Tamar Pilgrims
Representing Devon and Cornwall, Tamar take their name from the Pilgrim fathers who sailed from Plymouth in the 16th Century.
They won their place in Elite Gridball in 1952 and finished 9th in their debut season, but go into 1954 without their biggest goal asset, Jean Plowright, who fell out with Coach Hill-Oulton and left for Minor League Somerset.
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Arena: Central Park Gridball Arena {Plymouth}
{Capacity 1,000}
Colours: Aqua & Dark Green.
Coach: Julia Starkey {1954-}
Previous coach - Sarah Hill-Oughton {1953-1954 fired 4 games into the 1954 season}
Most Appearances: 16 Rosemary Needham,
Mary Dunham, Margaret Page and Jean Plowright {1953}
Honours: None
Most Goals: 7 Jean Plowright {1953}
In a Season: 7 Jean Plowright {1953}
In a Match: 2 Margaret Page and Jean Plowright 5-0 at Glasgow 29th August 1953
Record Victory: 5-0 at Glasgow 29th August 1953
Record Defeat: 1-6 at West Yorkshire 31st October 1953
Oldest player: Margaret Page 29 years, 166 Days vs 21st November 1953
Youngest player: Mary Dunham 16 Years, 344 Days vs Middlesex 7th March 1953
Record Attendance: 608 vs Middlesex 7th March 1953
Best position: 1953 9th of 12
{Correct to January 1st 1954}
Patricia Windsor
{Nee Foxwell}
Attacker {Rated 1}
Age 27 {19/11/26}
Born: Kampala, Uganda
New Signing
Previous Club: London
Apps: 11
Goals: 3
Born Patricia Foxwell to English parents in Africa and grew up in Nottingham after her mother died and was sent to the prestigious Oakbrook boarding school. On leaving school she was signed up by ENSA to entertain troops during World War Two, marrying the band leader, Alexander Windsor. Was recruited by the Limeys in 1951 and helped them to promotion. Although of British and French descent, she is often mistaken for Asian in appearance. scored on her debut 1st March 1952. Made her acting debut in the British B movie 'Deadly Nightshade' in 1952. Played in the 1953 Supergrid semi final for London but lost her place in Supergrid to Ann Margaret Winch. Accepted a move to Tamar in 1954.
August 1954
Anne Malone {1954} Joined Tamar
Attacker
{Rated 2} Okay
Age 23 {26/05/30}
Born: St John's Wood, London, England
Apps 21 {1954}
Goals 9
1954 Open Cup Winner
The younger sister of team mate Marigold Hodgkinson, Anne is an actress and singer best know for regular appearances on TV's Cafe Continental.
Was a new signing for the 1954 campaign after being encouraged to join by her sister after divorcing her husband last year. Won the Open cup and was demoted in the same season before leaving for Tamar in January
May 1954
Sally-Kate Eidsvoll-Sims
{Sally Katherine Sims}
{Countess Eidsvoll}
Sweeper {Rated 1}
Age 23 {17/02/30}
Born: Southwark, London, England
Apps: 15
Goals: 3
Made her Tamar debut last year, providing three goals to keep them in n Elite Gridball, but mostly made headlines last year for marrying a Norwegian Count.
May 1954
Dora New
Sweeper {Rated 1}
Age 23 {17/02/30}
Born: Truro, Cornwall, England
Apps: 15
As an Olympic Ice Skater, Dora has the heartbreak of finishing fourth in ice dance at the 1948 Games before joining the Pilgrims in 1952. Met BBC exec Hartley Watlington at a pre season game in 1953 and by the end of the year the couple were married.
Mary Dunham
{Sylvia Mary Dunham}
Left Guard {Rated 1}
Age 17 {31/03/26}
Born: Exeter, England
Apps: 16
1953 was a big year for the teenager, as the youngest member of the Pilgrims side, she also married a police officer during the year and was voted Tamar's player of the year at the end of the campaign.
Pat Gilan
Forward {Rated 0}
Age 22 {26/11/31}
Born: Glasgow, Scotland
New Signing
Previous Club Glasgow
Apps: 4
Born to an English father and Italian mother and is described by team mates as feisty. Once when being heckled by a fan she turned around on court and gave the crowd the fingers and told them to go f** themselves. Fortunately the game wasn't being televised, though she was fined a weeks wages by Gridball. Debut 24th October 1953
September 1954
Margaret Page
Attacker {Rated 0}
Age 28 {09/06/25}
Born: Stonehouse, Devon, England
Apps: 16
Goals: 3
Ever present in Tamar's' debut Elite season of 1953.
Elizabeth Mockford
{Nee Coombs}
Centre {Rated 0}
Age 27 {21/03/26}
Born: Lambeth, London, England
Apps: 3
Goals: 1
Was largely a reserve to Sally-Kate Eidsvoll-Sims last year after being sin binned on the same day she scored her only Pilgrims goal. Has played more of a part in pre season this year after the departure of Shooter Plowright has seen the Pilgrims play with two Centres behind a solitary Attacker. Worked as a Trolley Bus conductress before marrying Circus owner, Ronnie Mockford in 1950.
Valerie Lawson
Right Guard {Rated 0}
Age 25 {30/09/28}
Born: London, England
Apps: 15
Former dancer who missed just one game last season in defence for the Pilgrims. made headlines off court last year as the romantic squeeze of the Bey of Tunis.
September 1954
Rosemary Needham
Netminder {Rated 0}
Age 26 {31/01/27}
Born: Devenport, England
Apps: 16
Ever present goalie in Tamar's debut 1953 season. is engaged to a bookmakr
Joan Hutchinson
{Nee Noad}
Reserve {Rated 0}
Age 30 {09/12/23}
Born: Springwood, New South Wales, Australia
Was brought to England as a baby when her family emigrated to Devon in 1924 along with her sister, actress, Mary Noad. Had initially hoped to become a ballet dancer and won a scholarship to Sadlers Wells in 1937 but quit two years later for the offer of dancing on the West End. Became a familiar face on the Theatre and Panto circuit during the war before marrying decorated war correspondent Chalmers Hutchinson, who described her as having the loveliest legs on the London stage. The couple settled in Devon after the war where Joan had a son and two daughters before signing for the Pilgrims as an Amateur. Made just one brief appearance as a substitute last season.
Julia Starkey
Coach {Rated 0}
Age 40 {06/02/14}
Born: Posen, Prussia, Germany
Born Julia Lißmann a German Jewess daughter of an actress and a surgeon born in Posen in Prussia. The family moved to Berlin in 1918 where she became a table tennis champion.
When the Nazi's came to power she moved first to France, where she was a member of the Moulin Rogue before moving to London in 1935 and working on cabaret.
She married Liverpudlian actor, Carey Starkey in 1943 and retired from cabaret to give birth to her daughter in 1944. They briefly lived in California from 1945-1947 where she coached Table Tennis while he acted. Her coaching expereince got her the Liverpool job in 1951. Was demoted with the Liverbirds and left them in 1952 to coach in New York before returning to take the vacant Tamar job in 1954
Retired Players
Jean Plowright {1929-} - Shooter - Apps 16, Goals 7 {1953} - Tamar record scorer in their debut 1953 season but fell out with the coach at the end of the season and left to join Minor side Somerset.