LOOK BACK: Five cricket teams from the past

BOOTHAM PARK – 1957
BOOTHAM PARK – 1957

IN the latest edition of our look back through the picture archives, here are five cricket teams from the past.

Do you recognise yourself or anyone you know in any of these photos?

Pictured above is the Bootham Park team, who were narrowly beaten in the Myers Burnell Cup semi-final in 1957.

Standing, left to right: D Bunce, D Keighley, P Tumman, C Becket, A Copley, F Blanchard. Seated: R Crookes, J Miller, F Hollingsworth, D Fraser, J Bland.

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York Press: BOLTON PERCY - 1975
York Press: BOLTON PERCY - 1975

BOLTON PERCY - 1975

BOLTON PERCY – 1975: Back, from the left: C Taylor, J Wood, S Mitchell, P Lazenby, J Marriott, D Hardcastle and A Curtis (scorer). Front: I Grice, A Anderson, G Bradley, R Broadley, N Lowe.

York Press: BOLTON PERCY SECOND XI - 1980
York Press: BOLTON PERCY SECOND XI - 1980

BOLTON PERCY SECOND XI - 1980

BOLTON PERCY SECOND XI – 1980: Back row, from the left: D Hardcastle, D Hall, J Dale, P Leverton, R Duerden, M Green. Front: M Pears, J Wood, J Conacher (captain), R Broadley, A Curtis.

York Press: BOROUGHBRIDGE - 1976
York Press: BOROUGHBRIDGE - 1976

BOROUGHBRIDGE - 1976

BOROUGHBRIDGE – 1976: Back, from the left: J Hill, G Groves, B Shepherd, R Henley, A Hopwood. Front: W Lonsdale, K Lambert, L Lambert, M Iveson, S Horner.

York Press: BUBWITH CC - 1982
York Press: BUBWITH CC - 1982

BUBWITH CC - 1982

BUBWITH CC – 1982: Back, from the left: Tim Norton, Malc Walker, Mark Readman, Jules Bellerby, Nigel Briggs, Dave Aked. Front: Graham Williamson, Andrew Ward, Neil Readman (captain), Derek Coe, Bill Bodycombe.

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