Jonty Pilkington | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Jonty Pilkington |
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HERITAGE NO : 642 Jonty was a well known local character who played prop forward for the Saints some 54 times between April 1946 and September 1948. Never known to take a backward step he carried the ball strongly and possessed a solid defence. He scored two singleton tries against the same opponents, Barrow, in the same month, May 1947. He died in St Helens in November 1987, aged 65. Dave Dooley The image of the Oldham team lining up at Knowsley Road on 27th November 1948 is courtesy of Mike Turner. Alex Service interviewed Jonty in the Prince of Wales pub in 1984 and part of this is recalled here: “I was in the Welsh Guards and I was travelling home every week to play for the Saints. They transferred me to a barracks at Chelsea. I was waiting by the Company Commander’s door to get my weekend pass signed so that I could play against Widnes, when Sergeant Major Mercer came along and asked me what I wanted. ‘Get out of my sight, Pilkington,’ he said. So that’s just what I did and never came back! [AWOL] I played rugby and renewed my boxing license and did so for eight years until I was picked up by the MPs. [Military Police] I suppose I got a reputation as a bit of a hard man and eventually got sent off 13 times in my career! I was transferred to Oldham for £1,000 (a record fee for a number eight at the time) and when I came back to play against Saints at Knowsley Road I knew I would get sent off, so I thought I’d make it early – 7 and a half minutes to be precise!” |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1945~46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1946~47 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
1947~48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
1948~49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
TOTALS: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 |
Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1947~48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1948~49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
ALL MATCHES |
Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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27th Apr 1946 | 1 | W |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 29 | 6 | VIEW | |||
7th Sep 1946 | 2 | L |
8 | Leigh | LC1(1) | H | 5 | 14 | VIEW | |||
14th Sep 1946 | 3 | L |
8 | Leigh | LC1(2) | A | 4 | 17 | VIEW | |||
21st Sep 1946 | 4 | L |
8 | Widnes | L | A | 10 | 17 | VIEW | |||
28th Sep 1946 | 5 | L |
8 | Leigh | L | H | 7 | 11 | VIEW | |||
5th Oct 1946 | 6 | L |
8 | Warrington | L | A | 10 | 19 | VIEW | |||
12th Oct 1946 | 7 | W |
10 | Workington Town | L | H | 12 | 7 | VIEW | |||
19th Oct 1946 | 8 | W |
10 | Salford | L | A | 11 | 2 | VIEW | |||
26th Oct 1946 | 9 | W |
10 | Halifax | L | H | 15 | 8 | VIEW | |||
2nd Nov 1946 | 10 | W |
10 | Oldham | L | A | 7 | 3 | VIEW | |||
9th Nov 1946 | 11 | L |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 11 | 15 | VIEW | |||
25th Dec 1946 | 12 | L |
10 | Liverpool Stanley | L | H | 16 | 17 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1946 | 13 | L |
10 | Wigan | L | H | 9 | 11 | VIEW | |||
28th Dec 1946 | 14 | L |
10 | Huddersfield | L | A | 12 | 19 | VIEW | |||
