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Colchester United
1947–48 season
ChairmanBill Allen[1]
ManagerTed Fenton
StadiumLayer Road
Southern League4th
FA Cup5th round
(eliminated by
Blackpool)
Southern League CupRunners-up
Top goalscorerLeague:
Arthur Turner (25)
All:
Bob Curry (30)
Highest home attendance17,048
v Bradford Park Avenue, 24 January 1948[2]
Lowest home attendance4,665
v Bedford Town, 20 December 1947[3]
Average home league attendance9,231[4]
Biggest win8–0
v Gloucester City, 6 September 1947
Biggest defeat0–5
v Blackpool, 7 February 1948

The 1947–48 season was Colchester United's sixth season in their history and their sixth in the Southern League. Alongside competing in the Southern League, the club also participated in the FA Cup and Southern League Cup. The season was most notable for Colchester's run in the FA Cup, where they defeated three Football League clubs as they progressed to the fifth round, before being beaten 5–0 by First Division side Blackpool. They finished in 4th position in the Southern League, and while they ended as runners-up in the Southern League Cup, the final wasn't held until April 1949 due to fixture congestion.

Season overview

Manager Ted Fenton's first-team squad had featured 28 part-time professionals during the 1946–47 season, but this number was reduced to 17 for the 1947–48 campaign, while signings such as Bob Allen and Harry Bearryman, and the emergence of Vic Keeble bolstered the ranks.

The 1947–48 season was most memorable for Colchester's magnificent run in the FA Cup. The competition began with a 3–2 win over league rivals Chelmsford City in the fourth qualifying round in front of a Layer Road crowd of 10,396. It was the second year in succession that the U's would reach the first round proper of the cup, having been defeated 5–0 by Reading at the same stage twelve months earlier. The result on this occasion would go in Colchester's favour, with 8,574 fans watching their 2–1 win against Banbury Spencer.

Third Division North side Wrexham visited Layer Road for the second round match, with the visitors falling to a 1–0 defeat courtesy of a Bob Curry goal in front of a 10,642 crowd. With the U's into the third round, it would be the club that inspired Colchester's own strip, Huddersfield Town of the First Division, that would taste defeat at the hands of the non-Leaguers. With the national press making Colchester's Cup progress headline news, Fenton welcomed the extra publicity. He watched Huddersfield play a number of times prior to the tie, declaring to the media that he had come up with a plan to beat them. The plan became known as "the F-plan". Both teams changed colours for the game, with visiting Huddersfield in red, and Colchester in blue. The First Division side struggled to adapt to the cramped surroundings of Layer Road, and when Bob Allen's free kick was parried away by the goalkeeper, U's captain Bob Curry scored from the rebound. This was the first time that a non-League side had beaten a First Division club, with a record crowd of 16,005 witnessing that game.

With the increased interest in Colchester's cup heroics, the crowd from the previous game could have trebled had Layer Road been able to accommodate the fans. The club welcomed Second Division Bradford Park Avenue to the ground on 24 January 1948, with a crowd of 17,048 in attendance. With their opponents wary of Colchester's reputation, Bradford would take the lead, only for Curry to net a brace before being pegged back to 2–2. Fred Cutting went on to score the winner to send the club into the fifth round.

Stanley Matthews' First Division Blackpool were drawn as hosts to Fenton's side. With the effects of the war still evident, fuel rationing meant that the 52 scheduled coaches for the journey to Bloomfield Road were cancelled just 36 hours ahead of the game, meaning that only 12 coaches could travel, and the remainder of the away fans would have to travel by train to the North West. This meant that they would arrive in Blackpool in the early hours the morning of the match, but this did not deter the supporters, with the West Lancashire Post reporting:

The peace of Blackpool was shattered at dawn today by thousands of Colchester fans, waving rattles, ringing bells, blowing trumpets and shouting "Up the U's". Not since pre-war Illumination weekends has there been such an invasion as stormed our streets from 4 o'clock this morning.

Despite the good natured support, the home team defeated the U's by 5–0 in front of a sell-out 29,500 Bloomfield Road crowd. However, the FA Cup success had an effect on Colchester's league form, with the club eventually finishing fourth, nine points adrift of champions Merthyr Tydfil. They also reached the final of the Southern League Cup, but ran out of time to play the final during the season owing to fixture congestion.

