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Peter Twist

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
04-10-1915
N/A
13 -10-1937
St. Helens RUFC
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
16-10-1937 v Batley
Dewsbury
1944- when he Retired
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1937-1943
152 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
55
0
0
165

Biography of Peter Twist



HERITAGE NO : 470
Peter Twist by Dave Dooley

Peter Twist was a skilful player for the club playing over 150 matches mostly as a centre. He made his debut for Saints on the 16th. October 1937 against Batley. Signed from St Helens RUFC, Peter scored 55 tries, for a total points aggregate of 165 points, demonstrating the quality of his attacking play.

Amongst this impressive haul was a hat trick scored against Featherstone Rovers on the 11th of April, 1942 in the away leg of the first round of the Challenge Cup.

Peter played for the England RL team whilst at Knowsley Road.

His final match for the Club was against Dewsbury on the 18th. March 1944. He subsequently retired. Like so many fine players his career was blighted by the outbreak of the Second World War.

Outside rugby Peter was an Electrician and in 1939 he was living in Hall Street, St Helens. He died in the County Hospital in Ormskirk in December 1961, aged 46. Peter had a brother John and a sister Margaret McEwan Twist who both were schoolteachers. We would like to hear from any descendants of the family regarding his Heritage Certificate.

Peter emanated from a small family. His father was Charles Twist who was a well known coal dealer based in Hall Street, St Helens. In 1921 Peter was living in Hall Street, St Helens with his parents, grandparents, uncle and two siblings. His father, Charles was a Master Carter of coal. His mother was Scottish and hailed from Glasgow. Her maiden name was Kerry which explains Peter’s middle name. Both parents died in the 1940s and Peter continued to live in the family home in Hall Street. As far as we know Peter never married. His brother John died at a young age in 1950.

PLAYER HONOURS

SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1937~38 6 0 0 27
1938~39 8 0 0 28
1939~40 9 0 0 30
1940~41 14 0 0 15
1941~4211 0 0 20
1942~43 1 0 0 14
1943~44 6 0 0 18
TOTALS:55 0 0 152
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1940~41 4003
1942~43 1003
TOTALS:5006

