John Tembey

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
11-09-1936
N/A
Date unknown.
Whitehaven
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
06-01-1962 v Barrow
Barrow
1965- Warrington
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1961-1965
137 (2)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
20
0
0
60

Biography of John Tembey



HERITAGE NO : 790
John Tembey by Dave Dooley:
John Tembey was a tough hard-hitting forward for the club playing over 100 matches in the mid-sixties. Born in Kells (Cumberland), he signed from Whitehaven in the New Year of 1962. John made his debut against Barrow in the 30 to 6 points home victory on the 6th. January 1962. John was a fearsome driver of the ball with a neat offload when being tackled. In defence he was an exemplary tackler. In this first half-season John only played three more games for the Saints all in the second row position.

John Tembey scored his first try for the Club against Salford on September 1st. 1962 in the 59 points to nil humiliation of Salford in the Western Divisional Championship. He promptly followed up with a second touchdown in the same match. The following month on 27th.October, 1962 John was in the second row when the Club won the Lancashire Cup as Saints defeated Swinton by 7 points to 4 in front of a crowd of over 23 000 at Central Park. John continued to play in the second row until March 23rd. 1963 when he was given the number eight jersey in the 38 points to nil thrashing of Bramley. For the next two years John was virtually unrivalled for the position despite the wealth of forwards coming through the Saints` ranks at the time. He completed his first full season having played 41 matches with a haul of nine tries.

The following season John was in the front row as Saints lifted the Lancashire Cup for the fourth year in succession. This time the opposition was Leigh as 21 231 spectators witness Saints overcome the Leythers by 15 points to 4. In the 1963/64 season John played 41 matches notching five tries in the process.

The 1964/65 was another full campaign for John Tembey. He collected his third Lancashire Cup winners medal as Saints again disposed of Swinton by 12 points to 4 in front of a crowd of 17 383 at Central Park on October 24th. 1964. The start of that particular season was an incredible experience for Saints` fans at the time. The team won its first 21 matches of the season with John Tembey wearing the number eight jersey in nineteen of those games. By the end of the season Saints topped the table having conceded only 226 from 34 league matches (an average of less than 7 points conceded per match) - and Saints were renowned for their attacking play at the time! The penultimate match that season was the Western Divisional Championship Final against Swinton at Central Park. On the 16th. May, 1964 in front of 17 363 spectators Saints defeated a talented Swinton side by 10 points to 7 with Tembey amply filling his number eight jersey. John Tembey played a big part in that solid defence. For the record John played 39 matches and came on as substitute twice as he scored five tries for the club in that campaign.

The following season saw changing fortunes for John as a raft of talented forwards pressed hard for a starting position in the pack. John was eventually out of favour as the Club attempted to maintain the winning formula that had put together another incredible unbeaten run in the league in the first four months of the season. In the end John moved on to Warrington and Albert Halsall was brought in take over the open side prop position. Tembey played his final game for the Saints against Barrow on the 9th. of October, 1965, his parting gift was a try as the Saints prevailed by 18 points to 14.

John Tembey played 135 (+ two as substitute) matches for the club. He scored 20 tries and kicked no goals for an aggregate score of 60 points. His outstanding efforts for the Saints brought him international caps for Great Britain and county caps for Cumberland.

Sadly John passed away on 28th. July, 1994.


SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1961~620 0 0 4
1962~639 0 0 41
1963~645 0 0 41
1964~65 5 0 0 41
1965~66 1 0 0 10
TOTALS:20 0 0 137
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1962~630001
1963~640001
1964~650002
1965~66 0001
TOTALS:0005