Following all of the attention garnered from the Cup run, Fenton was much sought after, and was offered the role of assistant manager at his old club West Ham United during the summer of 1948, a role which he could not refuse.[5]

Players

As of match played 1 May 1948.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG John Le Mare
— GK England ENG Ernest Setchell
— GK England ENG Harry Wright
— DF England ENG Harry Bearryman
— DF Wales WAL Bill Bower
— DF England ENG Ted Fenton
— DF England ENG Digger Kettle
— DF England ENG Frank Stamper
— FW England ENG Bob Allen
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Scotland SCO Andy Brown
— FW England ENG Len Cater
— FW England ENG Bob Curry (captain)
— FW England ENG Fred Cutting
— FW England ENG Ian Gillespie
— FW England ENG Dennis Hillman
— FW England ENG Vic Keeble
— FW England ENG Ray Townrow
— FW England ENG Arthur Turner

Match details

Friendlies

23 August 1947 (1947-08-23) Friendly Colchester United 3–2 Netherlands PEC Zwolle Colchester
Turner (pen.)
Allen
Curry 		Report Doorneweert
Maaiste 		Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,200
20 September 1947 (1947-09-20) Friendly Colchester United 1–1 Chelsea Reserves Colchester
15:15 Unknown goalscorer Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
25 October 1947 (1947-10-25) Friendly Colchester United 6–0 Charlton AthleticReserves Colchester
Turner
Curry
Hillman
Cater 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,004
30 April 1948 (1948-04-30) Friendly Arsenal 3–0 Colchester United Highbury
18:00 Rooke 35', 86'
Roper 66'		 Report Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 35,000

Southern League

Main article: 1947–48 Southern Football League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GAv1 Pts2
2 Gillingham 34 21 5 8 81 43 1.88 47
3 Worcester City 34 21 3 10 74 45 1.64 45
4 Colchester United 34 17 10 7 88 41 2.15 44
5 Hereford United 34 16 10 8 77 53 1.45 42
6 Lovell's Athletic 34 17 6 11 74 50 1.48 40

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up until the 1976–77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