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
16th Oct 1937 1
D
 4 Batley L A 10 10 1 VIEW
23rd Oct 1937 2
D
 3 Featherstone Rovers L H 16 16 VIEW
4th Dec 1937 3
L
 3 Oldham L A 5 18 VIEW
11th Dec 1937 4
L
 4 Barrow L H 7 8 VIEW
25th Dec 1937 5
W
 4 St. Helens Recs L A 10 2 VIEW
1st Jan 1938 6
W
 4 St. Helens Recs L H 8 3 VIEW
3rd Jan 1938 7
L
 4 Salford L A 5 12 VIEW
8th Jan 1938 8
W
 3 Bramley L A 24 14 VIEW
15th Jan 1938 9
W
 4 Dewsbury L H 11 5 VIEW
22nd Jan 1938 10
D
 4 Leigh L A 10 10 VIEW
29th Jan 1938 11
W
 3 Swinton L H 10 2 VIEW
5th Feb 1938 12
L
 3 York L H 15 19 1 VIEW
12th Feb 1938 13
W
 3 York L A 7 2 VIEW
19th Feb 1938 14
W
 3 Pendlebury Juniors CC1 H 39 0 1 VIEW
26th Feb 1938 15
L
 3 Halifax L H 13 17 VIEW
5th Mar 1938 16
L
 3 Halifax L A 8 19 1 VIEW
12th Mar 1938 17
L
 3 Castleford CC2 A 2 18 VIEW
19th Mar 1938 18
L
 3 Warrington L A 8 28 1 VIEW
26th Mar 1938 19
L
 3 Broughton Rangers L A 12 19 VIEW
2nd Apr 1938 20
W
 3 Batley L H 15 9 VIEW
4th Apr 1938 21
L
 3 Swinton L A 0 19 VIEW
9th Apr 1938 22
L
 3 Featherstone Rovers L A 5 12 1 VIEW
13th Apr 1938 23
L
 3 Barrow L A 13 29 VIEW
15th Apr 1938 24
L
 3 Wigan L A 12 27 VIEW
16th Apr 1938 25
L
 3 Liverpool Stanley L H 4 17 VIEW
18th Apr 1938 26
W
 3 Leigh L H 15 3 VIEW
30th Apr 1938 27
W
 3 Rochdale Hornets L H 36 13 VIEW
28th Sep 1938 28
W
 3 Keighley L H 23 0 VIEW
1st Oct 1938 29
W
 3 Swinton L A 10 3 1 VIEW
8th Oct 1938 30
L
 3 Liverpool Stanley L H 7 9 VIEW
15th Oct 1938 31
W
 4 Dewsbury L A 10 5 VIEW
22nd Oct 1938 32
W
 3 York L H 15 13 1 VIEW
29th Oct 1938 33
L
 3 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 5 15 VIEW
5th Nov 1938 34
W
 3 Dewsbury L H 16 4 VIEW
19th Nov 1938 35
W
 3 Swinton L H 12 8 1 VIEW
26th Nov 1938 36
L
 3 Broughton Rangers L A 7 10 VIEW
3rd Dec 1938 37
L
 3 Huddersfield L H 3 10 VIEW
10th Dec 1938 38
W
 3 Liverpool Stanley L A 12 10 1 VIEW
17th Dec 1938 39
W
 4 Broughton Rangers L H 22 6 2 VIEW
24th Dec 1938 40
W
 4 Leigh L A 18 10 1 VIEW
26th Dec 1938 41
L
 4 St. Helens Recs L H 4 5 VIEW
27th Dec 1938 42
L
 4 Wigan L H 2 28 VIEW
31st Dec 1938 43
L
 4 Featherstone Rovers L A 5 10 VIEW
2nd Jan 1939 44
W
 4 St. Helens Recs L A 5 3 VIEW
14th Jan 1939 45
L
 3 Salford L A 0 37 VIEW
21st Jan 1939 46
L
 4 Salford L H 5 32 VIEW
28th Jan 1939 47
L
 4 Huddersfield L A 5 33 VIEW
4th Feb 1939 48
L
 4 Salford CC1 A 0 11 VIEW
11th Feb 1939 49
W
 13 Barrow L H 17 2 VIEW
27th Feb 1939 50
L
 13 Keighley L A 5 8 VIEW
4th Mar 1939 51
W
 13 Bramley L H 13 7 VIEW
11th Mar 1939 52
L
 13 York L A 0 10 VIEW
18th Mar 1939 53
W
 13 Leigh L H 22 12 1 VIEW
25th Mar 1939 54
L
 13 Oldham L A 0 2 VIEW
3rd Apr 1939 55
L
 13 Halifax L A 5 20 VIEW
26th Aug 1939 56
W
 13 Leigh L A 23 3 VIEW
29th Aug 1939 57
W
 13 Swinton L H 13 0 VIEW
2nd Sep 1939 58
L
 13 New Zealand Tour H 3 19 VIEW
29th Sep 1939 59
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets WEL H 28 9 1 VIEW
7th Oct 1939 60
W
 13 Liverpool Stanley WEL A 20 0 1 VIEW
14th Oct 1939 61
W
 13 Warrington WEL H 13 9 VIEW
21st Oct 1939 62
L
 13 Swinton WEL A 2 41 VIEW
28th Oct 1939 63
W
 13 Swinton WEL H 15 7 VIEW
4th Nov 1939 64
W
 13 Broughton Rangers WEL H 28 10 1 VIEW
11th Nov 1939 65
L
 13 Salford WEL H 10 15 VIEW
18th Nov 1939 66
L
 13 Oldham WEL A 3 7 VIEW
25th Nov 1939 67
W
 13 Barrow WEL H 23 3 VIEW
2nd Dec 1939 68
L
 13 Salford WEL A 5 10 VIEW
9th Dec 1939 69
W
 13 Broughton Rangers WEL H 27 9 1 VIEW
16th Dec 1939 70
L
 13 Warrington WEL A 6 8 VIEW
25th Dec 1939 71
D
 13 Widnes WEL A 6 6 VIEW
26th Dec 1939 72
L
 13 Wigan WEL H 9 12 1 VIEW
24th Feb 1940 73
W
 13 Liverpool Stanley WEL H 18 8 VIEW
9th Mar 1940 74
L
 13 Broughton Rangers LC1 (2) A 3 10 VIEW
16th Mar 1940 75
L
 13 Wigan LC2 (1) A 0 5 VIEW
22nd Mar 1940 76
L
 13 Wigan WEL A 0 6 VIEW
23rd Mar 1940 77
W
 13 Leigh WEL H 11 5 1 VIEW
25th Mar 1940 78
L
 13 Rochdale Hornets WEL A 10 12 VIEW
29th Mar 1940 79
W
 13 Wigan LC2 (2) H 10 4 VIEW
6th Apr 1940 80
W
 13 Widnes LCSF (1) H 7 5 1 VIEW
13th Apr 1940 81
L
 13 Widnes LCSF (2) A 0 13 VIEW
20th Apr 1940 82
L
 3 Barrow WEL A 15 17 1 VIEW
27th Apr 1940 83
W
 13 Leigh WEL A 16 5 1 VIEW
4th May 1940 84
W
 13 Oldham WEL H 12 5 VIEW
18th May 1940 85
L
 13 Widnes WEL H 11 20 VIEW
7th Sep 1940 86
W
 13 Liverpool Stanley WEL H 32 15 2 VIEW
21st Sep 1940 87
W
 13 Swinton WEL H 41 0 1 VIEW
28th Sep 1940 88
W
 13 Oldham WEL A 16 5 1 VIEW
5th Oct 1940 89
W
 13 Leigh WEL H 44 8 1 VIEW
12th Oct 1940 90
W
 13 Liverpool Stanley WEL A 26 11 1 VIEW
19th Oct 1940 91
W
 13 Salford WEL H 6 0 VIEW
26th Oct 1940 92
L
 13 Salford WEL A 13 15 VIEW
2nd Nov 1940 93
L
 13 Warrington WEL H 0 13 VIEW
9th Nov 1940 94
W
 13 Warrington WEL A 2 0 VIEW
16th Nov 1940 95
D
 13 Wigan WEL A 5 5 VIEW
23rd Nov 1940 96
W
 13 Broughton Rangers WEL H 23 3 2 VIEW
30th Nov 1940 97
W
 13 Leigh WEL H 50 0 3 VIEW
14th Dec 1940 98
W
 13 Oldham WEL H 19 2 3 VIEW
25th Dec 1940 --
W
 13 Leigh * Fr H 37 18 3 VIEW
11th Jan 1941 99
L
 4 Wigan WEL H 3 6 VIEW
8th Feb 1941 --
L
 13 Wigan * Fr A 8 12 1 VIEW
14th Apr 1941 --
W
 13 Dewsbury * Fr A 21 11 VIEW
19th Apr 1941 100
L
 13 Castleford CC2 A 13 21 VIEW
6th Sep 1941 101
W
 13 York WEL H 23 13 VIEW
13th Sep 1941 102
W
 13 Hull WEL H 11 10 VIEW
20th Sep 1941 103
W
 13 Keighley WEL A 20 2 1 VIEW
27th Sep 1941 104
L
 13 Huddersfield WEL A 13 21 1 VIEW
4th Oct 1941 105
