1946 TWICKENHAM TICKETS - WORLD RUBY MUSEUM

This small collection of Twickenham tickets dating from 16 February to 2 March 1946 belonged to the late Eric Martin (Eric Walwyn Ormsby Martin 1900-1973) who was in London just after World War II. They have been donated to our museum by his nephew Hugh Martin.

Eric Martin would have been almost 50 in 1946. He learned to fly in the 1930s but Hugh doesn’t think he ever flew whilst in the Services. He came from Taree, a town on the north coast of New South Wales where he was a solicitor in the firm founded by his father, Lewis Ormsby Martin. L O was the local MP, a cabinet minister in the State Government. Both Lewis and Eric were mayor of Taree in their time.

Hugh's own connection with rugby was as a spectator other than playing at school, he continues........

"........... My class mate was Ken Catchpole. Even as a school player, Ken was amazing on the field.
It was such a tragedy that he was injured at the height of his career. My other rugby acquaintance was Stuart Boland, second row for Australia for some years. He was a year or two behind me at university. My maternal grandfather was a keen rugby player. I have photos of his team dating I believe from the 1880s, as captain holding a ball with “Arfoma F C” on it"

L.O. Martin 1870-1944

	2Y/27	The tickets look to have been obtained from the ticket agency Alfred Hays Ltd, they are contained in a printed envelope by Alfred Hays Ltd theatre concert sports tickets with the sage advice "TO AVOID MISTAKES KINDLY EXAMINE TICKETS"
	2y/13	This Alfred Hays (illustration only) record sleeve gives more information about the company, it would seem that they were in the main musical instrument, gramaphone sales and records specialists who dabbled in the agency and event ticket business. An internet search has identified that it is most likely that the company no longer exists, no current information about it can be found.