Essex Blades
Arena: Kursaal {Southend} - Capacity {4,000}
Colours: Turquoise, Crimson & Navy
Coach: Ann White {Rated 0} - Since 1952
Previous Coaches None
Honours: Eira Cordell - Team of the Season 1952
Most Appearances: 28 - Eira Cordell {1952-1953}
Most Goals: 23 - Eira Crdell {1952-1953 including 3 Hat-tricks}
In a Season: 14 - Eira Cordell {1952}
In a Match: 4 - Eira Cordell - 5-0 vs Leeds 24th May 1952 & 6-1 vs Stafford 12th September 1953
Most MVP: Eira Cordell {6 - 1952-1953}
Oldest player: Margo Hicks 32 Years, 362 Days at Middlesex, 26th July 1952
Youngest player: Jill Webb 14 Years, 148 Days at London, 1st March 1952
Record Victory: 6-1 vs Stafford 15th September 1953
Record Defeat: 2-7 at West Yorkshire 10th May 1952
Record Attendance: 1,066 vs Lancashire 26th September 1953
Best position: 5th {1952} - Total Senior Seasons 2
{correct to September 30th 1953}
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Jennifer Roberts
{Isobel Jennifer Roberts}
Sweeper {Rated 1}
Career high {2}
Age 18 {03/10/35}
Born: Clacton-on-sea
Apps: 14
Goals: 1
Roberts briefly considered a career in Athletics before the opportunity to join the Blades came along in 1953.
Essex- Rising star - Jennifer Roberts, eighteen-year-old Essex Gridballer is a rising star this season, American actor Dane Clark agrees. He met her after Essex's 6-1 mauling of Stafford on September 12th.