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Wigan v Hunslet  1st March 1924 Round 3 of the Challenge Cup.
Wigan v Hunslet 1st March 1924 Round 3 of the Challenge Cup.
Photo: Keith
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To complete a "hat-trick" of Van Heerden "appearances", here he is lining up with his Wigan team mates at Parkside, Hunslet's ground on March 1st 1924. The team won this game which was a Round 3 challenge cup match which Wigan won 13 - 8 and "Attie" scored one of the tries.
Here is the team, according to the newspaper photo from which this was taken. I think it's the correct team, although personally I'm not too confident as whether they got the last 2 or 3 names in the right order. Here is the list as it appears on the photo .....
5 "Attie" Van Heerden, 1 Jim Sullivan, 9 John Hurst, 12 Fred Roffey, 8 Bert Webster, 7 Sid Jerram, 6 Danny Hurcombe, 13 Jack Price, 10 George Van Rooyen, 11 Fred Brown, 4 Tommy Parker, 2 Johnny Ring, 3 Tommy Howley.

Comment by: Alan on 16th March 2018 at 08:19

Don't look like Central Park to me !
Apologies if I'm wrong.

Comment by: WN1 Standisher on 16th March 2018 at 10:39

I think Keith said the venue was Parkside Hunslet. Johnny Ring may be at the end of the line.

Comment by: Josh on 16th March 2018 at 11:34

The clue Alan is in the first sentence..."here he is lining up with his Wigan team mates at Parkside, Hunslet's ground...."

Comment by: Geoff Leyland on 6th April 2018 at 22:49

Sorry to correct you but number 12 is John Hurst - my grandfather.

Comment by: Keith on 24th May 2018 at 22:40

Apologies Geoff, thank you for pointing out my mistake. I bow to your knowledge on this matter. I have obviously not been able to identify (from a relatively poor press photo) each of the Wigan players accurately, this leaves me with a problem since at least one other player has an incorrect number identification, since I have checked that this is the right team.

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