Moturoa Association Football Club, 1960
Production date
11 Nov 1960
Description
Moturoa Association Football Club. Group of 16 men: 14 in playing uniform and two in suits. In front of the group is a large shield and six trophies.
Back row: L. Polyanszky, G. Gregory, L. Varga, R. Dykes and A. Varga.
Middle row: L. Woolcott (Coach), G. Collett, J. Marshall, L. Humphries, H. Speck and H. Halder (Manager).
Front row are: Raymond Hutton, M. Fugett, A. Evans (Captain), Herb Hutton and E. Meuli.
T. Verbeet and J. Ham are absent from the photo.
The Moturoa Association Football Club were 1960 Taranaki Champions and went unbeaten for the 1960 season. They represented Taranaki in the Brown Shield (dating from 1892) winning the final against Poverty Bay 2-1. This was the first time the shield was held in Taranaki. They were semi-finalists in the North Island Chatham Cup in 1959 and finalists in 1960. They won the Duff Rose Bowl and the Julian Cup in 1959.
Update: The team that won the Brown shield was a Taranaki team, with players from other clubs. The Taranaki team that won the Brown Shield was: G. Gregory, D. Moorhead, T. Edmonds, M. Fugett, G. Collett, J. Marshall, E. Meuli , T. Verbeet, J. Wallace , J. Robbertson and T. Hawley. This list was in the Taranaki Daily News 11 July, 1960.
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Public comments
the taranaki team that won the Brown shield is as below. G Gregory, D Moorhead,T Edmonds, M Fugett, G Collett, J Marshall, E Meuli , T Verbeet, J Wallace , J Robbertson and T Hawley. This list was in the Taranaki Daily news July 11th 1960
- D G Moorhead posted 2 years ago.
The team that won the Brown shield was a Taranaki team with players from other clubs
- D Moorhead posted 2 years ago.
Front row on left is actually Raymond Hutton not his brother Royle Hutton
- Chantal Hutton posted 2 years ago.
The Brown Shield in the centre. One of the oldest sporting awards in the world. 1892. Won by Moturoa in 1960 representing Taranaki. The first and only time the Brown Shield was held in Taranaki.
- Brian Goldby posted 4 years ago.
front row.. First man is Royle Hutton... 4th man front row is his brother Herb Hutton
- Gaewyn Putt posted 4 years ago.