First XI - Summer 1938

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Photo provided by Brian Reynolds

Back Row
Harry Chapman Pincher - 2 - F. A. Mellors - W. H. (Bill) Adams - 5 - Morgan

Front Row
Alan Robertson - H. T. Muskett - Peter U. Rumjahn, Captain - J. R. Edwards, Headmaster
I. R. Stewart, Vice Captain - K. Hughes - E. J. Rumjahn

Peter and Ted Rumjahn are wearing caps bearing the date 1936.

Hilary Robertson writes:

"My Father Alan Robertson was at the Institute until 1938. There are more details about him on Wikipedia. The correction I would like, please, relates to the photo of the cricket team circa 1937 to 1939: I have a very similar one of the team but with the umpire (white coat and trilby, possibly a master?) rather than the headmaster. There are signatures on it, none of which contradict the photo on the site, except that the boy on the far left of the front row is my father, Alan Robertson, and not Bill Thomas as shown. In addition, given that he went to Cambridge in the autumn of 1938, I believe that the team cannot date from as late as 1939. (Later on, in letters home which I have just been reading, he talks of playing for the Liobians team.)"

(The 1937 Green Book credits A. Robertson, I.R. Stewart, P.U. Rumjahn, E.J. Rumjahn and F.A. Mellors with full colours, so this almost certainly is the 1938 season. Robertson and Stewart have half-colours in the 1936 Green Book and are not listed in 1938. Fred.)

Back Row
Morgan - 2 - 3 - K. Hughes - W. H. (Bill) Adams - George Wass

Front Row
Alan Robertson - I. R. Stewart - Peter U. Rumjahn - E. J. (Ted) Rumjahn - H. T. Muskett - F. A. Mellors

Alan Robertson's Full Colours Cricket Cap

Photos provided by Hilary Robertson

Second XI, 1939

Photo provided by James Varey

Names unknown but seated first on left is James' brother, Miles Philip Varey.

First XI, 1947

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Photo provided by Neville Hunter

Back Row
Ralph Owens - A. J. Pemberton? - J. Alec Barbour - George Wass, Umpire and Groundsman
D. Denby - J. Barry Weston - David McKay - Les Gordon

Front Row
Bill Adington - Jim Barber - Bert Childs - L. A. Rawlinson - Douglas Rawlinson - Ken R. Jones - Mr. Cretney

1958

Photo provided by Dave Hemes

Alan Cadell, Gordon Wilkinson, Dave Gornall
Dave Hemes, R. Bivon, Ian (Titch) Taylor

First XI, 1959

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Back Row
Edwin Wass - Phil Jones - Ian Ferguson - Doug Whittaker, Secretary - Alan Donaldson - Barry Tuddenham - Fred Brierley

Front Row
Pete Bevan - Pete Sissons - Ken Chambers - Derek Burnham, Captain - Ian McDermott - Colin Byrne - Dave Barron

1960

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Photo provided by Ken Chambers (L.I. 1953 - 1961)

Back Row
Fred Brierley - Barry Tuddenham - Neil Egerton? - Geoffrey Mordaunt - Tony Archer - Paddy Radcliffe - Edwin Wass

Front Row
Colin Byrne - Pip (DJ) Newton - Dave Barron - Ken Chambers - Alan Donaldson - Pete Sissons - Ian Ferguson

1961

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Photo provided by Ken Chambers (L.I. 1953 - 1961)

Back Row
Fred Brierley - Tony Archer - Pete Duncan - Geoffrey Mordaunt - Dave Gray - David? (Taffy) Hughes) - Edwin Wass

Front Row
Barry Tuddenham - Pip (DJ) Newton - Paddy Radcliffe - Ken Chambers - Alan Donaldson - Ian Ferguson - Pete Sissons

1962 First XI

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Photo provided by Sandy Bradbrook

Back Row
Fred Brierley - Jim Kewley - 3 - Mike Peters - John Armstrong - Bruce Armstrong
Dave Spedding - Sandy Bradbrook - Edwin Wass

Front Row
David Gray - Paddy Radcliffe - Tony Archer - Ian Ferguson - 14 - Ralph (Ernie) Tysoe

1963

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Photo and names provided by Jim Devine (L.I. 1958 - 1963)

Back Row
Edwin Wass - Dave Spedding - Jim Devine - Jim Kewley - Neil Robertson - Mike Cooper - Ross(?) Gavin

Front Row
Bobby Kendall - Tony Archer - Ian Ferguson - Dave (Taffy) Hughes - Sandy Bradbrook - David Gray

1964 First XI

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Photo provided by Sandy Bradbrook

Back Row
Ross Gavin - 2 - Ian Spain - Mike Peters - 5 - Paul Robertson - 7 - Jim Devine - Edwin Wass

Front Row
Roger Parsons - Ken Duckett - Sandy Bradbrook, Captain - Neil Robertson - Les Hampson - Alan Mullock

1968

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Photo from the school magazine.

Back Row
Edwin Wass, coach and groundsman - Les Abbie - Malcolm (Mally) Harris
Phil Jones - Graham Schofield - Andy Baker - John Grace, Teacher
 
Front Row
Steve Tetlow - John Cadden, wicketkeeper - Dave Bruce - Bob Jervis, Captain
Jimmy Wardle - Geoff Pollard

From the 1967 Green Book

Andy Baker writes:

"I was captain for 2 years after John Cadden 1970 and 1971. The year above with Bob Jervis as skipper we won the cup. We beat King Edward school in the final at Liverpool CC. We needed 4 to win with 9 wickets down and Phil Jones our last man in with Mally Harris who batted out of his skin that day. King Edward had every man on the boundary and Phil, who was a great fast bowler but couldn't bat for toffee, snicked their fast bowler through the slips for 4 to win it. They had to hurriedly swap the winning ribbons to us as they had assumed King Edward were always going to win it! We were delighted. The groundsman is actually Edwin (Eddie) Wass, Eli Wass' brother. Eli was Liverpool FC grounsman for years at Melwood and was reputed to have cultivated Shanks garden and Bob Paisley's too. Happy days!!"

1972 First XI

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Photo from John Kennedy.

Back Row
Bill Dawson - Tony Hambleton - Lance Mullholland - 4 - Mark Kelly - Phil Hoare - Peter Arden
 
Front Row
Edwin Wass, coach and groundsman - Brian Williams - 10 - Chris Cummings, Captain
John Kennedy - J. (Billy) Dainty - Sam Stretch

Jeff Hughes recalls that Mark Kelly later played cricket for Sefton.

Staff XI, 19xx

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Photo provided by Wally Owen

Bob Keating (CDT) - John Cooke (Geog) - Terry Dickinson, (Science) - George Button (Groundsman)
Eric Higgins (History) - Bill Robinson (Maths) - Unknown Student
Roger Walker (Geog) - John McCormack (Biology)