Matches

30 August 1947 (1947-08-30) 1 Bedford Town 1–5 Colchester United Bedford
Reid Report Keeble 52', 55'
Cater 62'		 Stadium: The Eyrie
6 September 1947 (1947-09-06) 2 Colchester United 8–0 Gloucester City Colchester
Hillman 3', 68'
Turner 67'
Biggs
Curry
Cater 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 11,419
13 September 1947 (1947-09-13) 3 Hereford United 0–0 Colchester United Hereford
Report Stadium: Edgar Street
27 September 1947 (1947-09-27) 4 Yeovil Town 2–0 Colchester United Yeovil
Swinfen 10', 30' Report Stadium: Huish Athletic Ground
11 October 1947 (1947-10-11) 5 Colchester United 4–2 Bath City Colchester
15:00 Turner 23', 24'
Owens (o.g.)
Hillman 		Report Merritt Stadium: Layer Road
18 October 1947 (1947-10-18) 6 Colchester United 1–3 Worcester City Colchester
Turner Report Godfrey
Jackman
Medd 		Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,798
1 November 1947 (1947-11-01) 7 Colchester United 5–0 Torquay United Reserves Colchester
14:45 Turner
Curry
Fenton 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,330
8 November 1947 (1947-11-08) 8 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–2 Colchester United Northfleet
Wakeman Report Cater
Fenton 		Stadium: Stonebridge Road
22 November 1947 (1947-11-22) 9 Colchester United 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil Colchester
14:45 Turner (pen.) Report Carr Stadium: Layer Road
6 December 1947 (1947-12-06) 10 Barry Town 2–5 Colchester United Barry
Allen 42' (o.g.)
Brown 		Report Curry 35'
Keeble 43'
Cutting 		Stadium: Jenner Park Stadium
20 December 1947 (1947-12-20) 11 Colchester United 3–0 Bedford Town Colchester
14:15 Curry 8'
Turner 10'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 4,665
25 December 1947 (1947-12-25) 12 Colchester United 3–0 Gillingham Colchester
11:00 Turner 8'
Curry 30'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 7,207
26 December 1947 (1947-12-26) 13 Gillingham 2–2 Colchester United Gillingham
Boswell 25'
Warsop 80'		 Report Turner 18'
Curry 30'		 Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 12,500
27 December 1947 (1947-12-27) 14 Cheltenham Town 5–2 Colchester United Cheltenham
Page 25' (o.g.)
Crowe 26'
Le Mare 50' (o.g.)
Goring
Green 		Report Keeble 12'
Curry 55'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
3 January 1948 (1948-01-03) 15 Colchester United 1–2 Cheltenham Town Colchester
14:15 Fenton 19' Report Goring Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,508
31 January 1948 (1948-01-31) 16 Torquay United Reserves 1–1 Colchester United Torquay
Griffiths 30' Report Cutting 22' Stadium: Plainmoor
Attendance: 4,221
14 February 1948 (1948-02-14) 17 Colchester United 6–0 Exeter City Reserves Colchester
Rowe (o.g.)
Turner
Curry
Cutting 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
21 February 1948 (1948-02-21) 18 Merthyr Tydfil 1–1 Colchester United Merthyr Tydfil
Unknown goalscorer Report Cutting Stadium: Penydarren Park
28 February 1948 (1948-02-28) 19 Lovell's Athletic 2–2 Colchester United Newport
Edmunds (pen.)
Wood 		Report Townrow Stadium: Rexville
Attendance: 7,000
6 March 1948 (1948-03-06) 20 Worcester City 2–4 Colchester United Worcester
White 84'
Jackman 		Report Cater 13'
Hillman 30'
Woolacott (o.g.)
Cutting 		Stadium: St George's Lane
13 March 1948 (1948-03-13) 21 Bath City 1–1 Colchester United Bath
Marshall 25' (pen.) Report Brown Stadium: Twerton Park
17 March 1948 (1948-03-17) 22 Dartford 1–1 Colchester United Dartford
Parker 44' Report Bearryman 79' Stadium: Watling Street
Attendance: 5,000
20 March 1948 (1948-03-20) 23 Colchester United 2–0 Chelmsford City Colchester
Cutting Report Stadium: Layer Road
26 March 1948 (1948-03-26) 24 Colchester United 1–1 Guildford City Colchester
Bearryman 43' Report Sperrin 75' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,440
27 March 1948 (1948-03-27) 25 Colchester United 6–1 Gravesend & Northfleet Colchester
Cutting 3', 23'
Turner 5'
Curry 25', 25'
Keeble 30'		 Report Elliott 68' Stadium: Layer Road
29 March 1948 (1948-03-29) 26 Guildford City 1–2 Colchester United Guildford
Sutton 47' Report Turner 14'
Cutting 65'		 Stadium: St Joseph's Road
Attendance: 8,400
1 April 1948 (1948-04-01) 27 Colchester United 6–1 Dartford Colchester
Turner
Keeble 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
3 April 1948 (1948-04-03) 28 Colchester United 4–0 Barry Town Colchester
Turner
Curry 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
10 April 1948 (1948-04-10) 29 Colchester United 1–1 Hereford United Colchester
Fenton 80' Report Unknown goalscorer 44' (pen.) Stadium: Layer Road
14 April 1948 (1948-04-14) 30 Exeter City Reserves 2–1 Colchester United Exeter
Smart 5', 23' Report Townrow Stadium: St James Park
17 April 1948 (1948-04-17) 31 Gloucester City 1–3 Colchester United Gloucester
Holland Report Turner
Cutting
Cater 		Stadium: Longlevens
Attendance: 2,250
21 April 1948 (1948-04-21) 32 Chelmsford City 2–1 Colchester United Chelmsford
Hurst 6'
Foreman 54'		 Report Curry 10' Stadium: New Writtle Street
24 April 1948 (1948-04-24) 33 Colchester United 3–0 Yeovil Town Colchester
Brown
Turner
Curry 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
1 May 1948 (1948-05-01) 34 Colchester United 0–2 Lovell's Athletic Colchester
Report Holland Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 6,582

FA Cup

Main article: 1947–48 FA Cup
15 November 1947 (1947-11-15) 4th qualifying round Colchester United 3–1 Chelmsford City Colchester
14:15 Turner 11'
Curry 		Report McClelland Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,396
29 November 1947 (1947-11-29) 1st round Colchester United 2–1 Banbury Spencer Colchester
14:00 Curry 80'
Brown 		Report North 16' Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 8,574
13 December 1947 (1947-12-13) 2nd round Colchester United 1–0 Wrexham Colchester
14:00 Curry 72' Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 10,642
Referee: Phillips
10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) 3rd round Colchester United 1–0 Huddersfield Town Colchester
14:15 Curry 70' Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 16,005
Referee: Reader
24 January 1948 (1948-01-24) 4th round Colchester United 3–2 Bradford Park Avenue Colchester
14:45 Curry 16', 19'
Cutting 47'		 Report Elliott 13'
Ainsley 28'		 Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 17,048
7 February 1948 (1948-02-07) 5th round Blackpool 5–0 Colchester United Blackpool
McIntosh
Mortensen
Munro 		Report Stadium: Bloomfield Road
Attendance: 29,500

