Arthur Atkinson holding record kick rugby ball 272
Resource type: Print or Photograph
(1960s)
Contributor: Mike Dyson
Last updated: 23/06/2017
Description:
Arthur Atkinson and the rugby ball he kicked a 75 yard penalty with. This was a world record kick made in 1929 away at St Helens. The ball is still on display at Castleford Museum in Carlton Street.
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