Hartlepool History Then & Now

1954 - Hartlepool Athletic 2nd XV - 50th Anniversary of the Pyman Cup

What we know about this image :

Another successful side, the Athletic 2^nd XV , the 1953 / 1954 side that lifted the Pyman Cup defeating Hartlepool B B O B by 6 pts to 3 on the New Friarage.

No names with this image but on the day the Selectors had named the following Ath team and reserves for the game, which was a 6.30 kick off on a Friday night.

A Booth, D Coull, F Bulley, W Neil M Devaney T Devaney G Windebank M McClelland R Smith G Longmoor S Bambridge A Popplewell A Ainsley A Rowntree O Briggs Reserves J Winters W Wallace H Carr L Spence L Pounder

The BBOB Selection (they came to the game as the holders, by the way) W Cowley J Westmoreland R Shipley J Whittingham P Larkin J Waller (Capt.) G Elliott R Hewson D Thompson J Deighton R Pouton F Docherty E Danby R Stonehouse C Hunter Reserves P Young K Lowther

Date (of image) : 1954

Donor : Jim Ainslie

Creator : Unknown

Part of the "Hartlepool Athletic RFC" collection

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