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1933 - West Hartlepool S.S.O.B. (3) - Lormor Cup Winners.

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Seasons 1933 & 1934 were remarkably successful for S S O B starting with their win in the 1933 Lormor Cup against Rovers by 11 pts to 6 pts. The Competition was for players under 21 years of age.

No names to i/d faces with this image but the side selected on the day was N C Dixon, H Simpson, J T White, A Stockburn, J K MacFarlane M Herbert (Captain – with the ball) A O Mann G W Dodsworth, W I Agar, W M Agar, M R Phizacklea,  T S Law, W L Mowbray, E R Phizacklea, T B Walker who is on the back row - right -), Reserve being H Westoll.

They built on this success of 1933 (they also appeared in the Gibb Shield Final that season) and in 1933/34 season they carried off the Pyman Cup against Horden and then made it to the Junior Cup Final at North Durham’s Prince Consort Road, against Winlaton Vulcans.  They also retained the Lormor Cup in 1934, the team defeating Elwick Road Old Boys by 34 – 0 on Clarence Road (scoring ten tries in the game)

 No images survive for the 1934 Pyman, Junior or Lormor sides but the team named for the Junior Cup Final was N C Dixon, B Simpson, W N Hope, A Stockturn, K W Salisbury, A O Mann, J T White, A R Pallister, R D Robinson, J Lindsay, G E Simpson, S Henderson, W I Agar, W M Agar, G W Dodsworth, M R Phizacklea, W L Mowbray Res C Boyce.  Most of these names are in the selection for the Lormor Cup Final of 1934 against E R O B with the addition of    T B Walker, J K MacFarlane, A Pounder, T S Laws, J Kell.

 

Date (of image) : 1933

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