Recovery of small wooden trophy housing a razor case carried at Gallipoli sparks calls for prize to be used for future trans-Tasman football clashes
– housing a silver-plated razor case carried at Gallipoli – was contested by the Socceroos and New Zealand’s All Whites until it mysteriously disappeared in 1954.
Inside it are ashes of cigars smoked by the Socceroos captain Alex Gibb and the All Whites skipper George Campbell after the first trans-Tasman match on Australian soil in June 1923.Relatives of the former Australian Soccer Football Association chair Sydney Storey found the item packed away in a garage while clearing out his estate.
“Amongst trunks we found this well-preserved historical soccer trophy and guess what, it’s turned out to be the ANZ soccer Ashes trophy,” Peter Storey said. “It was quite extraordinary with engravings on it and a soccer ball motif on the top … we knew it was significant but we didn’t know how significant.
“It’s packed with so much imagery about the unity of the two countries and the razor case that had been to
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