Chocolates Eduardo Pi - Juego Infantil de Foot-Ball

1920s
Juego Infantil de Foot-Ball
Chocolates Eduardo Pi
Spain
48 cards

These cards were issued in the Catalan region of Spain around 1922 by a chocolate firm based in Barcelona. The cards are unusual as they depict players on the front and back of the cards, with the backs in a different design. The fronts are all different and these players also feature on the backs of other cards, but there is a little duplication with the players shown on the backs of the cards. These might form some sort of game with 12 cards from each of four clubs in the Catalan region. The number of the card is also represented by whatever features on card no. 1, in Barcelona's case it is a flag, with Español it's a football.

UPDATE (03-11-2020 18:04):  Following an e-mail from Tom Lawrie I've been doing some more research and it seems that each of the players found on the playing card side these cards can be found with at least two players on the reverse. I have Oros number 12 Zamora with Juanico on the reverse but Tom has the same card with Montesinos on the other side.

I looked at another player, Bertran, and found his cards with Molins and Cabedo on the reverse and I have also found Bertran on the reverse of Espadas 4 Lluma and Espadas 9 Castellet.

Obviously more research needs to be done on this collection. Please get in touch if you can help in any way.

Barcelona - Bastos (Clubs)

1 - Flag / Martinez
2 - Pascual / Sancho
3 - Sancho / Alcántara
4 - Martinez / Samitier
5 - Gracia / Sancho
6 - Sagi-Barba / Planas
7 - Surroca / Martinez
8 - Planas / Sagi-Barba
9 - Torralba / Pascual
10 - Piera /Samitier
11 - Alcántara / Surroca
12 - Samitier / Piera

Español - Oros (Gold/Diamonds)

1 - Foot-Ball / Montesinos   -   added 24-06-2020  -  thanks to John
2 - Mauri / Olaringa   -   added 24-06-2020  -  thanks to John
3 - Caicedo / Sanahuja
4 - Gonzalez / / Lakatos
5 - Sanahuja / Zamora
6 - Lakatos / Alvarez
7 - Trabal / Gonzalez
8 - Mauri / Zamora
9 - Juanico / Canals
10 - Sanahuja / Olaringa   -   added 24-06-2020  -  thanks to John
11 - Olariaga / Trabal
12 - Zamora / Juanico

Sabadell - Espadas (Swords/Spades)

1 - Flag / Estruch
2 - Desvens / Castellet
3 - Molins / Tena Ii
4 - Lluma / Bertran
5 - Morera / Montaner
6 - Tena Ii / Unnamed
7 - Arnet / Desvens
8 - Bertran / Cabedo

8 - Bertran / Molina   -   added 03-11-2020

9 - Castellet / Bertran
10 - Montaner / Molina
11 - Estruch / Arnet
12 - Cabedo / Morera

Europa - Copas (Trophies/Hearts) 

1 - Trophy / Vidal
2 - Pellicer / Cros
3 - Juliá / Artisus 
4 - Javier / Olivella
5 - Alcazar / Pelaó
6 - Garrobe / Bordoy
7 - Artisus / Bordoy
8 - Serra / Alcazar
9 - Olivella / Juliá
10 - Bordoy /Garrobé   -   added 24-06-2020  -  thanks to John
11 - Pelaó / Pellicer
12 - Crós / Bordoy