ULSTER v LEINSTER 1958 RUGBY PROGRAMME JBG THOMAS

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ULSTER v LEINSTER 13th DECEMBER 1958PLAYED IN RAVENHILL from the collection of JBG Thomas Leading Welsh Rugby journalist 1946 - 1982 An original programme from the collection of JBG Thomas. Programme has some staple rust on the spine, otherwise is in good condition. ****** THIS ITEM IS ACCOMPANIED BY A JBG THOMAS POSTCARD WHICH ALSO ACTS AS A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEEING IT'S ORIGIN, PLEASE SEE EXAMPLE BELOW Certificate Of Authenticity JBG THOMAS 'Rugby's Man of a MiIlion Words' JBG THOMAS 1917-1997 'Rugby's Man of a MiIlion Words' An appreciation by John Griffiths JBG Thomas was rugby’s man of a million words. In a lifetime devoted to chronicling the game he loved, he wrote more words than any other critic, past or present, about rugby football. Books, magazine articles and programme notes flowed effortlessly from the proud Welshman’s battered typewriter, but it was as the chief rugby correspondent of the Cardiff Western Mail that he achieved lasting fame. His stint with the national newspaper of Wales established him as a household name in rugby circles, and arguably he did more than any other of his contemporaries to raise the Mail ’s profile during his long service from January 1946 until May 1982, when he retired as the paper’s assistant editor. Rugby was in the blood. John Brinley George – he was known read more

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