Tom Barton

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
15-01-1883
N/A
Date unknown.
Unknown.
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
16-03-1904 v Millom
Rochdale Hornets
1921- when he Retired
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1903-1921
223 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
95
118
0
521

Biography of Tom Barton



HERITAGE NO : 130
William Thomas Barton by Dave Dooley:
Tom Barton was a stalwart for the club playing over 200 matches mostly as a winger and full back. Tom like his father before him was a bricklayer by trade. He made his debut against Millom on the 16th March 1904. In 223 matches for the Saints Tom scored 95 tries, kicked 118 goals for a total points aggregate of 521 points.
Tom Barton was a superstar of his time. He could play anywhere in the backs utilising his power and skill to `run through` opponents. He was a great general for the Saints, possessed a fantastic kicking game and was renowned as a demon tackler. Tom was the fastest man in the region and won the professional championships in Leigh where he clocked just over 10 seconds for the 100 yards sprint. Tom withdrew from the Tour Squad for the 1910 Australian Tour because the Northern Union would not make up his wages to his mother while he was away. He was an inspirational leader and prevented a players strike before the 1915 Challenge Cup final against Huddersfield at Oldham. Yet even he could not prevent the slaughter when we were outclassed by the Yorkshiremen by 37 points to 3.

Tom scored four tries on two occasions against Keighley (30/1/1915) and Rochdale Hornets (11/4/1914). In the latter match Tom also kicked 5 goals for a new individual points scoring record of 22 points. The speedster also crossed for hat-tricks against Merthyr Tydfil, Coventry and Dewsbury.

Tom played for the Club in the War Emergency League during the First World War. He scored plenty more tries and goals in these matches but unfortunately these games do not count for statistical purposes. The hostilities therefore robbed Tom of becoming the first Saints` player to score 100 tries and 100 goals for the Club. That distinction would fall to Len Killeen some fifty years later!

Tom`s versatility is evident in his career positional analysis; in his total of 226 matches Tom played 80 times at full back, 127 matches on the wing, 11 starts in the centre, loose forward on three occasions and a solitary outing at Stand off. His final match for the Club was against Rochdale on the 17th of September, 1921, over seventeen years after he had made his debut! In 1939 Tom was living Charles Street St Helens in the same house he occupied in 1911. He worked as a Bricklayer. He died in March 1958 in St Helens at the age of 75.



SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1903~04 0 0 0 3
1904~05 1 1 0 9
1905~06 3 2 0 19
1906~071 0 0 10
1908~09 8 7 0 20
1909~10 14 6 0 28
1910~117 0 0 7
1911~12 5 6 0 12
1912~13 12 12 0 22
1913~146 22 0 20
1914~15 37 34 0 30
1918~19 0 1 0 2
1919~201 27 0 30
1920~21 0 0 0 9
1921~22 0 0 0 2
TOTALS:95 118 0 223
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1908~09 1101
1909~10 0101
1912~13 3401
1915~16 416012
1918~19 0001
TOTALS:822016

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
16th Mar 1904 1
W
 1 Millom L A 3 0 VIEW
19th Mar 1904 2
W
 1 Bramley L H 21 2 VIEW
26th Mar 1904 3
L
 1 Wakefield Trinity L A 0 20 VIEW
22nd Oct 1904 4
W
 5 Widnes L A 8 0 VIEW
24th Dec 1904 5
W
 1 Runcorn L H 9 5 VIEW
4th Mar 1905 6
W
 2 Rochdale Rangers CC1 H 9 2 1 VIEW
18th Mar 1905 7
L
 1 Broughton Rangers CC2 A 0 18 VIEW
30th Mar 1905 8
L
 4 Leigh L H 0 2 VIEW
15th Apr 1905 9
L
 4 Leeds L H 5 10 1 VIEW
21st Apr 1905 10
L
 5 Warrington L A 0 5 VIEW
24th Apr 1905 11
W
 4 Runcorn L A 9 0 VIEW
29th Apr 1905 12
L
 4 Halifax L A 2 23 VIEW
2nd Sep 1905 13
W
 3 Millom L H 34 3 2 2 VIEW
9th Sep 1905 14
W
 1 Morecambe L H 26 6 VIEW
16th Sep 1905 15
L
 3 Widnes L A 2 3 VIEW
23rd Sep 1905 16
W
 5 Hull L H 8 5 VIEW
30th Sep 1905 17
L
 3 Salford L A 5 25 VIEW
21st Oct 1905 18
L
 2 Runcorn L A 3 12 VIEW
4th Nov 1905 19
W
 2 Dewsbury L A 3 2 VIEW
18th Nov 1905 20
W
 2 Rochdale Hornets L A 11 0 1 VIEW
16th Dec 1905 21
W
 1 Millom L A 2 0 VIEW
23rd Dec 1905 22
L
 1 Warrington L A 0 16 VIEW
25th Dec 1905 23
W
 1 Runcorn L H 7 0 VIEW
26th Dec 1905 24
L
 1 Wigan L H 5 13 VIEW
30th Dec 1905 25
W
 1 Morecambe L A 10 3 VIEW
27th Jan 1906 26
L
 1 Oldham L A 2 12 VIEW
3rd Feb 1906 27
L
 1 Swinton L A 0 5 VIEW
10th Feb 1906 28
W
 1 Widnes L H 5 0 VIEW
17th Feb 1906 29
L
 1 Runcorn CCInt. H 0 3 VIEW
24th Feb 1906 30
W
 1 Dewsbury L H 7 0 VIEW
10th Mar 1906 31
W
 1 Rochdale Hornets L H 15 0 VIEW
25th Dec 1906 32
W
 5 Liverpool City L H 42 0 VIEW
1st Jan 1907 33
W
 5 Batley L H 26 0 1 VIEW
5th Jan 1907 34
L
 5 Warrington L A 3 20 VIEW
19th Jan 1907 35
L
 5 Leigh L A 2 5 VIEW
2nd Feb 1907 36
L
 1 Broughton Rangers L A 11 27 VIEW
16th Feb 1907 37
W
 1 Barrow L H 26 3 VIEW
23rd Feb 1907 38
L
 1 Runcorn L A 8 14 VIEW
6th Mar 1907 39
L
 1 Swinton L A 11 14 VIEW
