South Yorkshire Times August 9, 1947

Happy reports from our cameraman.
This composite photograph of shots at last Thursday’s charity cricket match at Hampden Road, Mexborough, includes

(top left) Mr and Mrs Johnny Wardle with Gerald, their young son;

(right) Bowes and Leyland (with F R Brown in the background) chat with Mr Fred Green and Mr W S Pettit;

(bottom lett) Yorkshire skipper A B Sellers, autographs a bat while Leyland and Mr Fred Green look on;

(centre) Billy Thompson of Thurnscoe, who should have been meeting Stan Hawthorne at Liverpool for the British Lightweight title, waves his injured hand to our cameraman; and (right), Bolton’s noted Yorkshireman, Willie Watson, signs auto graphs for his many admirers.

Crowd picture (centre) reflects Thursday’s glorious sunshine.