Souvenir Programme for the Opening of the New Stands at Cardiff Arms Park 1912
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1017
Saturday, October 5, 1912
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The stands were formally opened by Lord Ninian Critchton-Stuart before the match between Cardiff and Newport on 5th October 1912.
Newport won 4 - 0
In the evening a "Smoking Concert" was held at Park Hall to celebrate the opening of the new stands.
Souvenir included the programme for the concert.
Report from the South Wales Echo Monday 7th October -
CARDIFF RUGBY "SMOKER."
To celebrate the opening of their newly constructed stands, the Cardiff Rugby Football Club held a smoking concert in the Park Hall, Cardiff, on Saturday evening, and many of the members attended reinforced by the Newport football team, which had defeated Cardiff in the afternoon, and a number of their supporters, while the balcony accommodated a good many ladies.
Mr W. T. Morgan (president of the club) said the club had 1,405 members, and there were 3,800 workmen's tickets and 500 ground tickets taken up, which he believed was a record for the club. (Applause.) He proposed very cordiny the health of Lord Ninian Stuart.
The toast was drunk with musical honours and cheers, and his lordship, responding, said he had considered it a very great honour when he was appointed patron of the club.
An excellent programme of songs, duets, etc., was gone through.
Newport won 4 - 0
In the evening a "Smoking Concert" was held at Park Hall to celebrate the opening of the new stands.
Souvenir included the programme for the concert.
Report from the South Wales Echo Monday 7th October -
CARDIFF RUGBY "SMOKER."
To celebrate the opening of their newly constructed stands, the Cardiff Rugby Football Club held a smoking concert in the Park Hall, Cardiff, on Saturday evening, and many of the members attended reinforced by the Newport football team, which had defeated Cardiff in the afternoon, and a number of their supporters, while the balcony accommodated a good many ladies.
Mr W. T. Morgan (president of the club) said the club had 1,405 members, and there were 3,800 workmen's tickets and 500 ground tickets taken up, which he believed was a record for the club. (Applause.) He proposed very cordiny the health of Lord Ninian Stuart.
The toast was drunk with musical honours and cheers, and his lordship, responding, said he had considered it a very great honour when he was appointed patron of the club.
An excellent programme of songs, duets, etc., was gone through.
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