Rugby was played and watched almost exclusively by men and boys until the 1970s. In this archetypal scene a couple of men eat fish and chips before the British versus Māori game at Wellington’s Athletic Park in August 1950.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference:
114/181/01/G
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