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2nd right back row is Jack Arkwright Snr.
The player seated is Gerry Helme.

Don't know any of the rest without cheating.

Gerry Helme seated is correct....big tall unit 2nd right isn't Arkwright though....think dad of a famous yawnion player

OK, your clue was a gimme.
It's Dave Cotton Snr......At least I got the Snr bit correct!!!!

Bingo! I can also give you back row, 2nd from left as being George Taylor

Front row 2nd from left is Albert Johnson or Jackie Fleming.

Albert Johnson, correct!

Back row 4th left is Jim Featherstone.

impressive, Jim Featherstone it is. Anyone any idea who is holding the ball?

That's Cod with the ball.

No, not Mr. Miller...surprising, as he was pretty much a fixture of the team at the time

Ally Naughton back row far right, or his brother?

Unless that's Ally with the ball?

I think this may be 1945/6 which would explain why Bevan isnt featured and would also rule out the Naughton brothers.

Got a look of Harry Bath with the ball

Well done Silver2 for getting the correct season - Bevan had already played his first trial match on 17th November 1945 but had to return to Australia for demob and didn't come back till the next season...so this is the immediate post-war "transitional" team which didn't yet feature many of the stalwarts of the later 40's who were still awaiting demob themselves....The ball carrier hasn't been guessed yet, so I'll end the misery and name Billy Belshaw.... here's the pic with the teamsheet: date was 9th March 1946 at Wilderspool against Wigan, and was a right trouncing, 0-38....another reason why quite a few names here didn't last all that much longer as better players became available:

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BTW, George Taylor also features in my avatar....

Does anyone know what colours the kit here was?

Nice job everyone!

It's a blue shirt and primrose shorts.

I should have got John Rothwell as he was my son in laws grandad. For the colours I'd go for blue shirts with yellow cuffs, white shorts and blue socks.

yes that would make a lot of sense unlike my previous post. Doh.

Here's one.
Why are our colours primrose and blue?

Four home classics from the Wilderspool age I had the misfortune to attend,

Jan 76. Wires 3 - 0 Team A

Nov 79 Wires 0 - 1 Team B

Mar 80. Wires 2 - 2 Team C

Oct 90. Wires 2 - 3 Team D

Also a couple of always

Mar 90. Team E 0 - 0 Wires

Mar 82. Team F 1 - 1 Wires

Can you recall the teams?

I believe this results from the club cosying up to Lady Greenall. She was a Conservative, hence the blue and her favourite flowers were primroses. Alas, in spite of all of this kowtowing she never did sponsor the club.

Gold star.

B is Workington
D is Hull. Quite a good game, actually. A couple of disallowed tries, some good play. It was a Saturday afternoon game, on Granada, for Rugby League Live

Was F Leigh?????

Weren't Greenall's originally a St Helens family? Might explain it.