Southern League Cup

11 September 1947 (1947-09-11) 1 Colchester United 3–0 Chelmsford City Colchester
18:00 Hillman 7'
Gillespie
Cater 		Report Stadium: Layer Road
Attendance: 11,419
24 September 1947 (1947-09-24) 2 Chelmsford City 1–2 Colchester United Chelmsford
Foreman 58' Report Biggs 50'
Cater 72'		 Stadium: New Writtle Street
Attendance: 8,000
16 October 1947 (1947-10-16) 3 Bedford Town 3–3 Colchester United Bedford
Sayers 1'
Campbell
Wilmott 		Report Rist 78' (pen.)
Curry 90'
Fenton 		Stadium: The Eyrie
17 January 1948 (1948-01-17) 4 Colchester United 4–0 Bedford Town Colchester
Keeble 20'
Bearryman 28'
Cutting 45'
Cater 60'		 Report Stadium: Layer Road
4 March 1948 (1948-03-04) 5 Colchester United 7–1 Cheltenham Town Colchester
Curry
Cutting
Bearryman
Cater 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road
10 March 1948 (1948-03-10) 6 Cheltenham Town 0–4 Colchester United Cheltenham
Report Turner 30'
Cater 40', 89'
Townrow 85'		 Stadium: Whaddon Road
19 April 1948 (1948-04-19) Semi-final Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 Colchester United Northfleet
Wipfler 30' Report Bearryman Stadium: Stonebridge Road
26 April 1948 (1948-04-26) Semi-final replay Colchester United 3–1 Gravesend & Northfleet Colchester
Curry
Townrow 		Report Unknown goalscorer Stadium: Layer Road

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

[6][7]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Southern League Southern League
Cup		 FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England ENG John Le Mare 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
GK England ENG Ernest Setchell 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
GK England ENG Harry Wright 41 0 28 0 7 0 6 0
DF England ENG Harry Bearryman 46 5 32 2 8 3 6 0
DF Wales WAL Bill Bower 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0
DF England ENG Ted Fenton 30 5 20 4 4 1 6 0
DF England ENG Digger Kettle 44 0 31 0 7 0 6 0
DF England ENG Frank Stamper 6 0 4 0 2 0 0 0
FW England ENG Bob Allen 44 0 31 0 7 0 6 0
FW Scotland SCO Andy Brown 42 3 28 2 8 0 6 1
FW England ENG Len Cater 37 13 26 6 5 7 6 0
FW England ENG Bob Curry 44 30 31 17 7 6 6 7
FW England ENG Fred Cutting 31 15 23 12 3 2 5 1
FW England ENG Dennis Hillman 38 6 27 5 6 1 5 0
FW England ENG Vic Keeble 15 9 12 8 3 1 0 0
FW England ENG Ray Townrow 11 5 8 3 3 2 0 0
FW England ENG Arthur Turner 43 27 30 25 7 1 6 1
Players who appeared for Colchester who left during the season
DF England ENG Arthur Biggs 10 2 8 1 1 1 1 0
DF Wales WAL Aubrey Darmody 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG John Leah 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
DF England ENG Albert Page 8 0 6 0 2 0 0 0
DF England ENG Frank Rist 13 1 10 0 3 1 0 0
DF England ENG Albert Walker 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
FW England ENG Ian Gillespie 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
FW England ENG Taffy Williams 6 0 4 0 1 0 1 0

Goalscorers

[7]

Place Nation Position Name Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
1 England FW Bob Curry 17 6 7 30
2 England FW Arthur Turner 25 1 1 27
3 England FW Fred Cutting 12 2 1 15
4 England FW Len Cater 6 7 0 13
5 England FW Vic Keeble 8 1 0 9
6 England FW Dennis Hillman 5 1 0 6
7 England DF Harry Bearryman 2 3 0 5
England DF Ted Fenton 4 1 0 5
England FW Ray Townrow 3 2 0 5
10 Scotland FW Andy Brown 2 0 1 3
11 England DF Arthur Biggs 1 1 0 2
12 England FW Ian Gillespie 0 1 0 1
England DF Frank Rist 0 1 0 1
Own goals 3 0 0 3
TOTALS 88 27 10 125

