Card of the Day - 2021-12-11

Here we have B.O. Male, who played for Cardiff and Wales. The link to our theme, of course, was his surname, slightly altered to stand for MAIL. In our original John Player Cartophilic Reference Book No.17, issued in 1950, this set was listed as “P/100 – 50 Footballers, 1928. Small cards. Fronts in colour. Backs in grey, with descriptive text. Home issue, October 1928. Colour variety : No.24 – Shorts in (a) white (b) blue.” And you can see both of these colours on the Football Cartophilic Info Exchange

P/101 by the way was “Footballers 1928-9”. Inscribed “2nd Series 51-75”. That was issued in February 1929.

Now the text on the card says something curious, that “He was once the victim of an unfortunate happening. Selected two seasons ago for Wales against France, he played for his club within seven days of the International match. As this was against the Welsh regulations he was recalled after he had actually started with the team to Paris.” I dont understand this...