What's in the gallery?
Contained within this gallery are images of teams and players representing Sprowston or as Sprowston residents who had part in a number of sports-related pastimes. Although some school teams are represented in this gallery more may be found in the relevant School Gallery. Unfortunately, there are many cases we do not know the names of the people involved or even when or what the occasion it was. If you can help fill in the missing information, we would love to hear from you via the contact page. Contact Us
Florida netball team in 1957.
Sprowston Tennis Club Tournament. 1960s
Florida Shoe Factory Bowls Club 1970s.
Sprowston Minors Football Team 1949/50
Sprowston Youth Centre Football Team, 1962.
Second Year Squad: Swimming: Sprowston High School, 1981.
Mick Gamble Sprowston cyclist in 2000s.
Second Year Squad: Swimming: Sprowston High School, 1979-80.
Second Year Squad: Swimming: Sprowston High School, 1976-7.
Sprowston High School, Second Year Swimming Squad, 1983-84.
Second Year Swimming Squad 1982-83, Sprowston High School.
Cricket team at Recreation Ground in the 1931.
Cricket club at Recreation Ground in the 1949.
The Sprowston Wheelers cycle club taken at the Brickmakers in 1952.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. Netball team 1950s.
Cycling club Sprowston Wheelers "the hard men" taken at the Brickmakers in 1951.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School?, Cannerby Lane. 2nd Year Football Team. 1960s.
Sprowston Junior School Football Team, School Lane 1951/52.
Sprowston High School v Royal Hospital School, 1984.
Action from the PSV PEINE, Germany, involving swimmers from Sprowston High School, 1982.
Sprowston High School Swimming Team who competed in Holland, 1980. E.C.N. photograph.
Presentation of the Royal Life-Saving Society Bronze Medallion, Sprowston High School, 1989.
The Sprowston Wheelers cycle club in the 1950s
Cricket team at Harrison's Meadow in the 1918
Cricket team at Harrison's Meadow in the 1922.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. School Sports Day 1957.
Keith Fowler a member of the Sprowston Ace's Speedway Team. The 1950s.
Sprowston High School, Presentation of the Bronze medallion by Olympic Bronze Medallist Paul Easter, 1988.
Sprowston High School, Presentation of the ASA Youth Swimming Award in Parliament by Patrick Thompson, MP. 1990s.
1954 - David Best being presented with a loser's medal by NCFC player Bobby Brennan.
Sprowston Junior School Football Team, 1950-51 outside the Tin Hut. Sprowston Elementary School, School Lane.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. Senior Netball Team, Secondary Modern school, 1956.
1953 - Sprowston Junior School football team. Standing in front of the Pavillion on The Recreation Ground.
Douglas Bennett (Sprowston High School) winning the Norwich & District League Table Tennis Championships for the 7th consecutive time. The 1980s.
Dixon Field cycle speedway track. Drawing by Keith Fowler. Now Blenheim Crescent. Where bungalows were built in 1958.In the background was a large pond. 1940s.
Sponsored Swim: Maria Abel (Sprowston High School) presents a cheque for £681.83 for the Rheumatism and Arthritis Association. 1980s.
Norfolk Schools Presentation of the Penguin Trophy to Suzanne Wyer (Sprowston High School) for breaking the record by the largest margin, 1983.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. The Netball Team, Sprowston Secondary Modern School, 1957.
Tracey Ferguson of Sprowston with a 30lb 3oz pike she caught from the river Thurne. It is believed to be the heaviest pike ever taken from the Broads.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. The Senior Rounders Team, the Secondary Modern School, 1957.
Sprowston Secondary Modern School, Recreation Ground Road. Second Year Football Team, Sprowston Secondary Modern School. 1952 – 53.
Sprowston Youth Club Football Team 1945/46? Smith, Goodson, Young, Crisp, Roll, Ottaway, Codling, Green, Smith, Pointer, Burman, Ramsbottom.
Sprowston Cricket Club team members. L to R standing Walter Richards, Richard Thacker, Harry Wright, Cecil Gowing, Mr. Harvey, Stanley Fowler, Lesley Gowing, kneeling Danny Fowler, Michael Falcon, Bob Guymer, Charlie Wegg and Jimmy Guymer. 1931
There are many more images which will be uploaded in the near future.