Pittsburgh Blackheath 1968 match memento

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  1. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    This heavy (1.85kg) lump of steel was found in an auction lot, commemorating a match between Pittsburgh and Blackheath on May 14th 1968. Blackheath FC is a rugby (union) football club formed in 1858.

    From an OCR record of a Pittsburgh press article it seems Blackheath won 17-3 but it isn't clear what set of rules were being applied. Any more info welcomed.
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  2. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    There is a PDF file online that indicates that this was the date of the first international match that Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, US) played. Here is a cached html version of the file, automatically generated by Google:
    http://bit.ly/25B0m4z

    Turning it into an html garbled the text. It's in the fourth paragraph above, and currently says

    May 14, 1968, marks our first international game. Blackheath, "The Club," came to Pittsburgh and

    defeated our boy 17-3 at Shady Side Academy. Warne Boyce re reed, with Bryan Campbell, Peter Salmon

    Cox, Geoff Airey, Mike Fuller, Tony Sgrfiigin, Jeff Ware, Bob/(elly, Chip tchel, Chuc carbis, Jeremy

    w, and'B'ob ller being mentio ed in the program. W“ flu“ '_

    I don't know much about rugby rules, so don't know how to tell what set of rules were being applied.
     
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  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    It would appear that Pittsburgh had their own Rugby Union team, and the match was played according to Union rules.

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  4. rhiwfield

    rhiwfield Well-Known Member

    Many thanks!

    Never knew that there were RFU sides in the States!
     
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  5. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Thanks for taking the care to convert that. Much more useful than what I did!
     
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  6. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    They have a national team called the USA Eagles, they competed at the last World Cup they lost every game against, Japan, Samoa, Scotland and South Africa. the game against South Africa was 64-0.
    They were a little upset that they couldn`t wear, crash helmets, shoulder pads, padded pants and mascara and also the fact that they had to continually run and physically play for 80 full minutes :playful:;):D:D:D
     
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