Norman Parkinson | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Norman Parkinson | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 299 Norman Parkinson by Alex Service Born in Poolstock, Wigan on 25th January 1900, Norman Parkinson was one of 14 children and he signed for St.Helens on 26th September 1921. A forceful front-rower, he made his debut for the First Team at Oldham on 11th February 1922. Unfortunately, Saints were well-beaten that afternoon by 8-34. The pack was Parkinson, Jones, Cross, Cawley, Heaton and Farrimond. Norman played 13 matches for the club and scored 3 tries. His last was against Wigan Highfield on 9th December 1922, which the Saints also lost by 3-15. His brother, Philip played full-back for the club at the same time. In 1921 Philip was living in Poolstock, Wigan. He lived with his parents, Thomas and Sarah, two brothers and a sister. Philip was a Drawer at the local pit in Worsley messes but was on strike at the time. We are grateful to Wendy and Clayton Barrell for the following information regarding Norman: "Norm migrated to Australia in 1928 and coached in Wellington NSW for a season. He eventually settled in Rozelle in Sydney`s inner west." Norman worked mostly as a Labourer. We have him living in Evans Street, Rozelle, Balmain, Sydney. He died in Sydney on the June 27th 1988 at the age of 88. | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1921~22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1922~23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| TOTALS: | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| TOTALS: | ||||
ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 11th Feb 1922 | 1 | L |
8 | Oldham | L | A | 8 | 34 | VIEW | |||
| 26th Aug 1922 | 2 | L |
8 | Widnes | L | A | 3 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 2nd Sep 1922 | 3 | L |
8 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 14 | 17 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 9th Sep 1922 | 4 | L |
8 | Bradford Northern | L | A | 2 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Sep 1922 | 5 | W |
8 | Wigan Highfield | L | H | 21 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Sep 1922 | 6 | L |
8 | Hull | L | A | 15 | 18 | VIEW | |||
| 30th Sep 1922 | 7 | W |
8 | Bramley | L | H | 19 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 7th Oct 1922 | 8 | L |
8 | Warrington | L | A | 14 | 21 | VIEW | |||
| 14th Oct 1922 | 9 | W |
8 | Salford | LC1 | H | 25 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 21st Oct 1922 | 10 | W |
8 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 24 | 10 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 28th Oct 1922 | 11 | L |
8 | Warrington | LC2 | H | 4 | 17 | VIEW | |||
| 11th Nov 1922 | 12 | L |
8 | Oldham | L | A | 12 | 26 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 9th Dec 1922 | 13 | L |
11 | Wigan Highfield | L | A | 3 | 15 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 4 | LOSSES : 9 | DRAWS : |
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