W
 4 Batley WEL H 26 16 2 VIEW
17th Oct 1941 106
W
 4 Castleford WEL H 16 2 VIEW
19th Oct 1941 107
L
 3 Hunslet WEL A 5 13 VIEW
8th Nov 1941 108
W
 13 Featherstone Rovers WEL H 24 10 1 VIEW
15th Nov 1941 109
L
 4 Featherstone Rovers WEL A 13 17 VIEW
29th Nov 1941 110
L
 13 Castleford WEL A 5 12 VIEW
6th Dec 1941 111
L
 13 Leeds WEL A 8 18 VIEW
25th Dec 1941 112
L
 13 Wigan WEL A 3 8 1 VIEW
14th Jan 1942 113
W
 4 Halifax WEL H 13 9 VIEW
21st Jan 1942 114
L
 4 Oldham WEL A 5 8 VIEW
4th Apr 1942 115
L
 3 Halifax WEL A 5 36 VIEW
6th Apr 1942 116
L
 4 Dewsbury WEL H 2 9 VIEW
11th Apr 1942 117
W
 4 Featherstone Rovers CC1(1) A 21 11 3 VIEW
18th Apr 1942 118
W
 4 Featherstone Rovers CC1(2) H 8 3 1 VIEW
25th Apr 1942 119
L
 4 Hunslet CC2(1) A 3 16 VIEW
2nd May 1942 120
W
 4 Hunslet CC2(2) H 21 14 1 VIEW
5th Sep 1942 121
L
 3 Featherstone Rovers WEL H 2 4 VIEW
26th Sep 1942 122
L
 4 Dewsbury WEL A 17 26 VIEW
3rd Oct 1942 123
L
 4 Leeds WEL A 0 34 VIEW
10th Oct 1942 124
W
 3 Wakefield Trinity WEL H 15 7 VIEW
24th Oct 1942 125
W
 13 Wigan YC2(1) H 21 8 VIEW
31st Oct 1942 126
L
 13 Keighley WEL H 7 12 VIEW
25th Dec 1942 127
L
 13 Wigan WEL A 3 10 VIEW
26th Dec 1942 128
L
 3 Wigan WEL H 8 20 VIEW
23rd Jan 1943 --
L
 2 Barrow * Fr A 14 21 1 VIEW
6th Feb 1943 --
L
 13 Wigan * Fr H 3 24 VIEW
13th Feb 1943 --
W
 4 Army * Fr H 6 3 VIEW
27th Feb 1943 129
L
 4 Oldham WEL A 6 12 1 VIEW
6th Mar 1943 130
W
 4 Oldham WEL H 12 11 VIEW
13th Mar 1943 131
W
 4 Barrow CC1(1) H 13 2 VIEW
20th Mar 1943 132
L
 4 Barrow CC1(2) A 0 4 VIEW
27th Mar 1943 133
L
 4 Oldham CC2(1) A 12 17 VIEW
3rd Apr 1943 134
L
 3 Oldham CC2(2) H 5 20 VIEW
4th Sep 1943 135
L
 4 Keighley WEL H 17 23 1 VIEW
11th Sep 1943 136
L
 3 Leeds WEL H 5 28 VIEW
18th Sep 1943 137
L
 13 Dewsbury WEL A 16 48 VIEW
25th Sep 1943 138
L
 4 Barrow WEL H 5 24 VIEW
2nd Oct 1943 139
L
 1 Barrow WEL A 10 31 1 VIEW
9th Oct 1943 140
L
 3 Oldham WEL H 2 11 VIEW
16th Oct 1943 141
L
 3 Wigan YC1(1) H 9 14 VIEW
23rd Oct 1943 142
L
 13 Wigan YC1(2) A 10 20 VIEW
30th Oct 1943 143
L
 13 Oldham WEL A 8 10 VIEW
6th Nov 1943 144
L
 13 Batley WEL A 8 16 2 VIEW
13th Nov 1943 145
L
 13 Leeds WEL A 0 36 VIEW
20th Nov 1943 146
L
 13 Dewsbury WEL H 3 13 VIEW
18th Dec 1943 147
L
 13 Wakefield Trinity WEL H 0 10 VIEW
25th Dec 1943 148
L
 13 Wigan WEL A 12 34 VIEW
4th Mar 1944 149
L
 3 Huddersfield WEL H 6 19 1 VIEW
11th Mar 1944 150
L
 4 Dewsbury CC1(1) A 7 43 VIEW
18th Mar 1944 151
L
 3 Dewsbury CC1(2) H 15 33 1 VIEW
15th Apr 1944 152
L
 13 Halifax WEL A 4 46 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 65 | LOSSES : 88 | DRAWS : 5

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