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
6th Jan 1962 1
W
 12 Barrow L H 30 6 VIEW
13th Jan 1962 2
L
 12 Leeds L A 3 20 VIEW
20th Jan 1962 3
W
 12 Warrington L H 11 7 VIEW
27th Jan 1962 4
L
 12 Workington Town L A 7 23 VIEW
10th Aug 1962 --
W
 10 Liverpool City* Fr Charity Cup H 33 2 VIEW
22nd Aug 1962 5
W
 12 Leigh WDC H 21 3 VIEW
25th Aug 1962 6
W
 12 Blackpool Borough WDC H 21 12 VIEW
30th Aug 1962 7
W
 12 Liverpool City WDC A 16 9 VIEW
1st Sep 1962 8
W
 12 Salford WDC H 59 0 2 VIEW
8th Sep 1962 9
W
 10 Liverpool City LC1 H 22 0 VIEW
15th Sep 1962 10
W
 11 Leigh WDC A 20 10 VIEW
18th Sep 1962 11
W
 11 Blackpool Borough LC2 A 14 3 VIEW
22nd Sep 1962 12
W
 11 Liverpool City WDC H 32 3 VIEW
29th Sep 1962 13
D
 11 Blackpool Borough WDC A 12 12 VIEW
2nd Oct 1962 14
W
 11 Oldham LCSF A 10 8 VIEW
6th Oct 1962 15
L
 11 Warrington L A 13 21 VIEW
9th Oct 1962 16
L
 11 Widnes WDCSF H 9 10 VIEW
13th Oct 1962 17
D
 11 Castleford L H 10 10 VIEW
20th Oct 1962 18
W
 11 Huddersfield L A 22 9 VIEW
27th Oct 1962 19
W
 11 Swinton LCF N 7 4 VIEW
3rd Nov 1962 20
L
 11 Leeds L A 7 14 VIEW
10th Nov 1962 21
L
 11 Warrington L H 2 4 VIEW
17th Nov 1962 22
W
 11 Castleford L A 8 7 VIEW
24th Nov 1962 23
W
 11 Huddersfield L H 36 3 VIEW
1st Dec 1962 24
L
 11 Workington Town L A 5 8 VIEW
8th Dec 1962 25
W
 11 Leeds L H 13 6 VIEW
15th Dec 1962 26
L
 11 Wakefield Trinity L A 7 10 VIEW
9th Mar 1963 27
L
 11 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 2 3 VIEW
11th Mar 1963 28
L
 11 Halifax CC1 A 2 9 VIEW
23rd Mar 1963 29
W
 8 Bramley L H 38 0 1 VIEW
30th Mar 1963 30
W
 8 Featherstone Rovers L A 17 10 VIEW
1st Apr 1963 31
W
 8 Workington Town L H 29 0 1 VIEW
6th Apr 1963 32
W
 8 Halifax L H 33 3 VIEW
12th Apr 1963 33
W
 8 Wigan L A 24 4 VIEW
13th Apr 1963 34
L
 8 Swinton L A 8 9 VIEW
15th Apr 1963 35
L
 8 Swinton L H 9 24 VIEW
20th Apr 1963 36
W
 8 Featherstone Rovers L H 18 5 1 VIEW
27th Apr 1963 37
L
 8 Hull L A 7 15 VIEW
29th Apr 1963 38
L
 8 Wakefield Trinity L H 15 16 VIEW
4th May 1963 39
W
 8 Widnes L A 25 2 VIEW
6th May 1963 40
W
 8 Oldham L H 22 8 VIEW
13th May 1963 41
W
 8 Widnes L H 14 6 VIEW
18th May 1963 42
W
 8 Bramley L A 21 9 VIEW
25th May 1963 43
W
 8 Halifax L A 33 5 2 VIEW
27th May 1963 44
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 16 15 1 VIEW
30th May 1963 45
W
 8 Oldham L A 24 9 1 VIEW
17th Aug 1963 --
W
 8 Liverpool City* Fr Charity Cup H 34 8 VIEW
24th Aug 1963 46
L
 8 Huddersfield L H 7 10 VIEW
28th Aug 1963 47
