CAN YOU NAME ANY OF THE UNKNOWN PLAYERS?

If you have any old team pictures of Thirsk HC then please send to michaelrushmere@btinternet.com with any details of places, names and dates.

1921 Thirsk Hockey Club – Year of Formation

Back Row:  L-R unknown, unknown, unknown, I. A. Sleightholme, unknown, C Pearson, E. R. (Dick) Jackson
Front Row: L-R unknown, unknown, H Walker, M Lister, H Greenwood

A match program from 1922 of a county match played at the Thirsk ground.

1926/27 Thirsk Hockey Club

Back Row: G Brown, I. A. Sleightholme, H Bulmer, C Pearson, M Lister
Centre Row: E. R. Jackson, L Ryder, H Greenwood, P Campbell
Front Row: F. S. Constable, H Walker

Late 1930’s Thirsk Hockey Club
Note Racecourse Stables behind

Back Row: Harry Bulmer, Peter Consett, unknown, unknown, Reg Horner, Bill Potter, Reg Edwards
Front Row: Jim Ingledew, Alf Rutherford, unknown, John Bielby, unknown

A picture of a team from our early days taken outside the Scarborough Club House in 1950.

Back row L to R. Harry Bulmer, John Bielby, John Wilson, Unknown, Unknown, Bill Jewitt, Arthur Hibbert, Bill Potter, E. R. Dick Jackson
Seated: Alf Rutherford, Jim Ingledew, Joe Lister, George Patter, John Davison

Bridlington 1952/53

Back Row: ?Scott (umpire), unknown, David Greenwood, Brian Dawson, Jim Lister, Bill Rukin, Mike Fairclough
Front Row: Chris Jackson, Jimmy Deegan*, George Smith, Edward Jackson, Peter Dawson
(*who was stationed at Topcliffe in the RAF & played for Thirsk. He went on to play for the RAF, Combined Services, England & Great Britain. Thank you to Brian Dawson for this info.)
Bridlington 1957

Back Row: ? Scott (umpire), Bill Rukin, Peter Dawson, George Smith, Richard Jackson, Brian Dawson, Bill Addison
Front Row: Jim Ingledew, Edward Jackson, Jim Lister, Chris Jackson, Frank Smith

VETERANS TEAM 1994?

Back row: Jim Downes, Richard Taylor, Arthur Gyte, Richard Skippings, Andrew Young, Chris Howells, Mike Rushmere, Tony Lee, Simon Barton.
Front row: Billy Lorimer, Steve Davison, ?, Mike Fox, Roger Moss, Brian Fricker.

UNDER 16 BOYS 1995

Back Row: ?, Andy Carney, Andy Loftus, James Peck, ?, Ed Rushmere, Jaime Livingston, Simon Gyte.
Front Row: ?, ?, Andrew Potter, ?, ?, Philip Heath.

THE DARROWBY VETS TOURING TEAM – CHELMSFORD 199?

Back row: Pete Rushmere, ?, Jeff Lewis, ?, Mike Surtees, Jim Downes, Billy Lorimer, Basil Young.
Front row: Brian Fricker, Arthur Gyte, Mike Fox, Mike Rushmere, Andy Wilkinson, Richard Skippings.

ON TOUR AT WORTHING. YEAR 1995/96?

Back Row: Richard Skippings, ?, Jeff Lewis, ?, ?, Richard Taylor.
Front Row: ?, Andi Wilkinson(picture supplier), Scott Miles.

TOURING TEAM AT PETERBOROUGH 199?

Back row from L to R: Julie Bower, Mike Rushmere, Andrew Young, James Williamson?, Ed Rushmere, Jamie Dodds, Lynn McKeown.
Front: Nicki Wood, Katherine Bower, Scott Miles, Ali Watt, Anita Young.
Goalie: Jeff Lewis.

START OF SEASON TOURNAMENT 7 A SIDE TEAM 199?

Back Row L to R: Don Petty, Jeff Lewis, Tom Parrish, Lynn McKeown.
Front: Jamie Dodds, Simon Gasgill, Scott Miles, Simon Warren(physio).

CHRISTMAS FUN GAME TEAM 199?

L to R: Mike Rushmere, Ed Rushmere, Jamie Dodds, Jeff Lewis, Don Petty, Simon Gyte, Andrew Young, Holly Beeston, Katherine Bower, Lynn McKeown, David Rushmere(goalie), Spanner, Olwyne Dunning, Nicki Wood, Gill Fox.