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Baskerville Shield
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2002
Number of teams	2
Countries	New Zealand; United Kingdom
Holders	Great Britain (2007)

The Baskerville Shield is a trophy awarded to the winner of rugby league test series between Great Britain and New Zealand. It named in honour of Albert Henry Baskerville, who organised the first ever tour by New Zealand of Great Britain in 1907.

The shield was inaugurated in 2002, and is currently held by Great Britain after defeating New Zealand 3-0 in a series whitewash on the 2007 All Golds Tour.

The spelling of the trophy is somewhat controversial, as there is much evidence to suggest that Baskiville was the correct spelling of the surname. However, the Rugby Football League used the Baskerville spelling arguing that this was the version used by the man himself. ^[1]

[edit] Results

2002 - drawn 3 test series, 1 win each and 1 draw , NZRL agree that GB should keep the inaugural shield because it wasn't won outright

2007 - Great Britain win the series 3-0

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ [Sean Fagan]. "Albert Baskerville - Or Baskiville?". http://www.rl1908.com/index.htm RL1908. http://www.rl1908.com/articles/Baskerville.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-28.

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[SeanFaganBaskerville-0] [Sean Fagan]. "Albert Baskerville - Or Baskiville?". http://www.rl1908.com/index.htm RL1908. http://www.rl1908.com/articles/Baskerville.htm. Retrieved 2008-06-28.

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