Newham Grange under 14’s Football Team c1947

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This team would all be in their eighties now… Back Row (L-R): Keith Farraday, Les Mitchell (Captain), Peter Wrigglesworth, Tommy Rigg (GK), John Callum, Ray Frost, Trevor Briggs.

Front Row (L-R): John Cartwright, Danny Jones, Charlie Peacock, Charlie Rose, Benny Brown. Front row kneeling is Alan Cartwright.

This team played in blue shirts with white shorts or black shorts if white shorts were not available. Three of the team have lived in Australia for many years now, Charlie Peacock lives in Whyalla, South Australia , Les Mitchell lives in Lemon Tree Passage, New South Wales and Benny Brown lives in Melbourne, Victoria. It would be interesting to know the whereabouts of the rest of the team and what they have been doing for the past sixty odd years.

Photograph and details courtesy of Ben Brown.

3 thoughts on “Newham Grange under 14’s Football Team c1947

    • Charlie Rose got plenty of practice of riding a bike, when he was a gas fitter working at the Gasworks along with Lenny Sewell, Ralph Jordinson & Tommy Murphy.

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