UK0741 Accession Number: UK0741

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SUSSEX, ENGLAND. 1943-11-21. THE FIRST INTER-UNIT AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL MATCH WAS PLAYED AT BRIGHTON BETWEEN PERSONNEL DESPATCH AND RECEPTION CENTRE (PDRC) AND RAAF OVERSEAS HEADQUARTERS, LONDON. THE MATCH WAS WON BY PDRC BY TWELVE GOALS TWENTY BEHINDS TO ELEVEN GOALS NINE BEHINDS. SHOWN: 31332 CORPORAL R. FLOOD, MELBOURNE, VIC, THE HEADQUARTERS FULL BACK, MARKING OVER HIS OPPONENT IN THE TEETH OF GOAL.

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UK0741
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Negative
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Colour: Black & white
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Whole
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1
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