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Archie Waddell

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
04-09-1886
N/A
Date unknown.
New Zealand
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
03-09-1910 v Oldham
Hunslet
1914- Returned to New Zealand
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1910-1913
97 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
18
0
0
54

Biography of Archie Waddell



HERITAGE NO : 199
Archie Waddell by Alex Service

Archie came to St.Helens as a forward and 'a mate of Jum Turtill's' for the start of the 1910-11 season. According to the St.Helens Newspaper he was originally visiting friends in Scotland, but went to see his good friend in St.Helens and the persuasive eloquence of the famous full-back induced him to change his mind about going back home and he duly became a Saint. The Newspaper gave the following details of the signing on 9th August 1910:

'On Saturday last, the Saints made an important capture when they secured the signature of Archie Waddell a New Zealand forward. Waddell is the picture of the ideal scrummager, standing 6ft and turning the scales at 14st 5lbs. He is only 24 years of age. He commenced his football with Hawk's Bay Province and from there went into the Auckland team, with whom he has played for three years. He was a North Island representative last year and was invited to play with the New Zealand international rugby union side at present in Australia. The North Island and Auckland in particular are very strong in forwards and it has the hallmark of class to be selected for a representative match. Waddell was a club-mate of Charlie Seeling and the Wigan forward says that the new St.Helens forward is one of the best.'

Waddell made his debut for his new club against Oldham in the first match of the 1910-11 season and scored a try in the Saints 16-5 victory, which delighted the Knowsley Road crowd. Although the beating of such traditionally tough opponents proved to be somewhat over-optimistic in terms of the team's ambitions during the campaign, Waddell was certainly a great signing for the club. Throughout his career he gave terrific value for money and was a popular figure around the town. He averaged over 20 appearances each season and could be relied on to score at least four tries. The best season for Archie and his new team-mates was 1911-12, when the club reached the dizzy heights of 7th in the Northern Union when Archie made 27 appearances scoring 7 tries.

Like many of his colleagues Archie must have returned to New Zealand at the outbreak of War and the next we hear of him is an article in the St.Helens Newspaper and Advertiser, Friday 25thFebruary 1916: 'Sergeant Archie Waddell of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who is well-known in St.Helens as a prominent playing member of the St.Helens RFC has 'come home' as the Late Rt.Hon.R.J. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, observed when he returned to St.Helens. Sergeant Waddell arrived in St.Helens the other day having spent four and a half months in hospital as a result of his experiences with the Colonial Forces at Gallipoli. He looked fairly well, however, but said he was not yet in form to play football, as he is suffering from the effects of concussion caused by the explosion of a high explosive shell, and also from the effects of dysentery. As the Newspaper representatives left, Sergeant Waddell said: 'As I said, I don't think I shall play football again, but I shall go to see the boys on Saturday when they play Barrow.'
There are reports of him playing against Australia in 1919, but this is unconfirmed. Although Archie suffered badly from his military service, he survived to tell the tale, unlike his old chum Turtill, who perished on the Western Front.

Both Turtill and Waddell organised charity matches in the town as part of the Chief Constable's Clog and Stocking Fund, which provided children's clothes for the needy. They certainly had two of these matches and the teams were known as Turtill's Toddlers and Waddell's Warriors. The teams themselves consisted of prominent local business men and personalities. Archie played in one, certainly. Archie returned to New Zealand and was working a farm in Patutahi. We do know that he died on 2nd November 1972. In Gisbourne, New Zealand.

PLAYER HONOURS

SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1910~114 0 0 23
1911~12 6 0 0 27
1912~134 0 0 25
1913~14 4 0 0 22
TOTALS:18 0 0 97
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1911~12 1001
1912~13 0001
TOTALS:1002

