Team Photos

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Cricket 1918

Soccer 1919

1920 Cricket Team

Soccer 1925

Photo courtesy of Norman Nicholson S/Y 1943

First XI Cricket Team 1947

Top L to R
J R Brown (Umpire), Rogers, Legget, Ken Norton, Short (Scorer)
Middle L to R
Joe Wailes, Peter Milller, Maurice Dingwall, Wally Walter Waistell, Frank Pentney
Front Row Lto R
Leslie Beck, Peter Johnson, Frank Holland, Dougie Roberts

Ken Norton, played for Northumberland in the Minor Counties competition from 1954-1981 taking a record 600 wickets and enjoyed league cricket for 50 years with Gateshead Fell, Tynedale, South Shields, Morpeth and Corbridge.
Leslie Beck emigrated to Canada

Photo courtesy of Norman Nicholson S/Y 1943

David Arnell (S/Y 1945) writes

"We only became a rugby school in about 1947 when the school field was ploughed up. I think it was largely due to the efforts of Mr Cleasby that we started playing."

Left click the image to enlarge

School Football Team 1948 courtesy of Geoff Rodgers Starting Year 1942
Top Left to Right
Gavin Winter, Walter “Wally” Waistell, Eric Howarth.
Middle Left to Right
Mr. JR Brown, Ron Cooper, Joe Wailes, Eddie Sanders, Alan Gofton, Mr. C Ridley.
Front Left to Right
Gordon Reid, Geoff Rodgers, Maurice Dingwall (c), Tom Hindley, George Saul.

Maurice Dingwall was football, cricket and school captain in 1948.
George Saul signed part-time professional forms for Sunderland.
4 members of this side – Dingwall, Rodgers, Wailes and Waistell also feature on the photograph of the 1947 cricket team.
The above team had just won the “Evening Chronicle Cup” competed for by grammar schools throughout the region.

Photo courtesy of Norman Nicholson S/Y 1943

The following two were submitted by David Arnell, Starting Year 1945

It is said here that the success of rugby in
the early 50s owes much to the the standard set by Norman Wiseman, Fred Rodgers, Barry Taylor, Bill Heal et al seen here and presumably Mr Cleasby and Mr Henry Morris (PE Teacher) deserve some credit.

Photo courtesy of Norman Nicholson

The following seven photos are courtesy of David Walker

Back: Alec Glasgow, Mr JML Mock, R Watson, GC Clark
Middle: J Gibson. B Fielder, I Scott, WJ Deighton, G Martin, J Poll, J Rimer, W Fairburn
Front; G Urwin, N Dodds, BS Taylor, FS Rodgers, WO Heal, R Davies, RD Robson

Back; J Gibson, Spurrs, Pattinson, Soper, Leathey, Wood, Watson, Russell
Front: Scott, Childs, Glasgow, Davies, Robson, Deighton, Martin

Brian Spurrs
Peter (Joe) Binks, Mike Gardner
A Thoburn, Colin Reed, Jim Norman, John Gray, Bill Bainbridge, T Hewitson
Derek Leathley, John Gibson, Bill Deighton, Dick Davies, George Martin, Iain Scott, Brian Pattinson

Reunion 1990 in the Swallow Hotel

Back;Jim Kershaw, Dick Davies, Rick Soper, ?, ?
Middle:A Christison, N Wiseman, ?, ?, Geo Martin, Bill Heal, Colin Armstrong, Norman Dodds
Front: ?, Alan Thoburn, Mr  JML Mock, John Poll, Bill Deighton

1953-54
Quigley, Wilson, Binks, Mr. Ridley
Kelly, Walker (Capt) Scott, Simpson, Rove, Swaddle
Sneddon, Horan, Scribbens, Bowron, Hewetson

1954-55
Binks, Dixon, Walker, Scott, Quigley
Sneddon, Young, Hogan, Rove, Scribbens, Bowman

1955-56
Quigley, McIntyre, Walker, Watson, O'Neill
Allsop, Sneddon, Huntley, Scott, Farquhar, Hughes, Howe

The favouring of rugby over football  after 1956 has been brought up a few times, (for example by Jim Farquhar, seen above) usually based on their experience in the period 1956-1960 when indeed there was no school football team. Here's the potted history of Soccer and Rugby

56-57 Under 13 Rugby

1958-59 Rugby

1960 Under16 Rugby

Rugby 1961-62

The following three photos (excl the Swimming) are courtesy of Ian Straughan, Starting Year 1958. Click the pics to see enlargements

1962 School Cricket XI

Cricket from The Caprian July 1962

School Soccer XI Oct 1962
Back L to R
Bill Ireland, Bob Thompson, Peter Fleming, Alan Sheriff, John Robson (Traddles),
Front L to R
Ken Thompson, Geof Barlow, Ian Straughan, Barry Davidson, Tom Cowell, Alan Lumley, Mr Pete Brewis

1962 Swimming Team

Swimming from The Caprian July 1962

School Soccer XI Sept 1963

Back L to R
Jimmy Hewson, Robert Elms (Zess), Alan Perrett, Alan Dunn (Fagg), Rob  Moul, Ian Straughan, Les Brydon, Barry Davidson
Front L to R
?, Ken Thompson, John Newton (Toe), Tom Cowell, Gerry Roxburgh, Geoff Barlow, Mr. David Walker

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