• Club Cup • Pairs • Triples • Champion of Champions
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• Singles • Pairs • Triples • Handicap
ABINGTON, despite being the most powerful club in Northamptonshire in the 1950s, has never produced a full international. Between 1946 and 1959 Albert Knight had four England trials without breaking into the national side.
The full list of triallists is:
- Albert Knight - 1946, 1947, 1958, 1959
- Freddie Lee - 1950, 1951
- Ron Gargate - 1960, 1961 (pictured with the Midland Counties champion trophy that he won in 1971)
- Robbie King - 1971
* WINNERS of all the club competitions are recorded above in the various categories. Below are lists of Abington bowlers who have achieved success at county level in respective competitions:
Singles:
1937 winner – AF Knight
1939 winner – WT Lawton1949 winner – FJ Lee
1950 winner – FJ Lee
1952 winner – AH Bull
1953 runner-up – P Harrison
1954 winner – R Gargate
1956 winner – R Gargate
1967 winner – RST King
1971 winner – R Gargate
1975 winner – SA Simons
1984 runner-up – SA Simons
Pairs:
1937 winners – WT Lawton & AF Knight
1949 winners – CJ Knight & AF Knight
1953 winners – CJKnight & AF Knight
1957 winners – WJ Stone & AF Knight
1958 winners – WJ Stone & AF Knight
1961 winners – RST King & R Gargate
1987 runners-up – JL Brown & MD Cooper
2005 runners-up – A O’Leary & T Brown
Triples:
1947 winners – RG Neale, WJ Stone & EW Ayris
1953 winners – EV Purser, AF Knight & CJ Knight
1953 runners-up – RG Neale, WJ Stone & EW Ayris
1955 winners – HE Smith, G Bannister & E Havelock
1956 winners – WJ Stone, AF Knight, R Gargate
1958 winners – WJ Stone, AF Knight & R Gargate
1966 winners – WJ Stone, AF Knight & R Gargate
1993 winners – D Harris, P Cook & R Brown
1995 runners-up – A O’Leary, T Brown & DN Vernon
1996 runners-up – DR Fage, A Coleman & JL Brown
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| WHEN WILL WE SEE THIS AGAIN? The last Abington bowlers to go to Worthing as county champions - Peter Cook, Robin Brown & Don Harris (1993 triples) |
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| READY FOR ACTION: 1996 county triples runners-up Dave Fage, Alan Coleman and Jonathan Brown at Worthing |
1951 winners – A James, E Higginson, C Jewell & P Harrison
1953 winners – A James, EJ Wiggs, B Craxton & P Harrison
1955 winners – A James, WR Knight, B Craxton & P Harrison
1957 winners – WJ Stone, FV Purser, MC Havelock & AF Knight
1959 winners – WJ Stone, FV Purser, RST King & AF Knight
1975 winners – T Litchfield, P Cook, R Johnson & V Cooper
2002 runners-up – A O’Leary, G Smith, T Brown & J Freeman
2007 runners-up – S Cadd, P McAlwane, DR Fage & JL Brown
Mason Cup:
1966 winner – RST King
2001 runner-up – JL Brown
Junior Singles (U25s):
2008 runner-up – A Hawkings
Secretaries Cup:
1971 winner – R Gargate
1988 winner – V Cooper
1989 winner – P Cook
Executive Triples:
2007 winners – S Cadd, D Smith & JL Brown
2009 winners – D Smith, DR Fage & JL Brown
2010 winners – D Smith, DR Fage & JL Brown
Les Autres Wheelchair Games gold medallist:
1989 - LP Nichol
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| The 1994 Chronicle & Echo Cup winners: Back row (left to right): Terry Brown, Tony O’Leary, Peter Kneeshaw, Tony Stanley, Andy Freeman, Dave Vernon, Jonathan Brown Front row (left to right): Keith Houghton, Vic Brown, Bob Hughes (President), John Freeman (captain), Brian Bee, Jamie Mutton, Dave Fage |
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| The highly successful squad of 2001 that won the Triples league and cup double and the Chronicle & Echo Cup: Back row (left to right): Tony Faulkner, Bill Shelton, Alan Coleman, Scott Osborne, Bill Roberts, Jack Barker, Mick Taylor, Derek Masia, Brian Barron Front row (left to right): Harvey Fruish, Tony O'Leary, Terry Brown, Dave Fage, Norman Vaughan (President), Jonathan Brown, John Freeman, Reg Jones, Mick Hall, Don Smith Absent: Eric Knapman, Peter Kneeshaw |
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| The 2001 Chronicle & Echo Cup winners: Back row (left to right): Terry Brown, Tony O’Leary, Peter Kneeshaw, Alan Coleman, Reg Jones, Bill Roberts, Don Smith Front row (left to right): John Freeman, Mick Taylor, Jonathan Brown, Dave Fage, Harvey Fruish |
Below is the list of Abington bowlers who have represented Northamptonshire. The first figure is Middleton Cup appearances, the second Midland Counties followed by the total. (The * represents current squad members. Unfortunately the figures in some cases are not 100% accurate because of missing records.)
