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Post by Jon on Apr 22, 2015 22:36:08 GMT
This picture on display at Plainmoor has always baffled me:  The picture is quite clearly of Torquay United in their light blue and dark blue kit and is clearly taken at the Recreation Ground. The writing on the ball suggests 1905/06 which doesn't appear to make sense. Torquay United were playing at Barton Road that season - those who have followed closely (anyone?  ) will know this was the one season played on the opposite side of Cricketfield Road to the cricket ground. I think I may now have cracked it. United's only midweek game that season - a 2-0 win over HMS Forth on Wednesday 18 October 1905 with goals from Gerry Deane and Claude Peerman - was played at the Recreation Ground. The most likely (if not yet 100% proven) answer is that this photo was taken at that game. If so, the United team was: Yorke-Wood Peerman Beer Kingwell Scott-Evans Palmer Hartley Mortimer Deane Pridham Edwards |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 23, 2015 6:39:30 GMT
Torquay United were playing at Barton Road that season - those who have followed closely (anyone? ) will know this was the one season played on the opposite side of Cricketfield Road to the cricket ground. I believe there are those who have been closely following the story of Torquay United's grounds of the Edwardian era. However, I'm not sure how many correct answers they'd be able to offer if suddenly stopped in the street with a series of questions. Jon's solution to the puzzle appears eminently plausible; a commemorative photograph to mark a special occasion. I'm not big on naval vessels but HMS Forth was sea-going as opposed to being a land-based institution. A Mersey class cruiser, since converted, commissioned in 1886 according to impeccable online recourses. And perhaps the crew were in a more relaxed frame of mind now the Treaty of Portsmouth had been signed to conclude the Russo-Japanese War. |
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Post by hector on Apr 23, 2015 20:09:35 GMT
What was the dog's name?
If only the club had the foresight to have away shirts recreate kits of the past. A sky blue with dark blue trim and the button line down the front, would look pretty smart.
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2015 22:22:50 GMT
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Post by Jon on Apr 23, 2015 22:52:01 GMT
I believe there are those who have been closely following the story of Torquay United's grounds of the Edwardian era. However, I'm not sure how many correct answers they'd be able to offer if suddenly stopped in the street with a series of questions. Fortunately, Barty, I suspect the chances of anyone accosting you in the street demanding to know exactly which part of Cricketfield Road Torquay United played in for each season between 1904 and 1910 are fairly slim. I'm not big on naval vessels but HMS Forth was sea-going as opposed to being a land-based institution. A Mersey class cruiser, since converted, commissioned in 1886 according to impeccable online recourses. And perhaps the crew were in a more relaxed frame of mind now the Treaty of Portsmouth had been signed to conclude the Russo-Japanese War. Despite losing the game 2-0, the crew would certainly have enjoyed their afternoon at the Recreation Ground far more than a dreadful day four months earlier when they witnessed the submarine that HMS Forth was accompanying sink in Plymouth Sound with the loss of fifteen lives. In charge of the submarine was A.Candy - or Lieutenant Algernon Henry Chester Candy. He and three others survived the disaster. Some might make the facile conclusion that because A.Candy was in charge when the vessel went down, he must be to blame. Following standard procedure, he was arrested and held until a full enquiry and court-martial took place aboard HMS Forth itself. Any surviving members of the Candy family will be relieved to know that the enquiry totally absolved him of any responsibility whatsoever and commended him for gallantry. One of the other three survivors was drowning under the weight of heavy sea boots and clothing, but Candy heroically managed to keep him afloat until help arrived. That's the trouble with football history - it is so easy to get side-tracked into the social history of the day. |
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Post by hector on Apr 24, 2015 5:55:40 GMT
Very good - no doubt looking to see how he could impact on the closing stages of a game. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2015 6:32:40 GMT
That's the trouble with football history - it is so easy to get side-tracked into the social history of the day. Some historical parallels are clearly less comfortable than others. At least Lt A Candy survived and showed his worth. |
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) will know this was the one season played on the opposite side of Cricketfield Road to the cricket ground.