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Wombwell  1 Mexborough 1 – Rousing Display

September 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 20 September 1927 Wombwell  1 Mexborough 1 Wombwell atoned for their failure in the F.A. Cup competition against Castleford Town at...

Wombwell 0 Loughborough 1 – Lose at Home by Orphan Goal

September 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Tuesday 21 September 1927 Wombwell Lose at Home by Orphan Goal. Wombwell 0 Loughborough Corinthians 1 The winding up of the “feast”...

Wombwell Cong’s point at Cudworth

September 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 16, 1927 Wombwell Cong’s point at Cudworth Wombwell Cong’s covered from the first defeat of the season to take a point...

Hot Water Polo Final – Remarkable Game – Wombwell 5 Pontefract 4

September 1927
Sheffield Independent - Wednesday 28 September 1927 It took nearly an hour to decide the Yorkshire No. 2 District Water Polo Championship in the Wombwell...

Water Polo – Wombwell enter Final after beating Wath 3-2

September 1927
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Thursday 22 September 1927 Water Polo. Wombwell Enter Final of Yorkshire Competition. Last night, at Wath baths, Wombwell beat Wath  3-2 in...

Wombwell 1, Mexboro’ 1 – Improved Defence

23 September 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times September 23, 1927 Mexboro' Experiments. Improved Defence at Wombwell Wombwell 1, Mexboro' 1 Wombwell: A. Smith; Gittins, Hatfield; Brown, Rushton, Sanderson ; Shaw, Bradford,...

Frolicsome Alsatian

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 7, 1927 A Frolicsome Alsatian This Alsatian which is owned by police constable Carr of Wombwell, is full of athletic stunts...

Missing Man – A Wombwell Mystery

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28, 1927 Missing Man A Wombwell Mystery John Thomas Wiggitt, a farm labourer of 13 Pickup Crescent, Kings Road, Wombwell, has been...

Irving Washington – Remarkable Demonstration of Public Respect

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28, 1927 Funeral Mr Irving Washington Remarkable Demonstration of Public Respect Lord Hawke’s Message A Wreath Of White Roses The funeral Mr Irving Washington,...

Wombwell Church Bazaar

October 1927
Mexborough and Swinton Times October 28, 1927 Wombwell Church Bazaar The opening of the Church Bazaar at Wombwell on Wednesday. On the platform, the Rev S.T.G....