Here we have A. Hitch of Watford, formerly with Queens Park Rangers, in a very curious and colourful strip, which was only worn between 1901 and 1909, though the same colours and stripes were worn vertically from 1898 until 1901. You can see all their kit changes online. There have been a lot!
At the time our card was issued Watford played at Cassio Road. They moved to their current ground at Vicarage Road in 1922. Now the reason for the card was that I noticed that the Vicarage Road ground was included in the Open House, but I cant find it now and it isn`t on the official map. Things were much easier when they issued a book, I find the website a bit hard to navigate. Anyway if you got Open House Weekend from this well done, and do let us know the link if you found it!
This set is one of a group which appears in our original World Tobacco Issues Index together. At the moment the home page for the entire group is with our Card of the Day for the 11th of March, 2026, but once we feature series 1 the home page will relocate there, and the other pages will only record the details specific to that set.
Our set is therefore recorded as :
4. SERIES 1 TO 6. Issued 1904-09. Small size 63 x 35 m/m., unless stated.
- SERIES No.5 - FOOTBALL CAPTAINS, 1907-8. Sm. Unnd. (60). See H.94 [1907] ... C102-35