[1880nonsports]

1) 100% rugby. "going for a try" and the drop references are easy clues.
2) in the paper hobby - scraps are just that. I suppose they might be thought of as under a few different umberellas - most predominately trade cards although that really isn't it the right category as they weren't distributed as such nor do they have the requisite identifiers or elements including a product. Ephemera doesn't really cut it either as they were produced to be placed into scrapbooks - ostensibly to survive into the future which would be contrary to the definition. They wren't inserts and contain no advertising. The "what is a card" debate has no possible final conclusion.
BTW - any chance this came out of the scrapbook recently at REA auction? Really upset I didn't continue bidding - ait was a fantastic piece for the archivest. I would have kept it as is so I'm hoping it came from somewhere else :-)

edited to note that there is at least one variation of the "going to the Polo Grounds" huge die-cut.