1929 Wills Rugby Internationals Set and Checklist

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Wills Rugby Internationals
Year	1929
Size	1 3/8″ x 2 5/8″
Images	Color
Type	Tobacco
Number in Set	50

1929 Wills Rugby Internationals Set Overview

This is one of the many tobacco card issues produced by Wills in the 1920s and 1930s. Like many sets, these cards were later reprinted.

This set includes a total of 50 rugby cards. The cards have full color caricatures of players in a variety of poses. The fronts have white borders, the player’s name, and the Wills Cigarettes name. Like many other international sets, only the player’s first and middle initials are provided in most instances.

The artwork on the fronts is accompanied by an artist’s name of ‘MEL’, who provided artwork for other similar international series’.

Backs include the ‘Rugby Internationals’ headline at the top and mention there are a total of 50 cards in the set. The majority of the space on the back is used for a biography of the player. The bottom includes the W.D. & H.O. Wills tobacco brand name and mentions the cards were issued by the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Ltd.

Like many international sports issues out of the UK, these cards are often found in very good condition as collectors often took care of their cards are stored these in albums.

The cards are a standard tobacco size, similar to other international issues, measuring just less than 1 1/2″ wide and a little larger than 2 1/2″ tall.