#ThrowbackThursday: Harrogate's players from the past identified!

This week #ThrowbackThursday follows up on pictures we published last week of teams from Bilton cricket club in the 1960s.

Players Martin Smith and Stan Owram contacted the Harrogate Advertiser to identify the missing names in the photographs of Harrogate Junior League Xl in 1961 and 1962.

Harrogate Junior League XI 1961. Back row L-R: Ian McCulloch, Geoff Greenswood, Ian Winchester, Howard Crabtree, Rod Ford and Stan Owram.
Front row: Martin Smith, Roy Bentley, David Gill, Charlie Dodsworth and Harry Crabbplaceholder image
Harrogate Junior League XI 1961. Back row L-R: Ian McCulloch, Geoff Greenswood, Ian Winchester, Howard Crabtree, Rod Ford and Stan Owram. Front row: Martin Smith, Roy Bentley, David Gill, Charlie Dodsworth and Harry Crabb

Martin wrote: “If you have not been inundated with info of the unnamed players in the Harrogate Junior League XI 1961/2, perhaps I can be of help as I played in both.”

Last week the ‘Advertiser featured players from the past at Bilton Cricket Club when former team captain Charlie Dodsworth and his wife Christine kindly sent a number of photos of teams from the 1960s.

The Bilton-born Dodsworths spoke about their time at the club where they met and grew up together.

If you haven’t already seen our #ThrowbackThursday Bilton Cricket Club spread you can find it here.

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