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Cricket at Lydney, Tom Graveney Benefit, June 1959.

Lydney Cricket

Forest of Dean Select team playing against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club

Left to right : 1 John Wiltshire , 2 Terry Little, 3 Peter James, 4 Archie Smith, 5 Trevor Tomkins, 6 Norman Hinton , 7 Michael James, 8 Terry Brown, 9 Ray Nicholas, 10 John Morgans , 11 D.A.L. ("Dit") Thomas.

Thanks also to Steve Miell, Pamela Smith and Chas Wilson.

John Whitney added (February 2010: "... Number 2 looks to me like Terry Little. Terry was from Mitcheldean for whom he played from his teens. He later played for, and I believe, captained, Gloucester City",

John Powell added (July 2011): "... Number 6 is Norman Hinton, ex Bells Grammar School and Berry Hill Cricket Club, now living in Canada having retired from the R.A.F.".

Tom Graveney benefit match report

Sally-Anne Hinton added (April 2012): "... Upon showing the attached photo to my father he advised that this was a special Cricket Match. Iit was taken on the occasion of a Forest of Dean Select team playing against Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in a Tom Graveny benefit match at Lydney in June 1959. Tom Graveny was a first class Gloucestershire and England batsman. I have attached the newspaper clipping (left) that goes with this photo".

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