A pair of Durham County Elementary Schools' Football Association representative caps dated 1921-22 and 1922-23, maroon velvet caps, both embroidered

A pair of Durham County Elementary Schools' Football Association representative caps dated 1921-22 and 1922-23, maroon velvet caps, both embroidered with DCESFA and crest, both in good condition The Association was founded 13th June 1908 as a result of teachers "strongly resenting" the Durham F.A.'s decision to take control of schools' football in the county, which they saw as an "intrusion upon schools' football ... and detrimental to the best interests of the game." Researching information on the excellent Durham County Schools' F.A. website, it is a possibility that these caps were awarded to the striker Frank Cresswell of South Shields SFA who would become a professional footballer playing for a number of clubs in the 1920s and 30s and also represented England at schoolboys' international level.  Another possibility was the schoolboy Tait of Lambton & Hetton SFA who also represented the county in both seasons 1921-22 and 1922-23. The name Bailes appears for both seasons, but is attached to different SFA's (Lambton & Hetton and Crook) so they might be different schoolboys of the same name.