RAILWAY CRICKET TEAM

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1932 - 1934

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Overview

Black & white photo with men in two rows, one standing, one squatting, mostly wearing white pants and shirts. Some are wearing caps and hats. One man in a dark suit and hat with a white shirt is standing to the RHS of the group, holding a cricket bat. The man 2nd from right in front row is also holding a bat and the man to his right is holding a cricket ball. They are on an oval with trees in the background.
Information accompanying the photo lists the following names.
Back row L-R: Joe Purser, Les Thompson, George Brown, Harry Cooper, Bill Stewart, Wesley James, umpire Bill Meredith.
Front row L-R: Joe Bates, Ray Taylor, Sandy Allardice, Laurie Wilkie, Dudley Davies. " Dad made the eleven taking photo " ( dad unnamed, possibly Ted Parker)

Historical information

Cricket team members
Full names & railway employment dates

Back row L-R
Joseph Adam Purser: Repairer (fettler). Employed 1924 - 1954
Leslie Norman Thompson
Guy George Brown: Guard. Employed 1926 – 1956
Henry Cooper: Repairer (fettler). Employed 1932 – Dec 1934, but was then in Northam
William Stewart: Station Master. Employed 1933 – 1936
Ernest Wesley (Wes) James: Repairer (fettler). Employed 1934 until at least 1968
Umpire Bill Meredith: not able to ID a Bill or William in Toodyay at that time. Maybe a J. Meredith?

Front row L-R
Graden Joseph Bates: Fireman/cleaner. Employed Bolgart and Toodyay July 1925 – May 1935
Roy Graham Taylor: Guard. Employed 1930 – 1938
Alexander Cathro Allardice: Railway employee [position not known] 1935
Laurence Roy Wilkie: Employed Dec. 1934 – Aug. 1935
Elton Llewllyn Davies: Railway employee, later a driver. Employed April 1935 – March 1937

The only other player listed for that year is E. Parker. Full name: Edward George Parker: Guard. Employed 1933 - 1937.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2007.7

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Sport

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Photo Paper

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