9th Mar 1907 40
W
 1 Wigan L H 10 8 VIEW
16th Mar 1907 41
L
 1 Swinton CC1 A 9 16 VIEW
31st Oct 1908 42
L
 2 Salford L H 8 13 VIEW
7th Nov 1908 43
L
 1 Warrington LC1 H 6 21 VIEW
14th Nov 1908 44
W
 2 Leigh L H 10 8 VIEW
21st Nov 1908 45
W
 2 Widnes L A 8 5 VIEW
28th Nov 1908 46
W
 2 Bradford Northern L H 8 2 1 VIEW
12th Dec 1908 47
D
 2 Rochdale Hornets L H 13 13 2 VIEW
19th Dec 1908 48
L
 2 Salford L A 14 15 2 VIEW
25th Dec 1908 49
W
 2 Runcorn L H 6 0 1 VIEW
26th Dec 1908 50
L
 2 Wigan L H 7 22 1 VIEW
1st Jan 1909 51
L
 2 York L A 0 16 VIEW
9th Jan 1909 52
L
 1 Broughton Rangers L H 8 19 VIEW
16th Jan 1909 53
D
 2 Rochdale Hornets L A 3 3 VIEW
23rd Jan 1909 54
L
 1 Warrington L H 9 15 VIEW
30th Jan 1909 55
D
 1 Barrow L A 3 3 VIEW
6th Feb 1909 56
W
 1 Swinton L H 16 10 1 1 VIEW
10th Feb 1909 57
W
 1 Australia Tour H 9 0 VIEW
13th Feb 1909 58
L
 1 Leigh L A 3 14 VIEW
27th Feb 1909 59
L
 1 Halifax CC1 A 8 15 1 VIEW
6th Mar 1909 60
L
 1 Oldham L A 0 13 VIEW
13th Mar 1909 61
W
 1 Aberdare L A 45 18 5 VIEW
20th Mar 1909 --
W
 1 Leigh * Fr H 20 6 1 1 VIEW
11th Sep 1909 62
D
 4 Runcorn L H 5 5 VIEW
2nd Oct 1909 63
W
 3 Barrow L A 21 9 VIEW
9th Oct 1909 64
W
 3 Treherbert L H 36 12 2 VIEW
16th Oct 1909 65
W
 3 Widnes LC1 A 10 4 VIEW
20th Nov 1909 66
W
 2 Widnes L H 37 8 3 VIEW
27th Nov 1909 67
L
 2 Oldham L H 5 31 VIEW
4th Dec 1909 68
W
 2 Hunslet L A 24 8 1 VIEW
11th Dec 1909 69
W
 2 Salford L H 7 3 VIEW
13th Dec 1909 70
W
 2 Swinton L A 20 9 1 1 VIEW
18th Dec 1909 71
L
 2 Oldham L A 6 36 VIEW
25th Dec 1909 72
W
 2 Runcorn L A 13 0 1 1 VIEW
27th Dec 1909 73
L
 2 Wigan L H 6 7 VIEW
1st Jan 1910 74
W
 2 Broughton Rangers L H 15 8 1 VIEW
8th Jan 1910 75
L
 2 Salford L A 5 24 VIEW
15th Jan 1910 76
W
 2 Leigh L H 11 3 VIEW
22nd Jan 1910 --
L
 2 Coventry * Fr A 11 19 1 VIEW
5th Feb 1910 77
L
 2 Dewsbury L A 3 11 VIEW
12th Feb 1910 78
W
 2 Warrington L H 18 10 VIEW
19th Feb 1910 79
L
 2 Rochdale Hornets L A 0 6 VIEW
26th Feb 1910 80
W
 2 Barrow CC1 A 15 0 1 VIEW
5th Mar 1910 81
W
 2 Swinton L H 26 5 1 VIEW
12th Mar 1910 82
L
 2 Halifax CC2 A 6 21 VIEW
19th Mar 1910 83
L
 2 Widnes L A 3 10 1 VIEW
25th Mar 1910 84
L
 2 Wigan L A 10 23 VIEW
29th Mar 1910 85
W
 2 Hunslet L H 28 15 2 VIEW
2nd Apr 1910 86
W
 2 Bramley L A 33 18 1 VIEW
9th Apr 1910 87
W
 2 Barrow L H 21 5 VIEW
16th Apr 1910 88
W
 2 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 23 8 1 1 VIEW
23rd Apr 1910 89
W
 2 Rochdale Hornets L H 20 11 1 VIEW
3rd Sep 1910 90
W
 5 Oldham L H 16 5 2 VIEW
10th Sep 1910 91
L
 5 Runcorn L A 4 8 VIEW
