Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers The Collectors' Sale March 3rd 2021

Info@fonsiemealy.ie 199 564 Irish Rugby: [I.R.F.U.] [1890’s] Photographs. An original black and white Group Team Photograph of the 1899 Irish Team V. Scotland at S.R.U. Field, Inverleith, Ferry Road, Edinburgh, 18th February, 1899, with the Team legend, mounted in recent hogarth type frame; together with a facsimile Photograph of the Irish Team V. England 1894 with printed legend., framed. As photographs, w.a.f. (2) * 1899 saw Ireland crowned champions for the third time, it also saw their 2nd Triple Crown, 1894 was the rst time Ireland won both the Championship and Triple Crown. €120 - 180 565 Soccer: Butler (C.) & Ponting (I.) Manchester United O cial Yearbook 2001, 8vo, L. (Butler & Tanner) 2001, illus., ptd. wrappers. Good Copy. (1) €20 - 30 566 The First Foreign Team to Beat England at HomeWas Ireland Soccer: F.A. - Football International Match England V. F.A. of Ireland at Goodison Park, 21.9.49, 8vo, Liverpool 1949, 4pps., illus., ptd. wrappers. Good Copy. (1) * Ireland beat England on their home patch on a score line of 2.0 (goals from Martin and Farrell) in front of over 51,000 spectators to become the First Foreign Team to beat England at home. €100 - 150