Disciplinary record

[8]

Nationality Position Player Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
TOTALS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Captains

Number of games played as team captain.[9]

Place Nation Position Player Southern League Southern League Cup FA Cup Total
1 England FW Bob Curry 15 3 3 21
Not recorded
 19 3 5 27

Player debuts

Players making their first-team Colchester United debut in a fully competitive match.[10]

Position Player Date Opponent Ground Notes
DF England Harry Bearryman 30 August 1947 Bedford Town The Eyrie
DF England Frank Rist 30 August 1947 Bedford Town The Eyrie
FW England Bob Allen 30 August 1947 Bedford Town The Eyrie
FW Scotland Andy Brown 30 August 1947 Bedford Town The Eyrie
FW England Vic Keeble 30 August 1947 Bedford Town The Eyrie
FW England Taffy Williams 27 September 1947 Yeovil Town Huish Athletic Ground
FW England Fred Cutting 29 November 1947 Banbury Spencer Layer Road
GK England John Le Mare 6 December 1947 Barry Town Jenner Park Stadium
FW England Ray Townrow 17 January 1948 Bedford Town Layer Road
DF Wales Aubrey Darmody 29 March 1948 Guildford City St Joseph's Road
GK England Ernest Setchell 24 April 1948 Yeovil Town Layer Road

Transfers and contracts

In

Date Pos Player From Fee Ref
23 May 1947 FW England Vic Keeble England King George Youth Club Free transfer [11]
5 June 1947 GK England Ernest Setchell England Dartford Free transfer [12]
13 June 1947 FW England Bob Allen England Northampton Town Free transfer [13]
17 June 1947 FW Scotland Andy Brown England Torquay United Free transfer [14]
26 June 1947 DF England Frank Rist England Charlton Athletic Free transfer [15]
4 July 1947 DF England Harry Bearryman England Chelsea Free transfer [16]
28 July 1947 DF Wales Aubrey Darmody England Norwich City Free transfer [17]
13 September 1947 FW England Taffy Williams England Northampton Town Free transfer [18]
6 December 1947 GK England John Le Mare England Woodbridge Town Free transfer [19]
6 December 1947 FW England Fred Cutting England Norwich City Free transfer [20]
2 January 1948 FW England Ray Townrow England Wolverhampton Wanderers Free transfer [21]

Out

Date Pos Player To Fee Ref
7 June 1947 GK John Jelly Free agent Released [22]
9 October 1947 FW England Dennis Cant England Clacton Town Free transfer [23]
22 November 1947 DF England Arthur Biggs England Vauxhall Motors Free transfer [24]
1 December 1947 FW Bob Hodgson England Brightlingsea United Manager [25]
27 December 1947 DF England Albert Page England Chingford Town Free transfer [26]
27 December 1947 FW England John Leah Free agent Released [27]
17 March 1948 FW England Taffy Williams England Chingford Town Free transfer [18]
14 April 1948 DF Wales Aubrey Darmody England Great Yarmouth Town Free transfer [17]
21 April 1948 DF England Frank Rist England Tonbridge Angels Free transfer [15]
24 April 1948 DF England Albert Walker Free agent Retired [28]

See also

References

General

Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.

Specific

  1. ^ Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 278. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  2. ^ "Colchester Utd 3–2 Bradford Park Avenue". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Colchester Utd 3–0 Bedford Town". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Average Attendance Figures Per Season". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ^ Hudson, Matt (11 August 2013). "The 1930s and 1940s". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  6. ^ a b "Appearances". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Goals". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Discipline". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  9. ^ "All matches". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
  10. ^ "Alltime- List of Debuts". Coludaybyday.co.uk. Retrieved 20 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Vic Keeble". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Ernest Setchell". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Bob Allen". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Andy Brown". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  15. ^ a b "Frank Rist". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  16. ^ "Harry Bearryman". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Aubrey Darmody". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Taffy Williams". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  19. ^ "John Lamare". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  20. ^ "Fred Cutting". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  21. ^ "Ray Townrow". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  22. ^ "John Jelly". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  23. ^ "Dennis Cant". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  24. ^ "Alf Biggs". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  25. ^ "Bob Hodgson". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  26. ^ "Albert Page". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  27. ^ "John Leah". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  28. ^ "Albert Walker". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
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