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...
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