Name/TitleThe Art of Rugby Football by TR Ellison
About this objectBack in 1902, Thomas Rangiwahia Ellison, also known as Tom or Tamati Erihana (Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa), penned one of the earliest New Zealand rugby books: The Art of Rugby Football. A true rugby pioneer, Tom Ellison also devised the indigenous 2-3-2 scrum and wing forward position, played for the 1888-89 Native Team, captained and coached the very first New Zealand rugby team and, at the first annual New Zealand Rugby Football Union meeting in 1893, successfully moved that the national uniform comprise a black jersey with a silver fern.
MakerGeddis and Bloomfield, Printers
Maker RolePrinters
Date Made1902
Place MadeNew Zealand / Wellington
Medium and MaterialsInk on paper
Measurements17.5 x 12.5
Credit LineDonated by the New Zealand Rugby Union, 1969
Object TypeBook
Object numberA61
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved
