And here we have the other team "up for the 1925 cup", Cardiff City.
Our footballer was Alfred Thomas "Alf" Sherwood, representing Cardiff City, and like our Sheffield man, he was not on the field in the 1925 Cup Final either, but he was alive as well, for he was born on the 13th of November, 1923, near Aberdare, only a ball kick from his home ground of Aberaman Athletic F.C.
It was also but a stones throw from the coal mining industry, and when he was in his teens he was drafted as a "Bevin Boy", a scheme named after Ernest Bevin, who decided that some young men should not go overseas to war, but to stay at home and keep Britain supplied with coal.
He did have some time off, and in 1942 joined Cardiff City F.C., after being spotted in a non-league friendly, presumably one which pitted local talent against the forces, and raised money at the same time.
His first F.A. match was in 1946, which is when football returned to normal. And he stayed with Cardiff until 1957, when he joined Newport County. He did not stay there long, and then he found employment as a security officer for the National Coal Board. He died in 1990.
We have a home page for these Carreras "Turf" package issues, with our Card of the Day for the 18th of February 2024, and it lists all the sets. Also on there you will find out all about our blue package issues, plus the other Carreras sets which used "Turf" as brand, though I have not yet had time to link in the Australian ones.
Our original World Tobacco Issues Index lists these under the following heading :
- HOME ISSUES. Printed on inner slides of `Turf Cigarettes` - one on 10s, two on 20s packings. Front in blue. When cut off, cards are `Turf` brand issues. Listed in order of issue.
FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS. Nd. (50) Issued 1951 ... C18-110
Thanks to J.S. Cards we also have a list of the pairings on those double slides :
- 1. John Aston (Manchester United & England) - 27, Nat Lofthouse (Bolton Wanderers & England)
- 2. Willie Redpath (Motherwell & Scotland) - 40. Eddie Baily (Tottenham Hotspur & England)
- 3. Laurie Reilly (Hibernian & Scotland) - 32. Neil Franklin (Hull City & England)
- 4. J. McPhail (Glasgow Celtic & Scotland) - 31. Les Medley (Tottenham Hotspur & England)
- 5. Johnny Carey (Manchester United & Ireland) - 39. Jack Lee (Derby County & England)
- 6. Willie Waddell (Glasgow Rangers & Scotland) - 29. Willie Bauld (Heart of Midlothian & Scotland)
- 7. Allen Brown (Blackpool & Scotland) - 26. Alf Sherwood (Cardiff City & Wales)
- 8. Ron Burgess (Tottenham Hotspur & Wales) - 36. Laurie Hughes (Liverpool & England)
- 9. Wilie Woodburn (Glasgow Rangers & Scotland) - 35, Len Shackleton (Sunderland & England)
- 10. George Young (Glasgow Rangers & Scotland) - 33. Jack Froggatt (Portsmouth & England)
- 11. Johnny Morris (Derby County & England) - 46. Gordon Smith (Hibernian & Scotland)
- 12. W. McNaught (Raith Rovers & Scotland) - 28. Bert Williams (Wolverhampton Wanderers & England)
- 13. Bobby Evans (Glasgow Celtic & Scotland) - 42. Jim Dickinson (Portsmouth & England)
- 14. Johnny Hancocks (Wolverhampton Wanderers & England) - 37. Frank Bowyer (Stoke City & England)
- 15. Henry Cockburn (Manchester United & England) - 34. Alf Ramsay (Tottenham Hotspur & England)
- 16. Ted Ditchhouse (Tottenham Hotspur & England) - 47. Billy Wright (Wolverhampton Wanderers & England)
- 17. Walley Barnes (Arsenal & Wales) - 30. Wilf Mannion (Middlesborough & England)
- 18. Redfern Froggatt (Sheffield Wednesday & England) - 43. Billy Liddell (Liverpool & England)
- 19. Roy Bentley (Chelsea & England) - 50. Leon Leuty (Notts County & England
- 20. Bobby Langton (Bolton Wanderers & England) - 44. Willie Watson (Sunderland & England)
- 21. Jackie Milburn (Newcastle United & England) - 45. Roy Paul (Manchester City & Wales)
- 22. Stanley Mortensen (Blackpool & England) - 49. Harry Johnston (Blackpool & England)
- 23. Billy Steel (Dundee & Scotland) - 48. Jack Vernon (West Bromwich Albion & Ireland)
- 24. Trevor Ford (Sunderland & Wales) - 41. Tom Finney (Preston North End & England)
- 25. Bill Eckersley (Blackburn Rovers & England) - 38. Eddie Turnbull (Hibernian & Scotland)
And he also has a set of these uncut doubles for sale right now.
By the time of the updated World Tobacco Issues Index there had been a bit of a change round, I suspect because it was a bit harder to find the sets in the listing. Therefore they have been relisted in alphabetical order, as :
HOME ISSUES. Printed on inner slides of `Turf Cigarettes` - one on 10s, two on 20s packings. Front in blue. When cut off, cards are `Turf` brand issues. Listed in order of issue.
- FAMOUS FOOTBALLERS. Nd. (50) Issued 1951 ... C151-660