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At Lawson Park

Brian 'Bomb' Nicholson 17.5.1930-15.5.2021; also swimmer and boxer; aged 17 at first Maher Cup match

From left:
Cootamundra: Donnell? (linesman), Doug Wall, Jim Crowe , Geoff Rogers, Lionel Wheatley, Russell Cohen, Bob Gehrig, Ken Mulrooney, Neil Sullivan, Jack Gillette, Kevin Wheatley, Kevin Chuck, Mick Howse, Bob Hobbs (capt.)

Bill Lawrence…

This matches the team that challenged for the Maher Cup at Cootamundra on 7 August 1948.

Tumut 1948

Back from left: Jim Jeffery (non-playing coach), Bill Clout, Lonnie Field, Frank Stanfield, Ken Wade, Fred Hargreaves, Frank Dowling, Jim Alston…

In front of the Gundagai Independent Office in 1948

From left: Pat Sullivan, Leo Coulton, Pat Molloy, Jack Coulton, Brian Hawke, Jim Sullivan, Ron Heydon.

Image taken 23 September 1948

This is thought to be the earliest of the two images:

Back from left: Norby Bryant, Tom Cusack, Joe Finn, Curly Hewitt, Roy Byrne, Phil Slattery, Dick Brien, Harry Chong Sun
Front: Jack Anderson (captain), Bill Peterson, Tom Smith, Pat O'Brien,…

Harden-Murrumburrah 1948

Caption from Paul McCarthy's book

Back from left: Les Moore, Graham ‘Diddy’ Thompson, Terry Dacey, Ross Miller, Toby West, Ray Dunn, Bob Davison, Bill Edwards (captain-coach)

Front: Fred Cullen, Nick Rawlin, Wal…

This matches the team that won the Maher Cup at Tumut on 15 May 1948

From back left: Reg Broad, Brian Nicholson, Peter Moncrieff, Ron Lemon, Baden Broad, Kevin Broad

Front: Max Maybury, Len Pinney, John Phillips, Bill Kirkwood (captain), Peter…

Looking northwest towards the Town Hall from the centre of Boorowa Street