Old Azurians RFC

1962 Azurians 1st XV

Back Row (L to R), Quittenton, Barnet, Braithwaite, Hunt, Gatley, Burgess

2nd Row (L to R) Dixon, Cowley, Lintern, ?, Mcoll

Front Row (L to R) Pace, Wakeham, Hooper, Sullivan

61&62 OA 1st XV

1961 Azurians 1st XV

Back Row (L to R) Prior, ?, Joy, Turner, Corbett, Little, Burgess, Rushton

Front Row (L to R) Sarson, Newman, Cowley, Hooper, Calder, Pace, Dixon

Old Azurians 1st XV c 1958

Back: Peter Cox, Alan Bushby, John Virgoe, John Limmer, Colin Beer, ?, Derek Little, David Barnett, ?

Front: David Cooling, M A Smith, Sid Wakeham, Mike Warnes, Eric Richardson, Paul Buet

Two OA teams were fielded against Old Freemans in the 1956/57 season

1st XV

Back L to R:

K Shaw; J Parton; K Christmas; G Hesketh; B Boyd; J French; F Feest; A Lumsden

Front l to R:

D Hayter; Bob Smith; D Wellman; A Parker; ?; J Limmer; Dick Carroll

Teams of 55-57

2nd XV

Back:

Steve MacDonald, Barry Doverson, Dave Barnett, ?, ?, Eric Richardson, David Cooling, A Bursnell

Centre: Eady, Peter Cox, Dick Standford, Gus Goward, Mike Smith, Mike Warnes, Colin Beer

Front: : ?, Robert Sice

Old Azurians 1st XV 1955/56

Back:

Benson? B Boyd; J warren; K Christmas; J Toney; K Shaw;

J French; Bob Smith

Front:

Vic Payne; B Dodgson; J Limmer; A Parker; Billy Greenyer;

D Wellman; M Warnes

Old Azurians RFC 1st XV c. 1954

Top: Ted Osbourne, Dave Hayter, Phil Northeast, John French, John Hooper, John Virgoe, Brian Toney, Ken Hesketh

Middle:Bob Smith,Dave Barnett,Sid Wakeham,Alan Parker,John Limmer, Dave Corbett,Frank Feest

Front: Mike Warnes, Jim Harvey, Dave Cooling, Hugh Mooney.

Old Azurians RFC "A" XV 1949-50

Back: 1 Paine, 2 Wolfenden, 3 Williams?, 4 Toney, 5 Boyd, 6 Hamer, 7 Warren, 8 Watson, 9 Warner

Middle: 1 Jim Feest, 2 Wilmer, 3 Boylett, 4 Walker, 5 John Atkinson, 6 Clark, 7 Harvey

Front: 1 Don Goward, 2 Bridger

Old Azurians RFC 1st XV 1938-39

Back Row: E L Strudwick, G Reakes, A Boyce, C W R Smith, L C Blake, P A Tye

Centre: A North, G M Lloyd-Smith, R P Simmons, G A Bursnall, J E Telling, A Barber, R G Minns

Front Row: F G Brownings, C G Spratt, R F Tapp, R G Walker (Capt.), W E Rees, (President), S C Teasdale, G Heighton

I would like to thank David Telling (son of John Telling) for contributing a copy of this historic photograph as it features many of the Old Azurians who served in the armed forces during WW2. Strudwick, Simmons and Tapp lost their lives; Blake, North and Lloyd-Smith were taken prisoner. More can be read about these men, and also Reakes, in the WW2 Service Records section on the History page.

O A Rugby 1938-39

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