For several years post war, Rovers used the Greyhound Stadium in Clarence Road for the Oakes matches to mark the end of the season. The end of season 48/49 saw the club able to officially open their “New Friarage” ground with a game against Bob Oakes International XV on Saturday, 30^th April 1949. So 2019 will mark the 70^th Anniversary of the West View Road site for Rovers.

1. R M A Kingswell Yorkshire RFU

2. D B Vaughan Yorkshire & England

3. R A Lloyd Rovers & Durham County

4. W I D Elliott Edinburgh Accies & Scotland

5. C Walker Rovers

6. W B Holmes Cambridge & England

7. H Brabiner Rovers

8. K J Mc Kendall Carpenter Oxford & England

9. G Markwell Rovers & Durham County

10. D Braithwaite-Exley Yorkshire & England

11. A E Agar Rovers & Durham County

12. M J Steel-Bodger Cambridge & England

13. C Whittaker Referee

14. W S White Rovers

15. J Dee Rovers & Trainer

1. J S Wood Rovers

2. A G Murrell Rovers President

3. D Tose Rovers & Durham

4. T W Preece Gloucestershire  & England

5. J Harrison Leicester, Rovers & Durham County,

6. G.R.D’A Hosking Royal Navy & England

7. R F Oakes D P Sheedy Captain, Rovers & Durham County

8. W D Allardyce Aberdeen GS FPI & Scotland

9. W S Clarke Rovers

10. A P Henderson Cambridge, Fettes & England

    Front Row

    T Danby Harlequins & England

11. H Calvert Rovers

12. C Russell-Bruce Glasgow Accies & Scotland

13. E White Rovers

14. R H Guest Lancashire & England

15. G H Bulley Rovers

16. M Pyman Rovers

17. (Inset) I King Rovers & Yorkshire

Date (of image) : 30/4/1949

Donor : Terry Judge Est

Creator : Unknown

Part of the "Terry Judge Est" collection