19th Apr 1947 | 15 | L |
8 | Workington Town | L | A | 2 | 13 | VIEW | |||
26th Apr 1947 | 16 | W |
12 | Swinton | L | A | 15 | 6 | VIEW | |||
6th May 1947 | 17 | L |
12 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 5 | 7 | VIEW | |||
17th May 1947 | 18 | W |
10 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 35 | 0 | VIEW | |||
24th May 1947 | 19 | L |
10 | Barrow | L | A | 9 | 15 | 1 | VIEW | ||
26th May 1947 | 20 | L |
10 | Halifax | L | A | 9 | 10 | VIEW | |||
31st May 1947 | 21 | W |
10 | Barrow | L | H | 36 | 7 | 1 | VIEW | ||
7th Jun 1947 | 22 | W |
10 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 26 | 4 | VIEW | |||
23rd Aug 1947 | 23 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | A | 8 | 9 | VIEW | |||
11th Oct 1947 | 24 | L |
12 | Wakefield Trinity | L | A | 7 | 10 | VIEW | |||
8th Nov 1947 | 25 | L |
8 | Belle Vue Rangers | L | H | 0 | 9 | VIEW | |||
29th Nov 1947 | 26 | W |
8 | Salford | L | H | 31 | 10 | VIEW | |||
6th Dec 1947 | 27 | D |
11 | Hunslet | L | H | 13 | 13 | VIEW | |||
13th Dec 1947 | 28 | W |
8 | Halifax | L | A | 6 | 2 | VIEW | |||
20th Dec 1947 | 29 | L |
8 | Hunslet | L | A | 5 | 11 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1947 | 30 | W |
8 | Wigan | L | H | 13 | 6 | VIEW | |||
27th Dec 1947 | 31 | D |
8 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
1st Jan 1948 | 32 | L |
8 | Leigh | L | A | 3 | 8 | VIEW | |||
10th Jan 1948 | 33 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | H | 2 | 8 | VIEW | |||
17th Jan 1948 | 34 | L |
8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 10 | 17 | VIEW | |||
24th Jan 1948 | 35 | L |
8 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 8 | 9 | VIEW | |||
31st Jan 1948 | 36 | L |
10 | Workington Town | L | A | 0 | 20 | VIEW | |||
7th Feb 1948 | 37 | W |
8 | Bustlingthorpe Vale | CC1(1) | H | 48 | 0 | VIEW | |||
14th Feb 1948 | 38 | W |
8 | Bustlingthorpe Vale | CC1(2) | A | 13 | 2 | VIEW | |||
28th Feb 1948 | 39 | L |
10 | Oldham | CC2 | A | 0 | 5 | VIEW | |||
6th Mar 1948 | 40 | L |
8 | Warrington | L | A | 3 | 21 | VIEW | |||
20th Mar 1948 | 41 | W |
8 | Oldham | L | A | 13 | 3 | VIEW | |||
26th Mar 1948 | 42 | L |
8 | Wigan | L | A | 11 | 22 | VIEW | |||
8th Apr 1948 | 43 | L |
8 | Widnes | L | H | 8 | 9 | VIEW | |||
10th Apr 1948 | 44 | W |
8 | Barrow | L | H | 21 | 5 | VIEW | |||
17th Apr 1948 | 45 | W |
8 | Halifax | L | H | 20 | 7 | VIEW | |||
22nd Apr 1948 | 46 | W |
8 | Belle Vue Rangers | L | A | 21 | 2 | VIEW | |||
24th Apr 1948 | 47 | W |
8 | Bramley | L | A | 19 | 11 | VIEW | |||
15th May 1948 | -- | W |
8 | Roanne* | Fr | H | 36 | 19 | VIEW | |||
14th Aug 1948 | -- | W |
8 | Barrow* | Fr Ward Cup | A | 38 | 2 | VIEW | |||
21st Aug 1948 | 48 | W |
8 | Widnes | L | H | 6 | 2 | VIEW | |||
23rd Aug 1948 | 49 | L |
8 | Workington Town | L | A | 11 | 15 | VIEW | |||
28th Aug 1948 | 50 | L |
8 | Oldham | L | A | 11 | 15 | VIEW | |||
4th Sep 1948 | 51 | L |
8 | Wigan | LC1(1) | H | 9 | 24 | VIEW | |||
8th Sep 1948 | 52 | L |
8 | Wigan | LC1(2) | A | 7 | 8 | VIEW | |||
11th Sep 1948 | 53 | W |
8 | Liverpool Stanley | L | A | 17 | 0 | VIEW | |||
18th Sep 1948 | 54 | W |
8 | Workington Town | L | H | 8 | 2 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 24 | LOSSES : 30 | DRAWS : 2 |
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