This is the Jack Bridge cricket team that played in the Hebden Bridge League. They won the cup in 1930. Their home ground was a field at Goose Hey, near Smithy Lane.
Most of the players would have worked at Jack Bridge mill. Pictured are:
One of the players of Jack Bridge cricket team, Frank Thwaites pictured outside his home at Hudson Mill Cottages (now demolished). This indicates he didn’t neglect the whitening of his cricket boots even though he appears to be off to somewhere…
Back row—Nigel Robinson, Wilf Boocock, Jack Gledhill, Rex Greenwood, Eric Singleton, Raymond Milnes. Front row—Kenny Butterworth, Terry Leah, Russell Grace, John Cooke, Jack Crossley