England Schoolboys Gordon Peaper, left, in his football cap and brother Brian in his cricket cap
I WAS interested to read your article about the sporting exploits of Gordon and Brian Peaper (Memory Lane, August 8).
According to my records, Brian (possibly the older brother?) also played for Oxford City, but only in the reserves, and unless there is another Gordon Peaper, Gordon played in the following three seasons as well as in the match as a 14-year-old against Sutton at the end of the 1963-4 season.
I was also intrigued by the Jimmy Smith who, it was discovered, was even younger than Gordon when he featured for the City’s first XI. I had not come across this ‘gem’ – can any of your readers give more details of Jimmy Smith?
CHRIS BYRNE
Oxford City FC historian
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