DERBY COUNTY F.C. TRAINING AT THE BASEBALL GROUND IN 1928.wmv

PATHE NEWS CAMERAS AT THE BASEBALL GROUND IN 1928. BEFORE THE DAYS OF SOUND. THE CAPTION ON THE FILM PRESUMES WE WILL KNOW THE PLAYERS. UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T IDENTIFY ANY OF THEM. I DO KNOW THE MANAGER AT THE TIME WAS GEORGE JOBEY, WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE RAMS FROM 1925 TO 1941. I ALSO BELIEVE THIS WAS THE ERA OF SAMMY CROOKS, TOMMY COOPER, HARRY BEDFORD AND HARRY STORER. THEY ARE THE ONLY NAMES I CAN COME UP WITH FROM THIS PERIOD. THE RAMS WERE 4TH IN DIVISON 1 (THE EQUIVALENT OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE) IN THE 1927/28 SEASON BEHIND EVERTON, HUDDERSFIELD TOWN AND LEICESTER CITY. IN 1928/29 THEY WERE SIXTH BEHIND SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY, LEICESTER CITY, ASTON VILLA AND SUNDERLAND. THE FOLLOWING SEASON THEY WERE RUNNERS UP BEHIND LIVERPOOL, IN A SEASON WHICH INCLUDED A 6 - 1 WIN OVER MANCHESTER UNITED.
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[Poopingbotham]

I think the're using one of the medicine balls for the practice match. It hardly has any bounce!