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Northern Rugby League 1952/53

Featherstone Rovers

Biggest home crowd
3,700 (vs. Australia in round 9)
Average home crowd
3,700
Top pointscorers
Derek Davis, Alan Tennant (6) *
Top tryscorer
Alan Tennant (2) *

* denotes incomplete data

Results

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Date Day Competition   Opposition   Score Captain(s) Coach(es) Venue Crowd Rank  
Aug 23 Sat League †     A Oldham L 8-32     Watersheddings   3rd >
30 Sat YC (1A) H     York W 25-6     Post Office Road   >
Sep 1 Mon League     A Hull L 4-21     Boulevard   29th >
3 Wed YC (1B)     A York L 8-16     Wigginton Rd   >
6 Sat League † H     Swinton W 21-3     Post Office Road   29th >
10 Wed League     A Castleford L 5-13     Wheldon Road   20th >
20 Sat League H     Batley D 11-11     Post Office Road   23rd >
24 Wed YC (2) H     Hull KR W 14-4     Post Office Road   >
27 Sat League     A Wakefield T. L 7-22     Belle Vue   24th >
Oct 1 Wed 5:30pm KT (9) H     Australia L 15-50     Post Office Road 3,700 >
4 Sat League H     Hunslet L 10-25     Post Office Road   24th >
8 Wed YC (SF) H     Batley L 4-8     Post Office Road   >
11 Sat League     A Batley W 8-6     Mount Pleasant   26th >
18 Sat League H     Keighley W 19-17     Post Office Road   26th >
25 Sat League † H     Liverpool C. W 18-10     Post Office Road   22nd >
Nov 1 Sat League †     A Whitehaven L 10-26     Recreation Gnd   22nd >
8 Sat League H     Hull KR W 30-18     Post Office Road   23rd >
15 Sat League     A Keighley W 11-10     Lawkholme Lane   17th >
22 Sat League H     Dewsbury W 10-0     Post Office Road   13th >
Dec 13 Sat League     A Hunslet L 9-11     Parkside   11th >
20 Sat League H     York W 15-12     Post Office Road   15th >
25 Thu League     A York L 10-12     Wigginton Rd   12th >
26 Fri League H     Castleford L 8-11     Post Office Road   13th >
27 Sat League     A Leeds L 5-20     Headingley   17th >
Jan 3 Sat League     A Halifax L 7-17     Thrum   18th >
10 Sat League H     Hull L 18-20     Post Office Road   19th >
17 Sat League     A Dewsbury L 8-19     Crown Flatt   19th >
24 Sat League †     A Swinton L 7-49     Station Road   21st >
31 Sat League H     Halifax L 3-5     Post Office Road   21st >
Feb 7 Sat CC (1)     A Barrow L 8-20     Craven Park   >
14 Sat CC (1) H     Barrow L 5-15     Post Office Road   >
21 Sat League     A Huddersfield L 10-29     Fartown   21st >
28 Sat League H     Doncaster W 42-8     Post Office Road   21st >
Mar 7 Sat League     A Hull KR W 16-4     Craven Park   21st >
21 Sat League †     A Liverpool C. L 9-16     Knotty Ash   21st >
28 Sat League † H     Oldham L 7-14     Post Office Road   21st >
Apr 4 Sat League H     Leeds W 28-13     Post Office Road   22nd >
6 Mon League     A Doncaster L 0-2     Greyhound Stad.   21st >
7 Tue League H     Huddersfield L 7-13     Post Office Road   22nd >
11 Sat League     A Bradford N. L 7-15     Odsal   23rd >
15 Wed League H     Wakefield T. W 17-8     Post Office Road   24th >
18 Sat League † H     Whitehaven L 8-12     Post Office Road   22nd >
27 Mon League H     Bradford N. L 2-11     Post Office Road   24th >

43 games
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Legend

H = Home
A = Away
N = Neutral/Alternative Venue
W = Win
L = Loss
D = Draw
† denotes Cross-County Match

Players

Individual match appearances are not currently available here.
Player ↓ Age Born Rep League Cups/Other Totals
App Int Tot T G FG Pts B S App Int Tot T G FG Pts B S App Int Tot T G FG Pts B S  
BATTEN, Eric -   Great Britain England - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
BLACKBURN, Jack -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 1 - - 3 - - 1 - 1 1 - - 3 - - List
CORDING, Ray -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
DAVIS, Derek -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - - 1 - 1 - 3 - 6 - - List
EVANS, Ray -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
FAWLEY, Willis -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
HULME, Fred -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
LAMBERT, Cliff -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
LONGLEY, Norman -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
OGDEN, Jack -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
OGDEN, Maurice -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
TENNANT, Alan -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 - - 6 - - 1 - 1 2 - - 6 - - List
WELBURN, Ken -     - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - List
13 players 0 cur. / 1 tot.   36 matches 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 matches 3 3 0 15 0 0 43 matches 3 3 0 15 0 0  

* Greyed out numbers in the table below indicate that the corresponding data is incomplete.
Age is sorted on both years and days. Other columns use player name as a secondary sort, or squad number if applicable.

Legend

Rep = Representative Status
App = Starting Appearances
Int = Interchange Appearances
T = Try/Penalty Try
G = Conversion/Penalty Goal
FG = Field Goal/Drop Goal
Pts = Points
B = 5/10 Minute Sin Bins
S = Sendoffs

Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson

Sources: Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Newspapers

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