Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags (2)

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTMAad52tglDVZKVB4v3AhKFxPyWrbQ4jvE4P2ysMTi446eg4Kozwblf222VOjs8eLL7eobNqltzw2iV58dM_16cf7Ot_bzOCwEmzdDuRh_xmyjnoGOtNt8XVaEhbYC-0b7kSDkSE6QM/s1600/08+Murray+Cigarettes+-+Football+Colours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGTMAad52tglDVZKVB4v3AhKFxPyWrbQ4jvE4P2ysMTi446eg4Kozwblf222VOjs8eLL7eobNqltzw2iV58dM_16cf7Ot_bzOCwEmzdDuRh_xmyjnoGOtNt8XVaEhbYC-0b7kSDkSE6QM/s1600/08+Murray+Cigarettes+-+Football+Colours.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Pre 1915</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags</b></span><br /><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes)</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>29 known</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />The previously listed date of 1908 is probably wrong for this collection. Cardiff Rugby Club play in Blue and Black, so the Cardiff club listed here must be Cardiff City, but they played in local leagues until turning professional and joining the Southern League in 1910, gaining promotion to the First Division for the 1913-14 season. Roger Pashby tells me that Huddersfield Town, although founded in 1908, didn't start playing in Blue and White Stripes until 1914.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Derry Celtic were voted out of the Irish League 1913 and disbanded that year.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Sam on the <a href="http://www.cigarettecardcollecting.com/index.php"><b>Cigarette Card Collecting</b></a> forum posted a lot of information for me, that was originally included in two books published by the <b><a href="http://www.csgb.co.uk/">Cartophilic Society of Great Britain</a></b>. Fossil, another member of the same forum has provided details of the 8 missing cards from my list.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.  Aston Villa, Burnley</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2.  <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue </span></b>- Dundee, Birmingham, Rangers, Motherwell, Linfield, Millwall, Partick Thistle, Cardiff, Leicester City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3.  Hamilton Academicals, Airdrieonians</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4.  Hull City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.  Norwich City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6.  <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue and White stripes</span></b> - West Bromwich Albion, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Huddersfield Town, Brighton</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7.  <b>Black and White stripes</b> - St. Mirren, Bristol Rovers, Newcastle United, Notts County</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8.  Watford, Portsmouth, Derby County, Fulham, Glossop</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9.  Wolverhampton Wanderers</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10.  Blackburn Rovers</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11.  Bohemians</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12.  Brentford</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13.  Falkirk</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14.  <b><span style="color: blue;">Blue and White hoops</span></b> - Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">15.  Sheffield United, etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">16.  Third Lanark, etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">17.  <b><span style="color: #990000;">Claret with Light Blue edging</span></b> - West Ham United, Crystal Palace</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">18.  Belfast Celtic, Derry Celtic, etc</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">19.  Queens Park</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">20.  <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Green and White hoops</span></b>.  Queens Park Rangers, Celtic</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21.  Bradford City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">22.  Glentoran</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">23.  Grimsby Town</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">24.  Hibernian</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">25.  Leeds City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">26.  Northampton, Heart of Midlothian</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">27.  Plymouth Argyle</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">28.  Tottenham Hotspur, etc.</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">29.  Coventry City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notes:</span></u><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nos 1-9 from World Index Handbook (Part II) published 1976 by <a href="http://www.csgb.co.uk/">CSGB</a>; listed as  'Football Colours'</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nos 10-17 from World Index Handbook (Part III) published 1982 by <a href="http://www.csgb.co.uk/">CSGB</a>; listed as 'Football Flags' </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nos 18-20 from World Index Handbook (Part V) published in 1990 by <a href="http://www.csgb.co.uk/">CSGB</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags (2)

Pre 1915 M970-240/M164-11.5 Football Colours / Football Flags Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) 29 known The pre...

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Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - Football Colours

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQBMTRIuOZih-DJ6RggvuHoNw7aur6qYhb9IcXqB0NtqJVhySjlqAlCTYcAsSVj6oIBh15xrdy-07pRTNOPk10C7tV4Zzz3oFKY0h7z5FXxmtMnESuRr2bgCXaKDoNqED0pxwrS2Subc/s1600/08+Murray+Cigarettes+-+Football+Colours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOQBMTRIuOZih-DJ6RggvuHoNw7aur6qYhb9IcXqB0NtqJVhySjlqAlCTYcAsSVj6oIBh15xrdy-07pRTNOPk10C7tV4Zzz3oFKY0h7z5FXxmtMnESuRr2bgCXaKDoNqED0pxwrS2Subc/s1600/08+Murray+Cigarettes+-+Football+Colours.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>1908</b></span><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Football Colours</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes)</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">21 known</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Very, very rare cards, I can't even remember when I last saw one of these for sale anywhere.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Football Colours - Maple Cigarettes</span></b><br /><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Football Colours - Murray Cigarettes</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Aston Villa, Burnley</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Belfast Celtic, Derry Celtic, etc</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Blue - </b>Dundee, Birmingham, Rangers, Motherwell, Linfield, Millwall, Partick Thistle, Cardiff, Leicester City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Hamilton Academicals, Airdrieonians</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Hull City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Norwich City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Queens Park</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Green and White hoops - </b>Queens Park Rangers, Celtic</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Watford, Portsmouth, Derby County, Fulham, Glossop</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Blackburn Rovers</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Bohemians</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Brentford</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Falkirk</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Blue and White hoops - </b>Greenock Morton, Kilmarnock</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Sheffield United, etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Third Lanark, etc.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Claret with Light Blue edging - </b>West Ham United, Crystal Palace</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Wolverhampton Wanderers</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>St. Mirren, Bristol Rovers, Newcastle United, Notts County</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Blue and White stripes - </b>West Bromwich Albion, Oldham Athletic, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Huddersfield Town, Brighton</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>? - </b>Coventry City</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />

Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) - Football Colours

1908 Football Colours Murray, Sons & Co. (Maple Cigarettes / Murray Cigarettes) 21 known Very, very rare cards, I can't even remembe...

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