French Ladies Football Team AKA French Lady… 1922

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Cardiff, Wales.

Full titles read: "French Lady Footballers - whose tour is in aid of Rheims Restoration fund- lose first match."

M/S's of two woman's football teams. Besides traditional football kit they are also wearing woolly hats on head. They look at camera smiling. M/S of the...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
22798
Sort Number:
G 0862
Time in/Out:
01:04:47:00 / 01:05:46:00
Canister:
G 862
Film ID:
262.04
Issue Date:
27/03/1922

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  • The game was played on 22 March 1922.

    The French ladies team is called Olympique de Paris. Their opposition are the ladies team of "Dick, Kerr & Co Ltd".

    "M/S of the two captains" - the French captain, on the right, is Violette Gouraud-Morris, who was proficient at many sports, as this attachment will detail......

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V
    iolette_Morris


    jamied 3rd Jun 2012

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