William Bradley | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of William Bradley | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 184 William Bradley by Alex Service and Dave Dooley To have played 50 games for the Saints is quite an achievement and this is what William Bradley did after signing for the club from Keighley in early January 1909. He joined St. Helens at the same time as two other Yorkshire lads, Bedworth and Isiah Harris, who were from the Castleford Half Acre club. Born in Keighley and employed as an engine fitter, William made his debut for the club at home to Broughton Rangers, although the Saints lost by 8-19. Bradley was a real stalwart of the pack in his one full season at Knowsley Road, making 34 appearances. His greatest match was probably the defeat of the touring Australians in 1909, when Saints won 9-0. His final game was at Hunslet on 27th December 1910, when the Saints lost 3-5 in a closely-fought encounter. We do not know what happened to him after this. Was he transferred to another club before the cup deadline? It would most probably have been in Yorkshire. In 1921 William was living in Catherine Street, Knowle Park, Keighley . He lived with his wife Martha and son Oswald. He worked as an Electrical Engineer at the Prince Smith Textile Machinery Manufacturers in Keighley. By 1939 William was living in Chandon Street, Keighley. His death was registered in the Worth Valley in March 1957 at the age of 80. If anyone has any information about him, we would like to hear from you. | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1908~09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1909~10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 |
| 1910~11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| TOTALS: | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1909~10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 9th Jan 1909 | 1 | L |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 8 | 19 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 16th Jan 1909 | 2 | D |
10 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 3 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Jan 1909 | 3 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | H | 9 | 15 | VIEW | |||
| 30th Jan 1909 | 4 | D |
10 | Barrow | L | A | 3 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 6th Feb 1909 | 5 | W |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 16 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 10th Feb 1909 | 6 | W |
10 | Australia | Tour | H | 9 | 0 | VIEW | |||
| 13th Feb 1909 | 7 | L |
10 | Leigh | L | A | 3 | 14 | VIEW | |||
| 9th Apr 1909 | 8 | W |
10 | Wigan | L | A | 8 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 10th Apr 1909 | 9 | W |
10 | York | L | H | 33 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 12th Apr 1909 | 10 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | A | 6 | 78 | VIEW | |||
| 2nd Sep 1909 | 11 | L |
13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 7 | 30 | VIEW | |||
| 4th Sep 1909 | 12 | W |
13 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 10 | 7 | VIEW | |||
| 11th Sep 1909 | 13 | D |
13 | Runcorn | L | H | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 18th Sep 1909 | 14 | L |
13 | Warrington | L | A | 15 | 19 | VIEW | |||
| 25th Sep 1909 | 15 | W |
13 | Bramley | L | H | 27 | 5 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 2nd Oct 1909 | 16 | W |
13 | Barrow | L | A | 21 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 9th Oct 1909 | 17 | W |
13 | Treherbert | L | H | 36 | 12 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Oct 1909 | 18 | W |
13 | Widnes | LC1 | A | 10 | 4 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Oct 1909 | 19 | D |
13 | Dewsbury | L | H | 8 | 8 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 30th Oct 1909 | 20 | L |
13 | Swinton | LC2 | A | 0 | 2 | VIEW | |||
| 6th Nov 1909 | 21 | L |
13 | Leigh | L | A | 5 | 13 | VIEW | |||
| 20th Nov 1909 | 22 | W |
13 | Widnes | L | H | 37 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 27th Nov 1909 | 23 | L |
13 | Oldham | L | H | 5 | 31 | VIEW | |||
| 4th Dec 1909 | 24 | W |
13 | Hunslet | L | A | 24 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 11th Dec 1909 | 25 | W |
13 | Salford | L | H | 7 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 13th Dec 1909 | 26 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | A | 20 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 18th Dec 1909 | 27 | L |
13 | Oldham | L | A | 6 | 36 | VIEW | |||
| 27th Dec 1909 | 28 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 6 | 7 | VIEW | |||
| 1st Jan 1910 | 29 | W |
13 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 15 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 8th Jan 1910 | 30 | L |
13 | Salford | L | A | 5 | 24 | VIEW | |||
| 15th Jan 1910 | 31 | W |
13 | Leigh | L | H | 11 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 22nd Jan 1910 | -- | L |
13 | Coventry * | Fr | A | 11 | 19 | VIEW | |||
| 5th Feb 1910 | 32 | L |
13 | Dewsbury | L | A | 3 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 12th Feb 1910 | 33 | W |
13 | Warrington | L | H | 18 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 19th Feb 1910 | 34 | L |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 0 | 6 | VIEW | |||
| 26th Feb 1910 | 35 | W |
13 | Barrow | CC1 | A | 15 | 0 | VIEW | |||
| 5th Mar 1910 | 36 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | H | 26 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 12th Mar 1910 | 37 | L |
13 | Halifax | CC2 | A | 6 | 21 | VIEW | |||
| 19th Mar 1910 | 38 | L |
13 | Widnes | L | A | 3 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 25th Mar 1910 | 39 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | A | 10 | 23 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Mar 1910 | 40 | W |
13 | Hunslet | L | H | 28 | 15 | VIEW | |||
| 2nd Apr 1910 | 41 | W |
13 | Bramley | L | A | 33 | 18 | VIEW | |||
| 9th Apr 1910 | 42 | W |
13 | Barrow | L | H | 21 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Apr 1910 | 43 | W |
13 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 23 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Apr 1910 | 44 | W |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 20 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 7th May 1910 | -- | L |
13 | Turthills Colonials * * | Fr W. Whiteleys Tes | H | 24 | 42 | VIEW | |||
| 8th Oct 1910 | 45 | W |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 31 | 2 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 15th Oct 1910 | 46 | L |
10 | Leigh | L | A | 5 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Oct 1910 | 47 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | H | 9 | 17 | VIEW | |||
| 19th Nov 1910 | 48 | L |
13 | Barrow | L | A | 11 | 16 | VIEW | |||
| 26th Dec 1910 | 49 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 6 | 18 | VIEW | |||
| 27th Dec 1910 | 50 | L |
11 | Hunslet | L | A | 3 | 5 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 24 | LOSSES : 24 | DRAWS : 4 |
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