An avid autograph hunter as a small boy, Richard Bott, collected these signatures from the 1949-50 Dewsbury team – quite a collection!
Harry Royal International Call up
1948 Harry Royal International Call Up Text Harry Royal received his international call up for the Welsh team against the Australians in a formal letter – he was instructed to be in Swansea at 2pm on Thursday at the St Helens ground and reminded that he would need to bring his own training kit!
Trainer Jim Lyman checks the weight of Harry Hammond
1945 – Trainers have been taking detailed notes of their players, working with team managers to get the best out of their players. Here, trainer Jim Lyman is checking the weight od prop forward Harry Hammond
Eddie Waring poached by Leeds
Eddie Waring Biography RUGBY League was not Eddie Waring’s first love as a young man, he had excelled as a soccer player, playing on the wing for Yorkshire Amateurs, Nottingham Forest and Selby Town. By the age of 22 he had made his mark in Rugby League as trainer for the Dewsbury Boys Team and was soon invited to become … Read More
Challenge Cup Dewsbury team
A postcard showing the 1929 Challenge Cup squad and their entourage – presumably taken at the start of their journey to London.