Trentham’s glory years

Trentham's history-making 1956 premiership side, which thrashed Sunbury, wore green and white guernseys that saw them called The Grasshoppers. Back row (from left): trainer Norm Davie, president Jack Groves, Laurie Turner, Tom Rowe, Reg Vaughan, captain-coach Jack Hiscock, Frank O'Brien, Stan Woolstencroft, Ken Dunn, Bill McCashney, committeeman Hec Day, secretary Les Newton, committeeman Frank Kelly. Centre: John McCashney, Laurie Dean, Keith Elliott, Lindsay Cole, Gerald McCashney, Jim McKnight, Bob Holmes. Front: Laurie Scala, Les Ryan, Eli Brown, Des Kelly, Norm McKenzie - with young mascots Bill McKnight, Des O'Brien, Peter Madden, Neil Holmes.