GORTON STREET GAZETTE According to club records, it would appear that Eccles first played Wigan Old Boys (as they were then known) on 27th February,1926. The match report in the Eccles Journal shows the score, Eccles 3 v Wigan O.B. 18 remarking the game was "played in driving rain which was reflected in the attendance at Redclyffe Road". Amongst the Eccles players mentioned for their good play were W. H. Butler (Walter) and B. G. Butler (Benjamin) - and here they are sitting cross-legged centre and far right with their brother, George, on the left. Standing are the three Dixon brothers. Two sets of three brothers playing in the 1920s. Back: N Shaw, W Dixon, F Chappel, Seddon. Middle: Shephead, A Featherstone, J Brindle, P Smith (Captain.), H Maddocks, Brown, LM? (possibly HL Meredith) . Front: J Dickinson, A Houlton, T Wallwork, F Townsend. Sheila Thomas, Eccles RFC Historian
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