Football Lineup - King's Own Scottish Borders - Sept. 17th, 1949

My grandad, David Donaldson, kept some football lineup sheets from when he was serving in the military in Hong Kong with the King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was a goal keeper.

Here's a lineup of players selected to play soccer at 6pm on Saturday, Sept. 17th, 1949 at the Merchant Navy Ground, Chatham Rd., Kowloon.

The players were representing the A and B companies of the 1st battalion of the King's Own Scottish Borderers.

Names Mentioned:

'A' Company

Pte. Donaldson (Captain)

Pte Anderson, Pte Williamson

L/c Saunders, Pte McEnhill, Pte Awty

Pte Anyon, Pte Devlin, Pte Dodds, Pte Flannigan, Pte Campbell

 

'B' Company

Pte Carter

Pte Fraser, Pte Duncan

L/c Bryce, Sgt Knox (Captain), Cpl Fair

L/c Dickerson, L/c Whyte, Pte Crawford, Pte Howe, Pte Thomson

 

Cpl Churchill arranged to bring the footballs and linesman flags.

Date picture taken
17 Sep 1949