i was 14 years old in 1954 looks like i just pipped the great doyen by 4 years well ile be!!!! doyen in 1955 i was sitting with my family on the eastern side on the 20 metre line at the southern end of the SCG where were you sitting that glorious day doyen? we all sat on the blanket with our esky as per usual in those days i can hardly type just thinking about those earlier days i get a bit nervy and anxious...Shadow.
Hi Shadow------I turn 73 on 6th JAN!
I was in a Grandstand at the SCG that day--I used to go to the games with a mate & his Dad.I think we were in The Sheridan Stand;next to the HILL!! The Brewongle Stand was next door from memory!!????
My parents were never as keen as I was about the Rabbitohs---they were red & green though,as everybody in the SS area was.
I grew up in Banksmeadow/Botany & went to Cleveland St.HS in my teens--a stone-throw from Redfern Oval!
Bernie Purcell kicked us to victory that day on the bell,pretty much--against the Bluebags[Newtown]. Sths were in last place at the end of the 1st Rd of the H & A games in 1955. We had to win every game from mid-season to win the comp.
And we had to do it on GF day without the Little Master[Churchill] who broke his arm a couple of weeks before!! Greg HAWICK,a star International, was also out injured.
Aah--those were the glory days Shadow!!!
