Sporting Gallery 2

Police rugby team - charity match between Cheltenham police and St Gregory's at the Athletics Ground. Police Constable Harry Olpin back row, second player from the left. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1703)

Gloucester Division skittle team taken in Gloucester Police Club. Champions in the Gloucester City 11a League - 1948-1949. Back row left to right: Special Sergeant A. West; Special Constable S. Toomey; Special Sergeant J. Pettern; Special Constable R. Bayliss, Special Constable J. Dwyer; Special Constable J.J. Drinkwater; Inspector H. Tredwell; Ex Police War Reserve H. Bundy; Special Constable J. Harris; Special Constable Hyett; Police Constable Rogers. Front row left to right: Police Constable B. Gwilliam; Police Constable T. Edwards; Chief Superintendent W.E. Wakefield; Police Constable H. Thomas; Special Constable A. Kerslake. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1649)

Sporting Trophies awarded to Gloucestershire Police in athletics and Rifle Shooting. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 638)

Gloucestershire Constabulary Tennis Team. Taken at East Gloucestershire Tennis Club Cheltenham. 1950. Left to right: unknown, Detective Constable Cyril Clark, Inspector Gordon Shellswell, Police Constable W. Rowlands, Police Constable Pat Legg, Police Constable Anthony Philpott. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 961)

Gloucestershire Constabulary Shooting Team with awards 1950. Back row left to right : Police Constable Bernard Sanders, Police Sergeant Eric Markham, Police Constables Geoffrey Evans, Phillip Marsh, Cuthbert "Cas" Smith, Police Sergeant Ted Day, Police Constable Ken Wheatley, Assistant Chief Constable A H Carter, Front Row : Police Constable William Jelf, Police Sergeant Len Merriman, Chief Constable W. Henn, Inspector Harry Thomas, Police Constable Ken Hughes. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 592)

Gloucestershire Constabulary Sports Relay team 1957. Standing left to right: A. Smith; B. Marshall; P. Keene; C. Jefferies; C. Viles. Seated: Assistant Chief Constable A. H. Carter ; Chief Constable Colonel. W. F. Henn. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1321)

Skittles team 1958. Back row right to left : Harry Thomas, Horace Tredwell, Les Skuse, Ivor Jones, Fred Elliot, Tony Jefferies, Louis Wyatt, Cyril Clark, John Gray. Front row right to left : Charles Walkely, Chief Constable Colonel Henn, unknown, William Hart, Assistant Chief Constable H. Carter. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 824)

Gloucestershire Constabulary golf team versus Special Constabulary 1958. back row: Unknown, R. Stephens, R. Cox, T. Green, P. Deacon, unknown, Middle row - S. Barlow, P. Foyce, A. Finch, Special Constable Swain, Four unknown , Front row: Special Inspector Millican, A. Hancock, Special Superintendent E. Scott-Cooper, Chief Constable W. F. Henn, Special Superintendent G. Clifton, Assistant Chief Constable A.H. Carter, A. Coulston. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1316)

Gloucester Tug-O-war team with baby. The baby is Ann Blake. Back row left to right: Peter Blake; S. Messam Police Sergeant Gowell; C. Birch J. Morrison; Front row left to right: unknown; D. O'Connor; unknown; A. Wadley. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1398)

Police Constable Bryan Marshall with athletics trophies. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 640)

Gloucester Constabulary Firearms (Sports Section - not tactical weapons) team at rifle-firing practise. Left to right: unknown, Police Constable Mike Petheram, Police Constable G. Evans, Police Constable Harold Gould - other officers not known. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 599)

Staple Hill Division football team at Page Park Staple Hill 1960. Left to right back row: Police Constables John Hammond; H. Hart; Detective Constable G. Murdoch; Police Constables Ted Restall; David Avery; unknown; Derek Webb; unknown; Front row : David Thompson; Bruce Reed; Jack Cratchley; unknown; Anthony Philpott. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 788)

Gloucestershire Constabulary Bowls team. Back row Left to right: Sam Gordon; Stan Elliot; Alan Beckett; Ted Hills; Bob Parker; Ken Barker; Dennis Holbrook; Ray Williams; Dick Tilley; Trevor Jones; John Howkins. Front row left to right: Brian Hicks; Rowley Willets; Ben Gwilliam; Bert Trull; Bill Reuter. (Gloucestershire Police Archives URN 1493)