A vintage photograph of the 'Rover Football Team (Premiers 1909 and 1910)'
Mildura, Henry T. Stevens, 1910.
A gelatin silver photograph (192 × 243 mm), on the original captioned mount (external dimensions 303 × 382 mm).
The photograph is lightly scored and faded, with a few marks near the left-hand edge and minimal surface loss to the edges; mount a little bowed and lightly marked, with minor surface loss to silverfish; overall, in very presentable 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, it 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). All those present in the photograph are identified in gilt on the mount. The verso of the mount carries the surname in ink of one of the players, Larry Job; a later inscription in pencil adds 'L Job | Larry Job | Dad'.
Item #124652
Price (AUD):
$200.00