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2nd year rugby team 1967
2nd year rugby team 1967
Photo: joe pendlebury
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Item #: 10824
2nd year team 1967 with the wood cup.i think we beat pem school in final 27-0 .back row, john hare,tommy riley,john bradbury,tony sharrock,john murphy.centre,dennis mchugh coach,? murphy i think (year younger),jp, jim beech,bernard toohey,frank priest. front, billy melling,joe moreton,rudy gornik,tony collins, and tony dean

Comment by: jm on 18th June 2009 at 09:09

Good to see big Jim Beech in his youth what a guy,sound as a pound.

Comment by: PHIL YATES on 22nd September 2009 at 09:15

Joe
Yes,you did beat us at Central Park, I think they were then called curtain raisers before the Wigan side took to the field.
You had a good set up with Rudy and Billy and yourself plus nobody from Pem could catch John Hare, that lad was quick.
Phil

Comment by: joe pendlebury on 5th January 2010 at 11:52

i saw dennis mchugh in sainsbury's a couple of months ago. i couldn't let him go without saying hello.he remembered me because i was always in lumber and got regular wallopings from him. (usually that short little cane he had).only lads ive not spoken to on the photo since leaving school are tony collins, john bradbury and young murphy. idon't think anyone made pro but quite a few played for various amateur clubs over the years. i plodded on till 87 when left knee said he'd had enough. hope everybody is ok. jp

Comment by: joe pendlebury on 7th January 2010 at 10:37

iv'e just been reliably informed (by mrs pendlebury) that it was 1991 when i started being a responsible father and that she could cease washing my kit

Comment by: j watchman on 12th January 2010 at 18:37

still go in poacher, Joe.

Comment by: joe pendlebury on 13th January 2010 at 08:01

ye still going in windin the scousers up

Comment by: dave johnson on 8th February 2010 at 22:33

Joe, I don't think Billy Melling would be chuffed about nobody made pro comment?

Comment by: joe pendlebury on 14th February 2010 at 11:41

Your right Dave, losin the plot as i get older. I think Billy signed for Leigh before he came to Wigan. Funny enough i was talking to him a couple of weeks ago up Pem. I'll mention my memory lapse next time i see him.

Comment by: Tony highton on 31st October 2019 at 15:18

Went school with all these lads not good enought to get in that team

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