Cricket team, 1946

OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Cricket team, 1946

DATE1946

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P268

HISTORY

This is the Bittern Cricket Team premiers of 1945-6. The men are as follows: back row: F. Langholz, S. Barden, P. Boyd, ? Boyd, G. Allen, E. Allen, G. Peterson Front row: W. Crosbie, Ron Peterson, S. Barden (Snr), J. Wilson, F. Allen, B. Allen. The insert photograph is G. McCarthy.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a group of cricket players, in two rows, posing for a photo. There are seven men standing in the back row and six sitting in the front row. The player on the far left-hand side of the image is sitting on his haunches. The man in the centre of the back row is searing a three-piece suit and tie and all other men are wearing whites. The two players on each end of the front row are holding cricket bats. The player in the centre of the front row is wearing cricket gloves. A large banner is stretched out across the front row and reads: “BCC Premiers 1945-6”. A small photo of a man wearing a dark coat, white shirt and tie is inserted into the top left-hand corner of the photograph. There are grass and tall trees in the background.

SUBJECTS

Banners, Cricket clubs, Cricketers, Men, Sporting clubs

KEYWORDS

Allen, B., Allen, E., Allen, F., Allen, G, Barden, S., Barden, S. Snr, Bittern Cricket Team, Boyd, P., Crosbie, W., Langholz, F., McCarthy, G., Peterson, G., Peterson, Ron, Wilson, J.