Who is this player?

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dicktracey said:

more importantly who is the bloke in the white uniform holding an egg or golf ball ?

Must be the Coach driver - they all wore uniforms in those days.

Reckon he's holding a boiled egg, with Jimmy holding some of our Doris's packed lunch boxes. She doubled up as a nuitrionist in the '50s.

Henry Irving

SporadicAddick said:

iaitch said:

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

If they had social media back then people would complain about the white collar and hooped socks (or were they referred to as stockings back then?)

Mmmm, stockings....as for the white knickers...

I see the commercial team couldn't get a shirt sponsor.

Not sure we have enough strength in depth either.

iaitch

And all got the same colour boots.

Dave Rudd

soapboxsam said:

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

And thanks to you Dave, I now know Jock Campbell is sitting in the front row two from the left as we look at the picture.

Yes, that's Jock .... James Campbell ... born in East Kilbride and died in Cambridge.

Might see if I can find his grave.

Now there's a morbid hobby.

Ashers

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

Is that a youthful Charlie Hall in the middle of the back row?

Dave Rudd

Ashers said:

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

Is that a youthful Charlie Hall in the middle of the back row?

Yes, it is.

And an even more youthful Derek Ufton just behind Sam Bartram, I think. 

I knew it would come to this ... three weeks of 'is that XXX?' and 'who is that next to XXX?'

I'll get the ballrolling:

Jack Shreeve is three along from Jimmy Trotter (who is on the extreme left of the middle row)

And that may be Benny Fenton on the far right of the back row.

I have others, but I won't spoil the fun.

Johnnysummers5

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

They had a big squad of players in those days.

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Johnnysummers5 said:

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

They had a big squad of players in those days.

Four loanees.

Henry Irving

One secretary of the FA standing next to his brother, a future Palace manager next to him.

A Squib far left front row next to Campbell, A Jewish South African who changed his name to avoid Anti-semitism and ended up sounding Irish two to the left of Sam and a shoplifter next to him while there is a relation of our current shirt sponsors middle row 4th left.

Henry Irving

Johnnysummers5 said:

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

They had a big squad of players in those days.

Golfie was doing our recruitment then and bought them all by 1 June.

Dave Rudd

Henry Irving said:

One secretary of the FA standing next to his brother, a future Palace manager next to him.

A Squib far left front row next to Campbell, A Jewish South African who changed his name to avoid Anti-semitism and ended up sounding Irish two to the left of Sam and a shoplifter next to him while there is a relation of our current shirt sponsors middle row 4th left.

Yes, scrub my 'Derek Ufton'.  You've nailed it.

Right ... off to watch Australia v Sweden. 

Did I mention Stina Blackstenious?

aitchyaddick

Dave Rudd said:

Getty Images lists 'James Walls' as second from the left in the back row.

August 1948.

Front row: Cyril Hammond, Jock Campbell X? Gordon Hurst  Sid O'Linn Charlie Vaughan  Sam X? X? X? X? Frank Lock sitting, Eddie Marsh goalie second row. Too young to know the others apart from Benny Fenton , Jimmy Seed, and Jimmy Trotter.