W
 8 Castleford L H 20 11 1 VIEW
31st Aug 1963 48
W
 8 Keighley L A 18 6 1 VIEW
2nd Sep 1963 49
W
 8 Hunslet L A 15 7 VIEW
7th Sep 1963 50
W
 8 Swinton LC1 A 12 2 VIEW
14th Sep 1963 51
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 40 5 VIEW
16th Sep 1963 52
W
 8 Workington Town LC2 H 28 4 VIEW
21st Sep 1963 53
L
 8 Halifax L A 5 13 VIEW
23rd Sep 1963 54
W
 8 Warrington LCSF A 21 14 VIEW
28th Sep 1963 55
L
 8 Australia Tour H 2 8 VIEW
5th Oct 1963 56
W
 8 Barrow WDC H 19 15 VIEW
12th Oct 1963 57
W
 8 Leeds L A 10 2 1 VIEW
19th Oct 1963 58
W
 8 Hull L H 11 10 VIEW
26th Oct 1963 59
W
 8 Leigh LCF N 15 4 VIEW
2nd Nov 1963 60
W
 8 Warrington L H 19 8 VIEW
16th Nov 1963 61
D
 8 Featherstone Rovers L H 11 11 VIEW
30th Nov 1963 62
W
 8 Liverpool City WDC H 16 0 1 VIEW
7th Dec 1963 63
W
 8 Wakefield Trinity L A 8 7 VIEW
14th Dec 1963 64
L
 8 Halifax L H 12 13 VIEW
28th Dec 1963 65
W
 8 Workington Town L A 5 0 VIEW
1st Jan 1964 66
L
 8 Swinton L H 6 8 VIEW
4th Jan 1964 67
W
 8 Salford WDC A 15 5 1 VIEW
11th Jan 1964 68
L
 8 Hunslet L H 10 12 VIEW
22nd Feb 1964 69
L
 8 Leeds L H 6 14 VIEW
29th Feb 1964 70
W
 8 Warrington L A 17 10 VIEW
7th Mar 1964 71
W
 8 Huddersfield L A 16 11 VIEW
14th Mar 1964 72
W
 8 Workington Town L H 14 8 VIEW
21st Mar 1964 73
W
 8 Whitehaven WDC H 50 7 VIEW
27th Mar 1964 74
W
 8 Wigan L H 11 5 VIEW
28th Mar 1964 75
W
 8 Salford WDC H 24 13 VIEW
30th Mar 1964 76
W
 8 Swinton L A 10 7 VIEW
4th Apr 1964 77
L
 8 Widnes L H 6 10 VIEW
8th Apr 1964 78
L
 8 Featherstone Rovers L A 12 19 VIEW
11th Apr 1964 79
W
 8 Wakefield Trinity L H 24 10 VIEW
15th Apr 1964 80
W
 8 Whitehaven WDC A 3 0 VIEW
18th Apr 1964 81
W
 8 Liverpool City WDC A 32 7 VIEW
22nd Apr 1964 82
W
 8 Wigan L A 22 13 VIEW
1st May 1964 83
W
 8 Oldham WDCSF H 22 11 VIEW
6th May 1964 84
W
 8 Hull L A 17 9 VIEW
16th May 1964 85
W
 8 Swinton WDCF N 10 7 VIEW
27th May 1964 86
L
 8 Castleford L A 10 11 VIEW
14th Aug 1964 --
W
 8 Swinton* Fr Gallie Cup H 22 2 VIEW
22nd Aug 1964 87
W
 8 Leigh L A 19 6 VIEW
24th Aug 1964 88
W
 8 Rochdale Hornets L H 28 4 VIEW
29th Aug 1964 89
W
 8 Widnes L H 29 6 VIEW
31st Aug 1964 90
W
 8 Whitehaven L A 15 5 VIEW
5th Sep 1964 91
W
 8 Liverpool City LC1 A 41 11 VIEW
12th Sep 1964 92
W
 8 Blackpool Borough L H 37 5 1 VIEW
14th Sep 1964 93
W
 8 Barrow LC2 A 22 11 VIEW
19th Sep 1964 94
W
 8 Rochdale Hornets L A 17 6 VIEW
26th Sep 1964 95
W
 8 Featherstone Rovers L A 30 15 VIEW
29th Sep 1964 96
W
 8 Warrington LCSF A 10 8 VIEW
3rd Oct 1964 97
