Middlesex
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Middlesex Hearts
Formed 1949 {as Worcester}
Colours: Cambridge Continentals, Boston Yankies, Salem Witches, Lowell Fighters & Chelsea Clockmakers
Elite Fourteenth: 1960
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Record Appearances:
Barbara Holt 87 Elite & 16 Junior {1954-61}
Record Scorer:
Barbara Holt 53 Elite & 20 Junior {1954-61}
Season History
1954 First Round
1955 First Round
1956 First Round
1957 Failed To Qualify
1958 Failed To Qualify
1959 Second Division Champions
1960 Elite Fourteenth
Record Victory
9-0 vs Minneapolis 5th March 1955 {10-1 vs Wuppertal {Cup 8th July 1961}
Record Defeat
2-8 at Cardiff {1st July 1961}
Most Goals in a Game
4 - Barbara Holt {9-0 vs Minneapolis 5th March 1955}
{7 - Jilly Browne 10-1 vs Wuppertal Cup 8th July 1961}
Most Goals in a Season
Barbara Holt {19 - 1961}
Players of the Year
None
Young Players of the Year
None
Team of the Season
None
Golden Bat
None
Silver Bat
None
Bronze Bat
None
Nations Cup Champions
None
Internationals
Lyn Cox {Ireland 1959}
Elaine Dempsey {United States 1961}
The Worcester Hearts started play in 1949 as the team that would represent Massachusetts in the American Championship, which started the following year. They relocated to the Springfield to begin professional play in the Big E Colliseum in Sprinfield, though they ignored calls to take the name of their home state. The team failed to trouble the title contenders in their first three seasons from 1954-56 and finally failed to make the tournament proper for the first time in 1957. They relocated their team training base to Cambridge in 1958, changing their name to Middlesex in the process and winning the Second Division Championship in 1959. Back in the big time, they achieved their best ever finish of fourteenth in 1960.
Middlesex Hearts
2-0 vs Lanarkshire
12th August 1961
Connie Tokar
Coach
Age 36
Born Lakewood, New Jersey {3rd November 1924}
Rated 2 {Respected}
Won Division Two in first season in charge in 1959
Elaine Dempsey
Netminder
Age 29
Born Everett {15th September 1931}
Appearances: 48 Elite 16 Junior {1954-1961}
Rated 4 {Very Good}
Debut 1954, Second Division Champion 1959
Louise Maynor
Defender
Age 25
Born Jasper, Alabama {6th July 1936}
Appearances: 17, Goals 1
Rated 3 {Good}
Joined this season from Alabama
Vivien Francis
Right Sweeper
Age 26
Born West New York, New Jersey {12th April 1935}
Appearances: 16, Goals 3
Rated 3 {Good}
Joined this season from Newark
Allison Basham
Left Sweeper
Age 23
Born Jasper, Alabama {6th July 1936}
Appearances: 36 Elite, 16 Junior, Goals: 3 Elite, 5 Junior
Rated 4 {Very Good}
1959 Division Two title winner
Alice Afronsky
Centre
Age 20
Born: Waterbury, Connecticut {15th September 1940}
Appearances: 17, Goals 3
Rated 4 {Very Good}
Joined this season from Brooklyn
Aretha Cole
Attacker
Age 17
Born: Memphis, Tennessee {6th September 1943}
Appearances: 17 Elite, Goals: 8
Rated 5 {Excellent}
Signed from Memphis this year
Barbara Holt
Shooter
Age 22
Born: Lowell {19th June 1939}
Appearances: 70 Elite, 16 Junior, Goals: 53 Elite, 20 Junior
Rated 6 {World Class}
Appearance and Goals Club Record holder
