According to official records, Louis Dedet (see my post above) earned international cap number 3 in 1906 in the first Equipe de France ever which played against the “Originals” All Blacks returning home (USFSA – again ! organized the match on January 1st,1906). Funny enough, Dedet never played that match… as he was the referee (but surely deserved the cap)!

If you check that picture here, he is the gentleman standing in the middle of the second row. In his diary, All Blacks manager G.H.Dixon mentioned that “"the referee proved himself very capable and gave a capital interpretation of the rules - –moreover he was invariably with the game”…" the last sentence to be certainly read in connection with the fact that some days earlier, his team lost 0-3 to Wales in this famous match were the Blacks were denied a victorious try by a referee who was 40 yards away from the spot…

edited January 4th : here are the names of the players + the name of the one who is missing as there are only 14 guys on the picture...

Standing, from left to right :
C.Rutherford (line referee), A.H. Muhr (an American, SF...), H.Levée (RCF) , N.Cessieux (F.C.Lyon), P.Sagot (SF), L.Dedet (referee), A.Branlat (Stade Bordelais), M.Communeau (SF), J.Duffourcq (Stade Bordelais)

Sitting, from left to right :
P.Dedeyn (RCF), J.Pujol (S.O.E.Toulouse), A.Verges (SF), H.Amand (SF, captain), A.Lacassagne (Stade Bordelais), G.Jerome (SF), W.H.Crichton (a Britton, Havre A.C.)

The missing one is Gaston Lane (RCF)...

nota : SF and RCF respectively stand for Stade Francais and Racing Club de France