17th Sep 1910 92
W
 5 Salford L H 19 14 1 VIEW
24th Sep 1910 93
W
 3 Merthyr Tydfil L A 17 6 3 VIEW
1st Oct 1910 94
L
 5 Widnes L A 12 28 1 VIEW
4th Mar 1911 95
L
 5 Leeds CC2 H 6 11 VIEW
11th Mar 1911 96
L
 6 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 10 42 VIEW
2nd Sep 1911 97
W
 5 Barrow L A 15 6 1 VIEW
9th Sep 1911 98
W
 5 Warrington L H 10 2 VIEW
16th Sep 1911 99
W
 5 Swinton L A 13 5 1 VIEW
23rd Sep 1911 100
W
 5 Runcorn L H 25 0 1 VIEW
30th Sep 1911 101
L
 5 Leigh L H 11 13 VIEW
9th Dec 1911 102
W
 2 Warrington L A 17 2 VIEW
1st Jan 1912 103
W
 5 Hunslet L H 31 10 VIEW
6th Jan 1912 104
L
 5 Wakefield Trinity L A 5 14 VIEW
30th Mar 1912 105
W
 5 Barrow L H 43 2 VIEW
5th Apr 1912 106
L
 5 Wigan L A 14 17 2 VIEW
6th Apr 1912 107
L
 5 Broughton Rangers L A 5 21 VIEW
8th Apr 1912 108
W
 5 Wakefield Trinity L H 41 2 2 4 VIEW
2nd Nov 1912 109
W
 5 Warrington LC1 H 18 10 2 VIEW
23rd Nov 1912 110
W
 2 Broughton Rangers L H 20 12 1 VIEW
7th Dec 1912 111
W
 2 Dewsbury L H 16 9 1 1 VIEW
14th Dec 1912 112
L
 2 Salford L A 3 11 VIEW
21st Dec 1912 113
L
 2 Rochdale Hornets L H 5 6 VIEW
25th Dec 1912 114
W
 2 Widnes L A 10 5 1 VIEW
26th Dec 1912 115
L
 2 Wigan L H 8 10 VIEW
28th Dec 1912 116
L
 2 Hunslet L A 0 9 VIEW
1st Jan 1913 117
L
 2 Huddersfield L H 5 32 1 VIEW
4th Jan 1913 118
W
 2 Wakefield Trinity L H 17 3 VIEW
11th Jan 1913 119
L
 2 Warrington L A 5 6 1 VIEW
18th Jan 1913 120
W
 2 Coventry L A 26 0 VIEW
21st Jan 1913 121
L
 2 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 11 VIEW
25th Jan 1913 122
W
 2 Swinton L H 17 0 2 VIEW
1st Feb 1913 123
L
 2 Wakefield Trinity L A 7 14 VIEW
8th Feb 1913 --
W
 2 Torquay * Fr Tour P 29 5 3 4 VIEW
15th Feb 1913 124
W
 2 Coventry L H 51 9 3 2 VIEW
22nd Feb 1913 125
W
 2 Barrow L A 23 6 1 3 VIEW
1st Mar 1913 126
W
 2 Oldham L H 10 2 2 VIEW
8th Mar 1913 127
L
 2 Huddersfield CC1 H 0 19 VIEW
21st Mar 1913 128
L
 2 Wigan L A 10 33 2 VIEW
22nd Mar 1913 129
W
 2 Salford L H 6 0 VIEW
24th Mar 1913 130
L
 2 Huddersfield L A 3 21 1 VIEW
1st Nov 1913 131
W
 1 Runcorn LC1 H 26 6 4 VIEW
8th Nov 1913 132
W
 3 Broughton Rangers L H 18 8 1 VIEW
15th Nov 1913 133
L
 3 Oldham LCSF A 5 17 VIEW
1st Jan 1914 134
D
 5 Huddersfield L H 8 8 VIEW
3rd Jan 1914 135
W
 5 Hull L A 8 6 VIEW
10th Jan 1914 136
W
 5 Wakefield Trinity L H 12 5 VIEW
17th Jan 1914 137
L
 5 Barrow L A 5 24 VIEW
24th Jan 1914 138
L
 5 Swinton L A 3 16 VIEW
31st Jan 1914 139
W
 1 Dewsbury L A 12 11 1 VIEW
2nd Feb 1914 140
L
 2 Hull L H 7 15 VIEW
21st Feb 1914 141
L
 2 Warrington L H 8 22 1 VIEW
