Ralph Banks' 1953 F.A. Cup runners-up medal, inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, CHALLENGE CUP, RUNNERS-UP, in original case Ralph Banks was on the B

Ralph Banks' 1953 F.A. Cup runners-up medal, inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, CHALLENGE CUP, RUNNERS-UP, in original case Ralph Banks was on the Bolton Wanderers losing side in the famous 4-3 loss to Blackpool in the 1953 ''Matthews Cup Final.'' As left-back, Banks had the unenviable job of trying to stop Matthews' mesmerising wing play at Wembley. Ralph Banks (1920-1993) played 104 times for Bolton Wanderers between 1940 and 1954, a total that would of been far higher but for the abandonment of League Football during the Second World War. Ralph's younger brother Tommy Banks (born 1929) also played for Bolton and was a member of Bolton's Cup winning team of 1958 and won six England caps.