rugby programmes

[dutchman]

i don,t know if it is of any interest but since my heart attack i started a new little hobby , collecting rugby programmes and bought one the other day from a rugby match in seremban malaya. the programme arrived this morning and i was surprised to see in the center pages the band & drums of the 2nd battalion royal welch fusiliers by kind permission of lt-col w.l.r benyon were beating the retreat after the match . the match in question was negri sembilan v perak at station padang 22nd january 1954.

[jungle1810]

Hello Dutchman,
Re the rugby programme of the 2nd Battalion in Malaya, I think you must have put the wrong date in. The Battalion were due to serve in Korea, but the peace treaty was signed and the terms of the peace treaty precluded fresh troops and ordinance landing in Korea, we had our advance party in Japan. As a result of the treaty being signed the 2nd were re-routed to serve in Malaya and we joined the 26th Gurkha Brigade which was in turn part of the 19th Gurkha Division.This posting took effect from September 1954.
Regards Don

[dutchman]

no definitely 22nd jan 1954 if i knew how id upload you a pic

[Paul Hinge]

I have members of the Band Association still alive who were serving in the 2nd battalion Band at that time I will ask them if they remeber the event.

Hingey

[dutchman]

i dont kow if these other names will help , the referee was a major a.n. griffiths and the touch judges were csm freeman and lcpl bennett. if you want the names of the players (obviousely not the locals ) i will oblige

[dutchman]

can anyone tell me how to upload pic on here and i will show the cover and middle pages

[dutchman]

negri.jpgnegri sembelan v perak 1954.jpg
sorry me again , if its any help its for the farleigh robertson trophy and was sponsored by the negri sembilan/malacca rugby football union
okay heres the cover and center pages showing the band

[Dai72]

Send me your address and i will forward the programmes i have. though i will be in most of them.

[jungle1810]

Hello Dutch,
I saw your pics but they do not seem right. I have checked the 2nd Battalion Staff lists for 1954 to1955 and from 1956 to 1957. I cannot find the names of Lt Griffiths or C.S.M. Mason in these lists the L/Cpl would not be in these lists any way.In the Perak team it shows Shea when in fact a Fusilier O' Shea played rugby for the Battalion in the time limits I mentioned and he also played for Cardiff in the first 15,in my reply to your e mail We did have a CSM Freeman but it does not appear to be the one on the programme. The 2nd battalion were in Germany to the best of my knowledge in early January 54. The plot thickens. Regards Don

[dutchman]

richard it does not state in the porgramme that the officials were rwf only that the band played after the game.
i just bought another one from hong kong 1992 the proffesions sevens and funnily the royal regiment of wales are playing , not relevant but jus thought id let you know