Herbert Holmes | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Herbert Holmes | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 161 George Herbert Holmes was signed from Askam in 1907. He played 11 matches for the Saints from December 1907 to February 1908. Herbert was a loose forward and had the pleasure of playing against the first ever New Zealand touring team in February 1908. This hard man was an iron ore miner and lived in Steel Street, Dalton in Furness in 1911. In 1921 Herbert was living in Alanaig Terrace, New Shildon, Durham with his wife Ellen, two daughters and one son. He worked as a Wagon Painter with the North Eastern Railways in Shildon. His family moved to Yorkshire after his playing days were over. He died in Spen Valley in 1959 at the age of 74. Dave Dooley | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1907~08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| TOTALS: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
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ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 14th Dec 1907 | 1 | L |
13 | Leigh | L | A | 2 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 21st Dec 1907 | 2 | L |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 2 | 18 | VIEW | |||
| 26th Dec 1907 | 3 | L |
13 | Barrow | L | A | 8 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 28th Dec 1907 | 4 | W |
13 | Bramley | L | H | 16 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 1st Jan 1908 | 5 | L |
13 | Hunslet | L | H | 8 | 24 | VIEW | |||
| 18th Jan 1908 | 6 | L |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 11 | 27 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 25th Jan 1908 | 7 | W |
13 | Keighley | L | H | 11 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 1st Feb 1908 | 8 | D |
13 | Widnes | L | H | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 15th Feb 1908 | 9 | W |
13 | Ebbw Vale | L | A | 5 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 22nd Feb 1908 | 10 | L |
13 | New Zealand | Tour | H | 10 | 21 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Feb 1908 | 11 | L |
13 | Whitehaven Recs | CC1 | A | 8 | 13 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 3 | LOSSES : 7 | DRAWS : 1 |
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