Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe - Rugby, Junior Colts (Under-14), 1957/58

Back Row l - r:
Bob LAYTON, M. HOLLAND, R. SAUNDERS, John STEWARD, Phil SNOWDEN, E. SPEIGHT, Neil HAILSTONE, Paul DAVIES, John TAYLOR, A. R. HOPE, D. W. COLLINS

Middle Row l -r:
A. TUFFS, Tony LAWRENCE, R. CASBEARD, Phil CLARK, R. HARDING, R. BROADLEY, Chris GRIFFITHS

Front Row :
Graham DORSETT, George STOSSLER

From the Wycombiensian, April 1958:

Junior Colts (under 14) XV

Played 10, Won 6, Lost 4

This team, after winning all its first five matches, managed to win only one of the last five, so that the season ended rather disappointingly, for there was promising material among the forwards and backs. There are two reasons for this decline: the forwards never quite managed to develop into a strong united pack, and consequently in their later games failed to win the forward battle: the other reason lay in a tendency for certain players to blame others when the game was not going well, and nothing destroys team spirit more effectively than this habit. That was why this team did not quite measure up to its predecessors.

The following played for the team :— R. W. Harding, R. G. Saunders, M. P. Holland, R. N. Broadley, R. M. Layton, G. R. J. Dorsett, A. R. Hope, D. W. Collins, R. J. Casbeard, P. J. A. Snowden, E. A. Speight, J. E. Steward, J. D. Taylor, A. Lawrence, C. S. Griffiths, P. J. C. Clark (Captain), I. M . Macwhinnie, N. S. Hailstone, P. G. Davies, A. J. Tuffs, J. M. Barlow, D. S. Culley, M. B. Yallop, G. W. Stossler, S. F. Young, B. Downing, D. K. P. Hazell, A. P. R. Coates, T. J. Dell, M. D. H. Priestley, R. B. Smith.

Results:

Oct 5 1957 St Marylebone Grammar School
Home
Won
6-3
Oct 12 Watford Grammar School
Away
Won
3-0
Oct 19 St Benedict's School
Away
Won
17-12
Oct 26 Henley Grammar School
Home
Won
12-0
Oct 26 Sir William Borlase's School, Marlow
Home
Won
17-3
Nov 9 Watford Grammar School
Home
Lost
0-6
Nov 15 Stoneham School
Away
Won
22-0
Nov 23 Southfield School
Away
Lost
6-8
Nov 30 Luton Grammar School
Away
Lost
8-11
Dec 7 St Nicholas's Grammar School, Northwood
Home
Lost
3-8

The same photo, colorised...

Colorised

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