A vintage photograph of the Rover Football Team, '1910 Premiers'
Mildura, Henry T. Stevens, 1910.
A gelatin silver photograph (189 × 243 mm), on the original mount (external dimensions 303 × 382 mm).
The photograph is very lightly marked and indented; the mount is a little bowed and marked, with minor surface loss to silverfish; overall, in excellent condition.
The photograph was taken when the Rovers won the 1910 premiership; they were the forerunners of the Renmark Rovers Football Club. The origin of the Riverland Football League 'was in 1909 when Lyrup, Renmark Town and Fairview Rovers founded the Murray Football Association' (Wikipedia). In another article, Wikipedia records that 'In 1921 Renmark Football Club changed its name to Renmark Town Football Club. In 1923 Renmark Town Football Club and Fairview Rovers joined to form the Renmark Rovers Football Club. Over time the local competition has been referred to as the Upper Murray Football Association and as the Upper Murray Football League. In 1927 the Riverland Football League was adopted as the name of the competition'. The original Rovers were premiers in at least the first three years of the original competition (1909, 1910 and 1911). A photocopy of a similar photograph, with all those featured in it identified, is included with this item. The verso of the mount carries the surname in ink of one of the players, Larry Job.
Item #122351
Price (AUD):
$175.00