28th Feb 1914 142
W
 1 Wigan Highfield CC1 H 27 4 3 VIEW
14th Mar 1914 143
D
 1 Rochdale Hornets CC2 A 3 3 VIEW
18th Mar 1914 144
L
 1 Rochdale Hornets CC2(rep) H 0 10 VIEW
21st Mar 1914 145
L
 1 Leigh L A 6 7 VIEW
28th Mar 1914 146
L
 1 Salford L H 2 8 1 VIEW
10th Apr 1914 147
L
 1 Wigan L A 2 30 1 VIEW
11th Apr 1914 148
W
 5 Rochdale Hornets L H 47 5 4 5 VIEW
13th Apr 1914 149
L
 5 Huddersfield L A 8 10 1 VIEW
18th Apr 1914 150
W
 5 Hunslet L H 36 6 1 5 VIEW
5th Sep 1914 151
W
 2 Runcorn L H 26 0 2 4 VIEW
12th Sep 1914 152
L
 2 Swinton L A 3 12 1 VIEW
19th Sep 1914 153
W
 2 Oldham L H 10 4 2 1 VIEW
26th Sep 1914 154
L
 2 Rochdale Hornets L A 11 26 2 1 VIEW
10th Oct 1914 155
W
 2 Widnes L H 12 5 2 2 VIEW
17th Oct 1914 156
L
 2 Swinton LC1 A 11 13 2 1 VIEW
31st Oct 1914 157
L
 2 Broughton Rangers L H 5 6 1 VIEW
7th Nov 1914 158
L
 2 Bramley L A 16 22 1 1 VIEW
14th Nov 1914 159
W
 2 Barrow L H 13 12 2 2 VIEW
21st Nov 1914 160
W
 2 Dewsbury L H 26 16 3 3 VIEW
28th Nov 1914 161
L
 2 Warrington L A 6 15 2 VIEW
5th Dec 1914 162
W
 2 Keighley L H 11 6 1 1 VIEW
12th Dec 1914 163
W
 2 Oldham L A 9 5 1 VIEW
16th Jan 1915 164
W
 2 Leigh L A 6 2 1 VIEW
23rd Jan 1915 165
W
 2 Hull L H 11 9 2 VIEW
30th Jan 1915 166
W
 2 Keighley L A 20 2 4 1 VIEW
6th Feb 1915 167
W
 2 Salford L H 23 2 4 VIEW
13th Feb 1915 168
L
 2 Barrow L A 0 10 VIEW
20th Feb 1915 169
W
 2 Swinton L H 10 0 1 1 VIEW
27th Feb 1915 170
W
 2 Featherstone Rovers CC1 A 6 0 2 VIEW
6th Mar 1915 171
L
 2 Dewsbury L A 3 13 VIEW
13th Mar 1915 172
W
 2 Swinton CC2 A 5 0 1 VIEW
20th Mar 1915 173
W
 2 Leigh L H 14 8 1 4 VIEW
27th Mar 1915 174
W
 2 Keighley CC3 A 3 2 VIEW
29th Mar 1915 175
W
 2 Rochdale Hornets L H 12 3 1 VIEW
2nd Apr 1915 176
L
 2 Wigan L A 11 13 2 1 VIEW
3rd Apr 1915 177
W
 2 Bradford Northern L H 19 3 2 2 VIEW
10th Apr 1915 178
D
 2 Rochdale Hornets CCSF N 5 5 1 VIEW
24th Apr 1915 179
W
 2 Rochdale Hornets CCSF(rep) N 9 2 2 VIEW
1st May 1915 180
L
 2 Huddersfield CCF N 3 37 VIEW
11th Sep 1915 --
L
 2 St. Helens Recs * Fr WEL A 5 10 1 VIEW
2nd Oct 1915 --
W
 3 Swinton * Fr WEL H 7 3 VIEW
9th Oct 1915 --
W
 2 Salford * Fr WEL H 27 8 6 VIEW
16th Oct 1915 --
W
 2 Oldham * Fr WEL A 13 0 1 2 VIEW
23rd Oct 1915 --
W
 2 St. Helens Recs * Fr WEL H 12 5 1 3 VIEW
30th Oct 1915 --
D
 2 Broughton Rangers * Fr WEL H 11 11 1 VIEW
7th Nov 1915 --
D
 2 Runcorn * Fr WEL A 0 0 VIEW
14th Nov 1915 --
L
 2 Salford * Fr WEL A 5 18 1 VIEW
18th Dec 1915 --
L
 2 Wigan * Fr WEL A 8 11 1 1 VIEW
25th Dec 1915 --
D
 2 St. Helens Recs * Fr WEL H 0 0 VIEW
