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Women's football 1940s  
 

 

These photographs show the women of the Provincial Company's female football team. They are playing against a women's football team from the rival bus company, Hants & Dorset. The date is 1946 and the final score was Hants & Dorset 5 - Provincial 4. Gate takings for this match was £89. The location is Privett Park, where Gosport Borough Football Club played (and continue to play). The man in the centre of the photograph showing both teams is the Mayor of Gosport, Alderman John Gregson

 
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