W
 8 Workington Town L H 32 6 VIEW
17th Oct 1964 98
W
 8 Featherstone Rovers L H 25 12 VIEW
24th Oct 1964 99
W
 8 Swinton LCF N 12 4 VIEW
31st Oct 1964 --NPS
W
 15 Oldham L H 22 6 VIEW
7th Nov 1964 100
W
 8 Warrington L H 26 10 1 VIEW
14th Nov 1964 101
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 25 12 VIEW
21st Nov 1964 102
W
 8 Barrow L H 37 3 VIEW
19th Dec 1964 103
W
 8 Leigh L H 10 7 VIEW
1st Jan 1965 104
W
 8 Swinton L A 11 5 VIEW
9th Jan 1965 105
W
 8 Liverpool City L H 23 3 VIEW
16th Jan 1965 106
L
 15 Warrington L A 4 6 VIEW
23rd Jan 1965 107
W
 8 Whitehaven L H 16 3 VIEW
27th Jan 1965 --
W
 8 Other Nationalities* Fr Opening of Floodl H 19 2 VIEW
6th Feb 1965 108
W
 8 Castleford CC1 H 22 9 1 VIEW
13th Feb 1965 109
L
 8 Workington Town L A 3 4 VIEW
16th Feb 1965 110
W
 8 Salford L H 12 6 VIEW
20th Feb 1965 111
W
 8 Huddersfield L H 28 6 VIEW
27th Feb 1965 112
L
 8 Wigan CC2 A 2 7 VIEW
13th Mar 1965 113
W
 8 Oldham L A 15 9 VIEW
16th Mar 1965 114
L
 8 Wakefield Trinity L H 2 9 VIEW
20th Mar 1965 115
L
 15 Wakefield Trinity L A 4 5 VIEW
23rd Mar 1965 116
L
 8 Wigan L H 6 10 VIEW
27th Mar 1965 117
L
 8 Salford L A 8 11 VIEW
30th Mar 1965 118
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 8 2 VIEW
5th Apr 1965 119
W
 8 Barrow L A 21 14 VIEW
9th Apr 1965 120
W
 8 Liverpool City L A 11 0 1 VIEW
16th Apr 1965 121
W
 8 Wigan L A 16 8 VIEW
17th Apr 1965 122
W
 8 Widnes L A 14 2 VIEW
19th Apr 1965 123
W
 8 Swinton L H 16 5 1 VIEW
24th Apr 1965 124
W
 8 Barrow Ch1 H 23 7 VIEW
30th Apr 1965 125
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers Ch2 H 24 6 VIEW
15th May 1965 126
W
 8 Wakefield Trinity ChSF H 10 5 VIEW
22nd May 1965 127
L
 8 Halifax ChF N 7 15 VIEW
14th Aug 1965 --
L
 8 Swinton * Fr Gallie Cup A 9 11 VIEW
20th Aug 1965 128
W
 8 Halifax L H 15 4 VIEW
24th Aug 1965 129
W
 8 Rochdale Hornets L A 17 9 VIEW
28th Aug 1965 130
W
 8 Castleford L A 19 15 VIEW
30th Aug 1965 131
W
 8 Whitehaven L H 30 5 VIEW
4th Sep 1965 132
W
 8 Warrington L A 11 2 VIEW
10th Sep 1965 133
L
 8 Swinton LC1 H 7 8 VIEW
15th Sep 1965 --NPS
W
 15 New Zealand Tour H 28 7 VIEW
18th Sep 1965 --NPS
W
 15 Castleford L H 21 6 VIEW
27th Sep 1965 134
W
 11 Widnes L A 9 4 VIEW
1st Oct 1965 135
W
 8 Oldham L H 23 17 VIEW
5th Oct 1965 136
W
 8 Leigh FT1 H 25 19 VIEW
9th Oct 1965 137
W
 8 Barrow L H 18 14 1 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 108 | LOSSES : 34 | DRAWS : 3

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