1. Brown J.L. (Jonathan) - 56-78-134 *
2. Freeman J. (John) - 47-73-120 *
3. Gargate R. (Ron) - 72-41-113
4. King R.S.T. (Robbie) - 45-60-105
5. Cooper M.D. (Mick) - 35-56-91
6. Knight A.F. (Albert) - 74-15-89
7. Smyth W. (Bill) - 34-40-74
8. Bull A.H. (Arthur) - 68-0-68
= Stone W.J. (Jack) - 41-27-68
10. O'Leary A.J. (Tony) - 14-37-51 *
11. Billingham R.A. (Roy) - 15-27-42
12. Harrison P. - 31-3-34
13. Fage D. (Dave) - 5-26-31
14. Simons S.A. (Tony) - 10-16-26
15. Smith W.C. (Warren) - 25-0-25
16. Watts S.G. (Stan) - 9-11-20
17. Ward A.J. (Alan) - 4-12-16
18. Brown T. (Terry) - 0-13-13
19. Lee F.J. (Freddie) - 10-0-10
= Harries B.D. - 9-1-10
21. Brown J.C. - 4-2-6
22. Knight F.T. - 5-0-5
= Tull A.H. - 2-3-5
= Coleman A. (Alan) - 0-5-5
= Norman P. (Pete) - 0-5-5
= Smith G. (Geoff) - 0-5-5
= Vernon D.N. (Dave) - 0-5-5
28. Knight C.J. - 1-3-4
= Brown R.H. (Robin) - 0-4-4
= Cooper V.F. (Vic) - 0-4-4
= Kirkwood A.J. (Alwin) - 0-4-4 *
32. Lawton W.T. - 3-0-3
= Cooper G.W.J. (Joe) - 0-3-3
= Routhorn J. - 0-3-3
35. Ruffhead J.W. - 2-0-2
= James A. - 1-1-2
= Craxton B. - 0-2-2
= Harris E.B. (Ernest) - 0-2-2
39. Cadd S. (Stuart) - 0-1-1
= Campbell Q. (Quinton) - 0-1-1
= Jennings W. (Bill) - 0-1-1
= Jones R.V. (Reg) - 0-1-1
= MacAlwane P (Pat) - 0-1-1
= Smith S. (Steve) - 0-1-1
= Wiggs F.J. - 0-1-1
Below is the list of Middleton Cup appearances only:
1. Knight A.F. (Albert) - 74
2. Gargate R. (Ron) - 72
3. Bull A.H. (Arthur) - 68*
4. Brown J.L. (Jonathan) - 56
5. Freeman J. (John) - 47
6. King R.S.T. (Robbie) - 45
7. Stone W.J. (Jack) - 41
8. Cooper M.D. (Mick) - 35
9. Smyth W. (Bill) - 34
10. Harrison P. - 31
11. Smith W.C. (Warren) - 25
12. Billingham R.A. (Roy) - 15
13. O'Leary A.J. (Tony) - 14
14. Lee F.J. (Freddie) - 10
= Simons S.A. (Tony) - 10
16. Harries B.D. - 9
= Watts S.G. (Stan) - 9
18. Fage D. (Dave) - 5
= Knight F.T. - 5
20. Brown J.C. - 4
= Ward A.J. (Alan) - 4
22. Lawton W.T. - 3
23. Ruffhead J.W. - 2
= Tull A.H. - 2
25. James A. - 1
= Knight C.J. - 1
* Gained most, if not all, of his appearances while a member of Wellingborough BC.
