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Sheffield Cutlers
Arena: RAF Finningley {Capacity 1,000}
Colours: Black and Silver
Coach: Lorna Court {1953}
Honours: Promoted to Senior Gridball 1953
Most Appearances: 0
Most Goals: 0
In a Season: 0
In a Game: 0
Oldest player: None
Youngest player: None
Record Attendance: 0
Best position: Making their Senior Debut in 1954
Club anthem: The Sound Of The Crowd {1983}
Correct up to January 1st 1954
Lorna Court
Coach {Rated 0}
Age 27 {19/07/26}
Born: Southampton, England
Former Miss London 1940 who Played one season in Senior Gridball for Essex in 1952 before accepting a role as Player-Coach with the Cutlers. Played in defence in their promotion campaign of 1953.
Court is one of the smallest players in the game at just 5 ft 2 and is divorced with an eight year old son.
Ricki Lane
Netminder {Rated 0}
Age 20 {10/06/33}
Born: Rawdon, Yorkshire England
Original member of the Cutlers when they were formed in 1951, Lane works as a cabaret singer across Yorkshire when not tending goal for the Cutlers. is of Russian ancestry
Jennifer Charlton
Left Guard {Rated 0}
Age 22 {16/08/31}
Born: Hyderabad, British India
The daughter of an Indian Navy Commander, Jennifer came to England with her family after World War II, joining the Cutlers in 1951
Eileen Samuels
{Nee Stokes}
Right Guard {Rated 0}
Age 28 {18/03/25}
Born: Islington, London, England
Born Eileen Stokes, she works as a local government clerical assistant. Joined the Cutlers when she got married in 1952.
May 1954
Thelma Boothroyd
Sweeper {Rated 0}
Age 24 {19/08/29}
Born: Wakefield, Yorkshire England
Thelma is a former West End actress who returned to Yorkshire to join the newly promoted Cutlers this season.
Véra Presti
Midcourter {Rated 0}
Age 29 {25/07/24}
Born: Montreuil, Siene Saint Denis, France
New Signing 1954
Previous Club: Durham
Apps: 7 {1953}
Goals: 1 {1953}
Was an actress in France who came to Britain in 1949 after making her movie debut. Toured with Rep before signing for the Lasses in 1953.
Made seven appearances and scored once in Durham's demotion season of 1953 at sweeper, but switched to a more general mid courter on signing for newly promoted Sheffield for the 1954 season
Alethea Hodgson
{nee Young}
Centre {Rated 0}
Age 22 {9/04/31}
Born: Rotherham, England
Grew up and was educated in South Africa before returning to England in her teens. Joined the Cutlers in 1951. Married land agent Alan Hodgson in March
Bernadette Dumville
Attacker {Rated 0}
Age 23 {29/01/30}
Born: Penang, British Malaya
English/Burmese Dumville came to England in 1950 to work as a model before being recruited to the Cutlers in 1954. Married a wealthy Dutch Baron in 1954
June 1954
Susan Schwiers
{Gerda Susanne Schwiers}
Shooter {Rated 0}
Age 23 {29/09/30}
Born: Richmond, North Yorkshire, England
Born in England to German parents, her family were interned for the first two years of World War II. On being released she changed her name to the more English sounding Susan. She was signed up as a model in her teens, winning a magazine competition in 1952 that resulted in being recruited by the Cutlers. Helped them achieve promotion in 1953.
June 1954