The picture shows the 1912 team of Thrumpton Cricket Club. Please click on it to enlarge. Thanks goes to Chief Archivist James Roe for his persistence in scrolling the records to find the full team. With it being 2 years before World War 1 commenced two of the team died fighting for the country.

Geoffry Cursham, son of William and Mary Cursham of the Manor House Thrumpton was educated at Hillside, Godalming and Repton. He then trained at Sandhurst before serving the 1st Battalion of the Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) as a Lieutenant. He was killed in action on the 12th October 1917 at the young age of 20

William Garratt, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Garratt was born at Kings Newton. Before enlisting he was a domestic groom at Thrumpton Hall. He served in the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Sergeant and died on the 29th August 1918. His grave is now in Melbourne Cemetry.

For a full list of the team left to right see below

Name (Back Row)		Born	pl of birth	Age in the photo	Occupation
George Barrows (Umpire)		1859	Barton	52	Plaster labourer
Walter Jallands	Brother in Law to the Chettle family	1888	Bottesford	24	Carter Builder
Charles Marshall	Boarder to John Shaw	1890	Gotham	22	Plaster Miner
Sergeant William Garrett	Thrumpton Hall	1887	Kings Newton	25	Domestic Groom	Killed in Action WW1
Charles Francis Thorne	Thrumpton Hall	1865	Hazlebury	47	Domestic Butler
Herbert Plowright		1880	Thrumpton	32	Domestic Gardener
John Shaw		1877	Thrumpton	35	Butcher

Name (front row)		Born	Pl of birth	Age in Photo	Occupation
George P Barrows		1891	Barton	21
Henry Weeks		1897	Thrumpton	15	School
Lieutenant Geoffry Cursham	Manor House Thrumpton	1897	Thrumpton	15	School	Killed in Action WW1
Norman Weeks		1898	Thrumpton	14	School
John Shaw		1896	Thrumpton	16	Farm Worker