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1907 - Durham County v Devon (1)

What we know about this image :

The Durham County XV sitting outside the Grand Hotel in Swainson Street,  on Saturday April 13th, 1907, prior to their game with Devon in the County Championship Final on the Victoria Ground. The match was a 3-3 draw, Durham's points coming from a try by Jimmy Duthie (West Hartlepool). A week later they travelled to Exeter for the replay. This ended in a no-score draw so the sides shared the Championship.

This situation remained unique in the County Championship until 1967 when Durham travelled to Twickenham to take on Surrey in the Final which ended in a 14-all draw. The replay at the New Friarage a month later ended in a no-score draw so Durham once again agreed to share the Championship.

 Unidentified players in the image marked (NK) - the i/d of the following players is being worked on:-E M Harrison Durham City  & S (Stan) Brittain

Top to bottom, left to right

Row 1

  1. NK 

  2. H E Pyman Referees Soc

  3. Edward J Hoyle Inter-County Championship Sec

  4. John T Carter Hartlepool Old Boys?
  5. J Burgoyne Johnson  President & Hamsteels,

  6. T Forsyth Wilson Treasurer & Westoe

  7. NK

  8. NK

  9. NK

Row 2

  1. Fred E Chapman Westoe
  2. T  (Tom) Bradley Hogarth, Leicester, Hartlepool Rovers.
  3. NK
  4. Fred W Marsh County Sec & Westoe
  5. W H Phillips Durham City 
  6. NK

Row 3

  1. George E Summerscales Durham City

  2. Frank Boylen Hartlepool Rovers

  3. J (Jack)  T Taylor West Hartlepool & Captain

  4. Jimmy Duthie West Hartlepool

  5. Harry Havelock West Hartlepool
  6. Row 4
  7. T E (Tommy) Gallagher, North Durham & West Hartlepool

  8. Joseph "Chut"  Thompson Hartlepool Rovers

  9. D (Dan). E.  Ellwood Hartlepool Rovers

  10. George E Carter Hartlepool Rovers

  11. Jim P Sivewright Hartlepool Rovers 

  12. W E (Billy) Heal, Hartlepool Rovers

Date (of image) : 0/4/1907

Donor : Hartlepool Museum Service

Creator : unknown

Part of the "Hartlepool Museum Services" collection

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