Stafford Hockey Club

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Date:1907 - 1908 (c.)

Description:Stafford Hockey Club 1st team pictured outside Weeping Cross House, the Twigg family home.

Back row: R.G. Bagnall, T.H. Lewis, L.W. Peach, H. Twigg (president), H.G. Gardner, A.D. Garner.

Front row: W.H. Madden, W.B. Burns, W.H. Twigg (captain), J.S. Gardner, H.H.N. Edwards, E.W. Twigg.

Walter Hanbury Twigg was born at Weeping Cross on 6 May 1883. He was educated at Repton School and at Kings College, University of London and trained as an electrical engineer. He died in Stafford on 5 February 1963. A talented sportsman, he represented Stafford and Staffordshire at cricket and hockey, and was an England hockey international, playing for his country on 8 occasions in 1909 and 1910.

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Image courtesy of: Mr Guy Seaton

Donor ref:2019.010.0022 (37/39774)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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