1947 1st XI
Back Row: K.Meakin, J.Wheway, D.Thompson, G.Mainprize, M.Gittins, D.Brearley
Front Row: D.Starbuck, G.Haines, J.Clubb (Captain), H.Salter, J.Wood
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Back Row: K.Meakin, J.Wheway, D.Thompson, G.Mainprize, M.Gittins, D.Brearley
Front Row: D.Starbuck, G.Haines, J.Clubb (Captain), H.Salter, J.Wood
Back Row: B01, B02, B03, B04
Front Row: F01, F02, Jim (Bertie) Brookes, F04 (Captain), F05, F06, F07
Back Row: D. Aspinall, G.J.K.Acres, J.Brown, Stabler, I.G.Halliwell
Front Row: W.J.Parker, D.J.Green, Roger Brown, Mr R. Illingworth, J.E.Hancock, R.A.Lester, J.B.Raby
Back Row: B01, Peter Dagley, Runcorn
Middle Row: Bill Leach, Brian Nolan, John Pickering, M04, M05
Front Row: Brian Spooner, F02, Bob Lester, F04, Julian Appleby
Play director, Norman John Cleave, seeming happy with the way things are going.
Hugh Richmond is seen here being fitted with his beard in readiness for playing the lead role.
Hugh Richmond can also be seen here aboard the Ark, complete with eskimo furs!
Dennis Grimsley joins the group, back left, for the final group photo. He was destined to return to the school to teach chemistry six years later.
The play certainly had some influence; It was Norman Cleave who provided the inspiration for Hugh Richmond to go on to become professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.
Back Row: Peter Butlin, Don Elliot, Mick Darby, Stuart Haywood, Gordon Snell, Ian Miller, Alan Worthington
Middle Row: Trevor Botterill, Peter Bennett, Alan Marshall, Brian Giltrap, Barry Walton, Geoff Nicholson, Peter Jackson, Roy Fox
Front Row: Brian Hall, Gerald Huckerby, John Newton, Bernard Shaw, Mr D.M.Davies (Form Master), Colin Bunting, David Harper, George Row, Michael Fraser
Back Row: W. Mayger, J. Mayger, Beale, D. Payne, Gadsby, Beadman
Middle Row: R. Mayger, N. Franklin, P. Smith (Capt), J. Crawshaw, J. Hilton
Front Row: D. Chaplin, B. Sharratt
Back Row: G.Bird, J.Savage, B.Evans, A.Kidger, T.Fletcher
Front Row: H.Hugo, B.Sharratt, W.Mayger, R.Richards, R.Garnham
Back Row: Frank Read, Philip Bond, AJ Smith, ‘Killer’ Corby
Front Row: T. Fletcher, R. Garnham, H. Griffiths (Capt), A. Kidger, B. Evans
Back Row: Norman Jones, Dennis Grimsley, M. Bates, H. Wilson, B05
Middle Row: Atkinson, D. Barker, Philip Bond
Front Row: P. Williams, J. Parker
Back Row: Dai ‘Taffy’ Davies, R. Hayle, J. Tovey, R. White, I. Cotton, Norman Jones
Front Row: G.Newman, F02, M. Wilkins, Victor Roebuck, P.Williams, P. Bond, F06