Wigan Album

This photo possibly was taken on the same day as the arial one which shows Ranson's Mill. These are all Wigan Welsh players for the 1938/39 season. Percy Moxey died in an air accident in 1942 while training in the RAF, Emlyn Jenkins had already had a sensational career with Salford and a brilliant tour with the RL Tourists in Australia, Jim Sullivan was already a legend in the game, Roy Francis left very shortly after the appointment of Harry Sunderland in October 1938. Harry didn't rate black players! Roy went on to have a great career both as player and manager, Ted Ward, Percy and my father Jack Bowen were all newly arrived Welshmen, Joe Jones was also Welsh.