Stallington Cricket Club, Stallington

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Date:1933

Description:The Club's ground was situated off Stallington Lane on farmland owned by Mr Harry Averill, the Club President, who is standing second from the left holding a cigarette. Unfortunately Mr Averill died two years after the picture was taken and the club was disbanded. The site of the ground is now occupied by a housing estate.

Included in the picture are: Marjorie Ray (scorer), Bob Stubbs (centre, captain), Doug Bevington, Bill Maddox, Ted Bickerton, Archie Simcox, John Abbott, George Wilson, Wilfred Chesworth, Geoff Abbott, George Abbott (2nd from right, middle row), Harold Forster, John Gimbert, Ernest Forster, Watty Smith (umpire), Wilfred Maddocks (umpire) and H Goodwin (club secretary).

Photograph donated by the Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook Local Historical Society.

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Creators: The Staffordshire Sentinel - Creator

Image courtesy of: Staffordshire Museum Service

Donor ref:(37/14046)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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