David wrote: "... Attached is a pic of a cricket team from Monmouth School in the 1950s. As you may know there was a sizeable number of Forest boys who attended Monmouth School - indeed a similar number of girls at the High School. We were all lumped into Hereford House and the pic attached is of the house cricket team from 1956 that won the Lower school cup and included:

Back row (left to right): 1 Michael (Spike) Redgate, 2 Roger Matthews (Broadwell), 3 Chris Herbert (Mile End); 4 Roger Diamond (Drybrook), 5 Rich Penson (Ross-on-Wye), 6 Gordon Blake (Cinderford).
Front Row (L to R): 1 Jonathan Edwards (Ross-on-Wye) 2 Dave Dowle (Scowles), 3 Peter Metcalfe (Ross-on-Wye), 4 H. E. (Taff) Phillips, Housemaster, 5 Stuart Dowle (Coleford), 6 Mike Dunn (Cinderford).

Thanks also to Michael Roberts, Mike Dunn, Geoff Payne and Rich Penson.

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