The last 40 years of sport in the city... from the scrapbook: Pictured is the Old Deaconians cricket team before their win in September 1992 in the annual match against the President’s XI.
Old D’s batted first and made 135-9 with Paul Bowes top-scoring on 55. The President’s XI were then all out for 114 with Alan Butler taking 4-13.
From the left are, back, Ron Ringrose, Chandrakant Bhima, Alan Butler, Stuart Butler, Barry Morris, Andy Fairchild, David McQuillen, Margaret Henson, front, Billy Hall, Martin Rist, Colin Slater, Paul Bowes and Ian Chilvers.
10 years ago:
SPEEDWAY: Sam Tesar and Shane Parker led the way for Panthers with 13 points apiece in a 51-39 win over Ipswich.
GOLF: Peterborough Milton’s Richard Cole won the Northants Senior Championship title at Stoke Albany with a round of 73.
POSH: Goals by Andy Clarke and Adam Newton earned Barry Fry’s side a 2-2 draw at Division Two leaders Wigan.
FOOTBALL: Deeping beat Boston Town 2-1 in the FA Vase thanks to an extra-time strike by Tuncay Korkmaz.
POSH: The Under 19s, managed by John Morling, won 7-1 at Southend with goals by Stuart Cobb (3), Ryan Semple (2), Sean St Ledger and Killean Brennan.
ICE HOCKEY: Phantoms won both weekend games in the English Premier League. Russell Coleman scored a hat-trick in an 11-4 home win over Kingston and then Darren Cotton did likewise in a 6-3 victory at Swindon.
CRICKET: Shah Nawaz Adeel took 5-21 for Peterborough Town as they hammerd Old Wellingburians by nine wickets in their final fixture of the season.
SPEEDWAY: Panthers rider Magnus Zetterstrom won the European Championship title in Sweden.
20 years ago:
TENNIS: Deeping schoolteacher Anita Cordery won three Peterborough Tennis Club titles. She won the singles by beating Lynne Barber 6-4, 6-0 and then won the ladies doubles with Barber and the mixed doubles with Ashley Martin.
SPEEDWAY: Jason Crump led the way with 17 points as Panthers beat Berwick 60-30 to go top of Division Two.
RUGBY: Borough beat Stewart & Lloyds 16-6 with Andy Croson scoring their only try. FOOTBALL: Kenny Venters fired a hat-trick for Perkins as in a 7-0 Peterborough League Premier Division win over BRAD.
FOOTBALL: Chris Maile scored a magnificent seven for Aztecs as they crushed Posh Supporters 9-1 in Division One of the Sunday Afternoon League.
POSH: Posh won for the first time in five Division One outings when edging home 2-1 at Barnsley. Worrell Sterling set up the first goal for Tony Adcock and then scored the second himself.
ATHLETICS: Nene Valley Harrier Robert Thickpenny won the UK Under 17 title with 4.05m.
RUGBY: Thorney delivered a shock in the first round of the Provincial Insurance Cup by beating Melton Mowbray 10-8. Chris Beeby had a superb game, creating Thorney’s try for Steve Williams and adding a conversion and penalty.
30 years ago:
FOOTBALL: Former Hotpoint players Martin Fitzjohn and Steve Thorpe did the bulk of the damage in a 12-1 Junior Cup win for Brotherhoods against their old club. Fitzjohn scored scored four and Thorpe three.
FOOTBALL: Ex-Posh men Peter Morris, John Cozens (2) and Gordon Hodgson were on target in British Rail’s 10-0 destruction of Longthorpe in a Mid-Anglia League match.
HOCKEY: Skipper Linda McLean scored four goals as Peterborough City Ladies beat St Ives 5-0.
GOLF: Ian McCrae won Peterborough Milton’s DK Firman club championship trophy in style. he beat Dave Elliott 10&9 in the 36-hole final.
ROWING: Pete Essex won two events at Peterborough City Rowing Club’s annual regatta - the pairs with Steve Chambers and the eights with Neil Cousins, Richard Everitt, Chris Marriott, Bob Bickle, Graham Barks, John Canton, Susan Benton and cox Robin Lobley.
CRICKET: Former Peterborough Town skipper Mike Taylor showed Nassington’s youngsters the way by winning their single wicket competition.
FOOTBALL: Paul Bryant scored a hat-trick for Peterborough Boys Under 14s in a 7-1 win over South Hunts. Also on target were Robert Harradine, Nigel George and Gary Clipston (2).
40 years ago:
ATHLETICS: Jackie Stokoe of Peterborough AC won the Beds and Hunts women’s pentathlon title with 3,446 points.
HOC KEY: Peterborough Hockey Club started their Eastern League campaign with a 2-0 win over Bedford thanks to goals by Tony Huggins and Jimmy Wheeler.
FOOTBALL: Whittlesey Dynamos slammed Nassington 22-0 in a Sunday League match. Mick Fallon scored eight and Alan Shaw and Billy Shepperson both hit hat-tricks.
FOOTBALL: The Peterborough League Division Three (North) match between Newborough and Oundle Town Reserves ended in a 7-7 draw. Les Harmston scored four for Newborough and Tim Lee three for Oundle.
FOOTBALL: Keith Best netted four times and Rod Chapman, Len Williams and Ossi Pizzi scored hat-tricks as Development Corporation beat Hotpoint 18-2 in a Sunday Combination League game.
RUGBY: Peterborough seconds slaughtered Nottinghamians seconds 92-0. Rod Maplethorpe scored 32 of the points with two tries and 12 conversions and the other try-scorers were Ian Toates (3), Curly Hodson (3), Richard Ireson (2), Phil Elmer (2), Dick Little (2), Roger Parker, Robert McCulloch and Tony Barry.
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