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Football cap from 1905 returns to Wales from Australia

A Wales international football cap, thought to be the oldest still in existence, has come home after decades in Australia.

Stoke City striker Walter Watkins won it in 1905, for the seventh of his 10 appearances for Wales.

Until recently it had been with Watkins' family in Brisbane, but his great-great niece has now donated it to Wrexham's Football Museum for Wales.

The museum's Nick Jones said it might be among its "most significant pieces".

The green velvet cap, bearing the Football Association of Wales emblem, was handed to Watkins for Wales' 3-1 win over Scotland, a game in which he scored.