First Visit to Kingsholm
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Went up with a group from Berry Hill RFC and was excited to watch Lee Osbourne playing as he was one of our own and it was the good old days when the likes of Dave Kearsey and Ady Powles went from grassroots rugby to playing for the big teams.
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beachy - George Cole was a hero of mine - scrum half and latterly full back who was deadly with his straight on toe-poke place kicking. In those days, there were no such things as kicking tees, but we made a sort of semi-circular mound in the mud by digging our heel into the ground, on which to place the ball ...
Saw him many times at Coundon Road, and I also had the pleasure of hearing Peter Jackson speak after dinner at a club function.
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We lost. 19-3
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splim wrote:My first visit to Kingsholm. April 1964 Gloucester against Stroud. I played for Stroud having not long been promoted out of the colts. I've still got the programme. The things that I remember ; being tackled by Ron Pitt whilst catching a high ball under the posts and having a cold water sponge shoved down the back of my neck afterwards ; two old blokes on the tump taking the pee out of me all the time; scoring a try and nobody clapped; Mickey Booth breaking from a scrum but leaving the ball behind for Peter Ford to pick it up and score ; chasing down and tackling Bob Timms who was well clear ( I've got the Citizen photo to prove it); Mike Nicholls being chaired off the pitch because it was his last game; the bath was like a mini swimming pool, very impressive; a little kid asked me for my autograph.
We lost. 19-3
Cant have been mike Nicholls last game he was playing well into the 70's and captained us in the 72 cup run
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My apologies . You are right. It was in fact Alan Townsend's last game in first class rugby. You didn't spot the other mistake. The score was 21-3.
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splim wrote:Cant have been mike Nicholls last game he was playing well into the 70's and captained us in the 72 cup run
My apologies . You are right. It was in fact Alan Townsend's last game in first class rugby. You didn't spot the other mistake. The score was 21-3.
Alan and John Beaman ran the first Club Shop which used to be a Brick Hut at the Kingsholm Road End.
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lucifer wrote:Remember it well, DT, bought my first Gloucester (university style!) scarf there.
I worked with John for many years and my early Monday morning walk around the factory site, usually involved a wander to his workplace to go over the games, 1sts & Utd, the previous weekend. Only a quick chat obviously, as I was busy.
