. White; F. A. Wyatt, Esq.
C. B. Sangster; M. J. Martin; L. J. R. Underdown (Vice-Captain); T. K. Moorhouse (Captain); R. M. Slee; H. E. Cooke; J. B. Lewis

[Photograph of a football team.]

[Reverse of postcard]

[Handwritten text, in italics]

A Bennett

Allan Park,
Edwardstown,
S. Aust




Source:
Original document

Editor’s notes:
Dimensions (approximate): 136 mm. (width), 86 mm. (height).

The photo is of a football team, taken after a match played between Prince Alfred College and Saint Peter’s College (both from Adelaide, South Australia).
See also: “College football”, The Critic (Adelaide, SA), 1 August 1923, p. 18 [says that the teams scored 7 and 13 goals, with 16 behinds each (rather than 15 behinds each)]

E. Ziegler ran a photography studio, located at 43 Elizabeth Street, Norwood (Adelaide, South Australia).
For examples of his work, see:
1) “Studies from E. Ziegler”, Critic (Adelaide, SA), 4 May 1901, p. 34
2) “Prince Alfred College Debating Society in a breach of promise case”, The Chronicle (Adelaide, SA), 17 November 1906, p. 28 [photo of the Prince Alfred College Debating Society]
3) “The intercollegiate cricket match: Played on the Adelaide Oval”, The Chronicle (Adelaide, SA), 28 December 1907, p. 28 [photos of the cricket teams from Prince Alfred College and Saint Peter’s College; the photos are credited to Mr. E. Ziegler on the same page]

The postcard was made on cardboard manufactured by Kodak Australia.

Esq. = esquire (a formal but unofficial title of respect, usually abbreviated as “Esq.” and placed after a man’s surname); a squire (a landed proprietor); a member of the English gentry who ranks below a knight

P.A.C. = Prince Alfred College (Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia); also known as PAC, or “Princes”
See: “Prince Alfred College”, Wikipedia

S. Aust = an abbreviation of “South Australia”

S.P.S.C. = Sancti Petri Schola Collegiata (Saint Peter’s Collegiate School), the original Latin name of Saint Peter’s College (Adelaide, South Australia); formally known as The Anglican Church of Australia Collegiate School of Saint Peter; also known as Saint Peter’s College, or “Saints”
See: 1) “Our first school crest in 1849”, SPSC Adelaide (Twitter account)
2) “St Peter’s College, Adelaide”, Wikipedia

[Editor: Semi-colons (;) have been used to separate the names listed on the postcard.]

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