Hartlepool History Then & Now

1882 - Stockton Rovers

What we know about this image :

The Stockton Rovers team mentioned in this Poster played on Bowesfield Lane as did the Stockton RFC team, but whetehr the clubs were linked is unsure, no record of the match has survived. The name of the Stockton Rovers only appears for a few seasons and it may have been an off shoot of Stockton Rovers Cycling club, a sport then hugely popular with several touting clubs in most towns. It is possible that the Cycling clubs formed a Rugby side to occupy themselves in the winter months. Only fleeting Newspaper records survive but in a match at Redcar and Coatham earlier in the month the Rovers fielded a side as follows :-Moody, Harrison, Laing, Welch, Thompson, Howie, Jobson, Ward, Graham,Jobson, Charlton, Tulloch, Burton and Airey.

Date (of image) : 28/10/1882

Donor : Brian Anrison

Creator : J Proctor, High St., Hartlepool

Part of the "Brian Arnison" collection

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