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Bill Stubbins

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
19-03-1871
N/A
Date unknown.
Normanton
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
01-10-1898 v Oldham
Swinton
1899-
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1898-1898
8 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
0
0
0
0

Biography of Bill Stubbins



HERITAGE NO : 71

George William Stubbins by Alex Service and Dave Dooley

A distinctive name, certainly, but we had very little information about this particular player. We do know that he was described as `the Normanton man` and he made his first appearance for the Seniors against Oldham on 1st February 1898. This was a famous match in the history of the club because the Saints beat their powerful visitors from Oldham 15-9, with three tries from Billy Briers, who was later awarded a cap to commemorate his feat by the Oldham club. Stubbins played a total of 8 matches, the last being against Swinton on 14th January 1899, when Saints won 6-5 at Knowsley Road. If anyone has any details about this player’s rugby career or personal life, we would like to hear from you.

We have a George Stubbins living at Silwell Street Hull at the tender age of two weeks in 1871. He married Martha Jane Swaby in 1890 and by 1901 he was living in Wicklow Street, Hull. The 1911 Census has George and family of four daughters living in Vauxhall Grove, Hull. His occupation then was still a merchant seaman. In 1921 he was stilL at the same address and working at sea. George died in March 1938 at the age of 68.

The SHS must emphasise that we are not convinced by the person identified. It is more likely that the chap emanated further west in the Wakefield or Castleford area. That said the Subiings/ Stebbings, Stebbins is quite rare as a surname. We may have to did into the Normanton based local press to see if there is any evidence of a Stubbings lurking there.

PLAYER HONOURS

SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1898~99 0 0 0 8
TOTALS:0 0 0 8
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1898~990003
TOTALS:0003

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
1st Oct 1898 1
W
 8 Oldham L H 15 9 VIEW
8th Oct 1898 2
W
 8 Rochdale Hornets L H 22 3 VIEW
15th Oct 1898 --
L
 12 Lancaster* Fr A 2 8 VIEW
22nd Oct 1898 3
L
 8 Swinton L A 0 8 VIEW
29th Oct 1898 4
W
 8 Wigan L A 22 3 VIEW
5th Nov 1898 5
L
 8 Leigh L H 0 8 VIEW
12th Nov 1898 6
W
 8 Wigan L H 10 7 VIEW
26th Nov 1898 7
D
 8 Widnes L H 0 0 VIEW
3rd Dec 1898 --
W
 12 Birkenhead* Fr H 14 0 VIEW
10th Dec 1898 --
L
 12 Hull* Fr A 0 19 VIEW
14th Jan 1899 8
W
 12 Swinton L H 6 5 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 6 | LOSSES : 4 | DRAWS : 1

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