Lowton.

Waterfields

Remember my old dad mentioning that him and George were big mates, and he visited his house on London Road on a number of occasions.

It was Culcheth, Culcheth FC if I remember correctly.

The Harrow Inn, who were probably known as Culcheth FC.

As Lefty suggests, he did carry a bit of pub team timber back in the day. Remember he and Andy Holbrook being in the bar at Warrington RUFC on Bridge lane after the pubs shut at 3pm on the day of Charles and Diana's wedding.

It's very quiet on the forum, so here is another question for the oldies;

I was recruited from Pilkington Recs where I played hooker.
My first game was an away defeat at Oldham.
During my Wire career I scored 130 tries.
When I left Warrington I played briefly for Saints and then Rochdale.

Who am I ?

Brian Glover

I thought I might have fooled you with the hooker reference but I suppose the try tally must have given it away.

A widnes born SH that played in the last first grade game at Wilderspool and was a RU England Schoolboy ?

Gary Hulse?

Correct, me thinks.

You are both close, Hulse certainly played in the match but it was Jamie Durbin.

Here's one for you old crusties. Looking for the name of a hooker from the 50/60's. A Hooker of Irish extraction. He was a miner from Golborne. He was rarely beaten for possession at the scrum either with or without the head. Although a master hooker he was absolutely hopeless in the loose. I remember a match at Wilderspool he found himself in the unusual situation of being over the opposition try line with the ball in hand and had to be told to put the ball down. I think it might have been the only try he ever scored.

Paddy Lannon

Quite correct sir...Here's an easier one. He was part of the Wire pack in the 70's. Like myself he was from Earlestown. We were in the same class at secondary school and as young lads sometimes do I challenged him to a fight after school. During the day I learned he was a boxer representing the Sea Cadets and had a somewhat ruthless streak so I withdrew my challenge, discretion being the better part of valour. In his autobiography he tells the tale of how he supplemented his pocket money. He and a mate(not me) would steal pies from a local shop and sell them to workers at the gates outside the Carriage and Wagon works in Earlestown...He was quite a character and a good friend of AJ Murphy.

Kevin Ashcroft

There has been at least nine Warrington RLFC Chairpersons since the early fifties.

Can you name them , number 9 being the current incumbent



1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Ossie Davies, Peter Higham, Steve Broomhead, Simon Middleton.

That’s four of them MPN, I’ll put them in the slots



1.
2.
3.
4. Ozzie Davies
5.
6. Peter Higham
7.
8. Steve Broomhead
9. Stuart Middleton

Bob Anderton, Brian Pitchford Phillip Worthington and Doug Hoyle.

Brian Pitchford and Doug Hoyle for sure


Bob Anderton was secretary not Chairperson, might have been same role back in the twenties/thirties.
Can’t corroborate Philip Worthington, If he was he must have been before Ossie Davies.

1.
2.
3.
4. Ozzie Davies
5. Brian Pitchford
6. Peter Higham
7. Doug Hoyle
8. Steve Broomhead
9. Stuart Middleton

Number 3 is of the same surname as one of the others named.
Number 2 had a pre season trophy named after him, so to speak

1.
2. P F Ward
3. F W Davies
4. Ozzie Davies
5. Brian Pitchford
6. Peter Higham
7. Doug Hoyle
8. Steve Broomhead
9. Stuart Middleton


Number 1 rhymes with Billing



There could have been others, probably between the two Davies

J. S. Tilling

Correct



1. J S Tilling up to 1948
2. P F Ward. 48-51
3. F W Davies 51-71
4. Ozzie Davies 71-78
5. Brian Pitchford 78-84
6. Peter Higham 84-99
7. Doug Hoyle 99-09
8. Steve Broomhead 09-18
9. Stuart Middleton 18-