A clear image of an Old Boys side (all fourteen of them!) taken sometime in the early 20s.
As usual only the briefest of information is currently available. On the back row far right is M. Briggs, front 2nd left Brooks but they appear to be on enclosed ground near to housing.
The venue, if in Hartlepool, could be Grayfields, Old Boys' were the first club to play there, also around this time Old Boys' played in Howbeck Lane exactly where is unknown, and games were advertised as at "Greenland" near the original Tram Sheds ground?
Date (of image) : 1920
Donor : Hartlepool BBOB RFC
Creator : Unknown
Part of the "Hartlepool BBOB RFC" collection
Location
Images commencing from Old Boys restart as a Rugby club in August 1913, under the Captaincy of C Byers (the first Sec was W Pendlington of 16 Montague St) when they entered the Junior Club ranks with a place in the Pyman League and the County 3rd Teams Cup playing in the original Old Boys colours.As if to make up for lost time they also managed to turn out sides during the Great War (as they did in the Second), thanks to an influx of players from Red Rose. Regaining Senior status after the restart of Rugby and a comtroversial return to the Senior Cup, they had their ups and downs throughout the difficult years of the 20/30s in common with the whole area. In 1932 there came a major change when internal disputes on principles led to Old Boys dividing into Old Boys and emergence of the Boys Brigade Old Boys Association now Hartlepool BBOB
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