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Benford's Cricket XI

1956

Benfors'd Cricket XI 1956
Back row - G Stephens D Whitehead, H Johnson, R Payne,
R Ficken, N. Chambers
Middle row - H Keech, D Benford, D Whiting
Front row - R Villette, B Hobbs (Capt) G Northern

The Photo here was taken in 1956, when the team won the Town Cricket Cup. They had been Runners Up in 1950, 1951 and 1954. Douglas Benford's father, Oliver, (more usually known by his second name - Jack) was a prominent Burtonian footballer in the 1930s. In the 1950s he organised many teams for charity and gala events.

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