Neal Toulson: Thornaby Cricket Club 1940’s – Hi attached are two photographs of Thornaby Cricket Club in the 1940’s. The first photograph I believe was taken when they won the league, they won again in 1945, it had a player called Norman Nevison who was something of a legend, he took 100 league wickets in 1945, in one match he took all 10 wickets. I don’t know any of the other players.
The second photograph features Dougie Merryweather on the very back row left. Doug played for a lot of years and his sons and grandsons also played for Thornaby over the years.
Photograph and details courtesy of Neal Toulson.
Photo 1 back row 3 from left is John/Jack Corney
front row 2 from left is Les Richmond
front row 3 from left is Norman Nevison
Photo 2 back row on left is Doug Merryweather
John Corney on right
Second row down on right is the team’s scorer, forget his name unfortunately. I used to help in the big scorebox before it burnt down.
Third row down three from left is Norman Nevison
Sixth from left is my dad Dick (Slogger) Jackson
Eighth from left is Les Richmond
Dick and Les played in a legendary match at Darlington RA in the early 50s when they both hit well over 100 each. They played after a long delay for rain and had to cut a new wicket on the edge of the square very close to the Pavilion seating. Needless to say Dick and Les cleared the spectators from their seats quite soon and then proceeded to demolish the pavilion with a barrage of well targeted missiles. Dick hit 11 sixes and 12 fours for 147 not out. Les something similar. I was there! I’d love a photocopy of that scorecard just to see how accurate my memory is!
Tony
ps Don Johnson and Malcolm Stayman are a couple of names I remember as good batters. Also remember Barry Smith, Tony Frosdick, Norman Toulson, Rick Corney, Harry Meynell, Terry McCabe.
I recognise my late father in law, Norman Glover, second from the right on the front row on the c1940 photo.
Having looked again at the second picture,I think that the man in the middle behind the seated people with an open necked shirt and swept back hair may be Lee Richmond who was a very good batsman.I also forgot to mention that my sister Eileen it be small girl on the right of the picture sitting next to another Aunt Ida Cumiskey who was married to Charlie.
Dougie Merryweather worked in the Engineering Department Office, Head Wrightsons, Thornaby along with Jimmy (Sticker) Dickenson another well known sports personallity in Thornaby football circles.
Works Engineers Dept. Served my apprenticeship with both these guys as well as Terry McCabe.
At the time I had a motor scooter and Jimmy had me delivering letters to referees on a Friday afternoon.
Yes Jimmy (Sticker) Dickenson run Head Wrightsons football to about 1960 when he brought others in to run the teams, he then took a back seat just doing the clerical side.
Wow I am actually in the second picture standing behind the large cup on the left my Mum Alice Day is behind me and my aunt Ella Mallon is on her right. My uncle Charlie Cumiskey is kneeling far right and his daughter Doris is to the left of him. We spent many happy hours at the cricket field where my mum and Ella were involved in doing the teas between innings.
Would be interested if the other
team members could be identified also. I am trying to remember the name of regular leading batsmen just after the war. I used to watch them play when I was a kid.
My Dad, Dick Jackson, is in the second row 7 in from left, man on 3rd row has his hand on Dad’s shoulder. Dad played for Thornaby and later I think for Stockton. We lived in Newham Grange. Dad was an excellent cricketer and I believe he also played football semi-professionally for Slough Town in the late thirties. Mum and Dad were great friends with Doug and Aileen Merriweather who I remember being lovely people.