26th Dec 1915 --
W
 2 Wigan * Fr WEL H 8 2 1 1 VIEW
8th Jan 1916 --
L
 2 St. Helens Recs * Fr WEL A 3 8 VIEW
25th Dec 1918 --
L
 2 St. Helens Recs * Fr A 0 20 VIEW
29th Mar 1919 181
L
 1 Leigh L A 0 9 VIEW
5th Apr 1919 182
W
 1 Warrington LC1 H 11 5 1 VIEW
23rd Aug 1919 183
W
 1 Broughton Rangers L H 28 2 5 VIEW
30th Aug 1919 184
W
 1 Leigh L A 10 8 2 VIEW
6th Sep 1919 185
L
 1 Oldham L H 3 12 VIEW
13th Sep 1919 186
L
 1 Swinton L A 5 7 VIEW
4th Oct 1919 187
L
 1 Widnes L A 0 13 VIEW
11th Oct 1919 188
W
 1 Barrow L H 27 13 3 VIEW
18th Oct 1919 189
L
 1 Widnes LC1 A 8 16 VIEW
25th Oct 1919 190
L
 1 Oldham L A 3 26 VIEW
8th Nov 1919 191
W
 1 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 11 0 1 VIEW
11th Nov 1919 192
L
 1 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 6 1 VIEW
22nd Nov 1919 193
L
 1 Halifax L A 8 17 1 VIEW
30th Nov 1919 194
L
 1 Leigh L H 3 12 VIEW
13th Dec 1919 195
W
 1 Swinton L H 12 7 VIEW
20th Dec 1919 196
W
 1 Halifax L H 5 0 1 VIEW
25th Dec 1919 197
L
 1 St. Helens Recs L A 6 21 VIEW
26th Dec 1919 198
W
 1 Wigan L H 13 5 2 VIEW
27th Dec 1919 199
L
 1 Broughton Rangers L A 0 15 VIEW
1st Jan 1920 200
W
 1 St. Helens Recs L H 9 8 VIEW
3rd Jan 1920 201
D
 1 Wakefield Trinity L A 9 9 3 VIEW
10th Jan 1920 202
L
 1 Salford L H 6 13 VIEW
17th Jan 1920 203
W
 1 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 17 5 4 VIEW
24th Jan 1920 204
W
 1 Widnes L H 12 2 1 VIEW
14th Feb 1920 205
L
 1 Batley L A 3 6 VIEW
21st Feb 1920 206
D
 1 Wakefield Trinity CC1 H 2 2 1 VIEW
24th Feb 1920 207
D
 1 Wakefield Trinity CC1(rep) A 2 2 1 VIEW
26th Feb 1920 208
L
 1 Wakefield Trinity CC1(2nd rep) N 3 12 VIEW
6th Mar 1920 209
W
 1 Warrington L A 11 2 1 VIEW
13th Mar 1920 210
L
 1 Batley L H 0 6 VIEW
20th Mar 1920 211
L
 1 Rochdale Hornets L H 0 8 VIEW
2nd Apr 1920 212
L
 1 Wigan L A 5 20 1 VIEW
12th Feb 1921 213
L
 13 Keighley L A 0 9 VIEW
19th Feb 1921 214
L
 13 Barrow L A 5 25 VIEW
26th Feb 1921 215
L
 13 Bramley CC1 H 0 7 VIEW
5th Mar 1921 216
W
 1 Oldham L H 11 3 VIEW
19th Mar 1921 217
L
 1 Hunslet L A 5 7 VIEW
25th Mar 1921 218
L
 1 Wigan L A 3 24 VIEW
28th Mar 1921 219
W
 1 Broughton Rangers L H 9 7 VIEW
2nd Apr 1921 220
W
 1 Salford L A 10 5 VIEW
22nd Apr 1921 221
W
 1 Leigh L H 15 8 VIEW
27th Aug 1921 222
L
 5 Oldham L H 3 10 VIEW
17th Sep 1921 223
L
 1 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 13 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 118 | LOSSES : 108 | DRAWS : 13

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