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
3rd Sep 1910 1
W
 11 Oldham L H 16 5 1 VIEW
10th Sep 1910 2
L
 11 Runcorn L A 4 8 VIEW
17th Sep 1910 3
W
 11 Salford L H 19 14 VIEW
24th Sep 1910 4
W
 11 Merthyr Tydfil L A 17 6 VIEW
1st Oct 1910 5
L
 11 Widnes L A 12 28 VIEW
8th Oct 1910 6
W
 11 Broughton Rangers L H 31 2 1 VIEW
15th Oct 1910 7
L
 11 Leigh L A 5 9 VIEW
22nd Oct 1910 8
L
 11 Rochdale Hornets LC1 H 5 11 VIEW
29th Oct 1910 9
L
 11 Warrington L H 9 17 VIEW
12th Nov 1910 10
W
 11 Merthyr Tydfil L H 13 3 VIEW
19th Nov 1910 11
L
 11 Barrow L A 11 16 VIEW
26th Nov 1910 12
W
 11 Batley L H 8 5 VIEW
3rd Dec 1910 13
W
 11 Rochdale Hornets L H 21 8 VIEW
10th Dec 1910 14
L
 11 Oldham L A 0 9 VIEW
17th Dec 1910 15
W
 11 Warrington L A 8 7 VIEW
24th Dec 1910 16
W
 11 Runcorn L H 25 3 VIEW
26th Dec 1910 17
L
 11 Wigan L H 6 18 VIEW
31st Dec 1910 18
L
 11 Batley L A 8 24 1 VIEW
2nd Jan 1911 19
W
 11 Hunslet L H 24 2 VIEW
7th Jan 1911 20
W
 11 Swinton L H 11 10 1 VIEW
11th Jan 1911 21
L
 11 Wakefield Trinity L A 9 26 VIEW
21st Jan 1911 22
L
 11 Wakefield Trinity L H 8 18 VIEW
28th Jan 1911 23
L
 11 Broughton Rangers L A 7 14 VIEW
4th Nov 1911 24
L
 10 Wigan LC2 A 8 22 VIEW
11th Nov 1911 25
L
 10 Ebbw Vale L A 0 2 VIEW
18th Nov 1911 26
W
 10 Salford L A 15 13 VIEW
25th Nov 1911 27
W
 10 Rochdale Hornets L H 27 12 2 VIEW
2nd Dec 1911 28
W
 10 Broughton Rangers L H 10 5 VIEW
7th Dec 1911 29
W
 10 Oldham L H 21 11 VIEW
9th Dec 1911 30
W
 10 Warrington L A 17 2 VIEW
16th Dec 1911 31
W
 10 Coventry L H 31 2 VIEW
23rd Dec 1911 32
W
 10 Runcorn L A 9 0 VIEW
25th Dec 1911 33
W
 10 Widnes L H 9 4 VIEW
26th Dec 1911 34
L
 10 Wigan L H 3 16 VIEW
30th Dec 1911 35
L
 10 Oldham L A 5 35 VIEW
1st Jan 1912 36
W
 10 Hunslet L H 31 10 1 VIEW
6th Jan 1912 37
L
 10 Wakefield Trinity L A 5 14 VIEW
13th Jan 1912 38
W
 10 Ebbw Vale L H 34 0 1 VIEW
27th Jan 1912 39
W
 10 Rochdale Hornets L A 10 3 VIEW
17th Feb 1912 40
L
 10 Barrow CC1 A 3 13 VIEW
20th Feb 1912 41
L
 10 Dewsbury L A 8 17 VIEW
24th Feb 1912 42
W
 10 Leigh L A 30 0 1 VIEW
2nd Mar 1912 --
W
 10 Runcorn * Fr 27 8 1 VIEW
9th Mar 1912 43
W
 10 Swinton L H 20 5 VIEW
16th Mar 1912 44
W
 10 Salford L H 19 6 VIEW
28th Mar 1912 45
W
 10 Dewsbury L H 20 0 VIEW
30th Mar 1912 46
W
 10 Barrow L H 43 2 1 VIEW
5th Apr 1912 47
L
 10 Wigan L A 14 17 VIEW
6th Apr 1912 48
L
 10 Broughton Rangers L A 5 21 VIEW
8th Apr 1912 49
W
 10 Wakefield Trinity L H 41 2 VIEW
13th Apr 1912 50
L
 10 Hunslet L A 7 34 VIEW
7th Sep 1912 51
W
 8 Barrow L H 15 2 VIEW
14th Sep 1912 52
W
 8 Runcorn L A 11 8 VIEW
21st Sep 1912 53
L
 8 Hunslet L H 5 22 VIEW
28th Sep 1912 54
D
 8 Oldham L A 10 10 VIEW
5th Oct 1912 55
L
 8 Swinton L A 2 9 VIEW
12th Oct 1912 56
W
 8 Widnes L H 21 2 1 VIEW
19th Oct 1912 57
L
 8 Dewsbury L A 11 27 VIEW
2nd Nov 1912 58
W
 8 Warrington LC1 H 18 10 VIEW
9th Nov 1912 59
L
 8 Leigh L A 5 8 1 VIEW
21st Nov 1912 60
L
 8 Warrington L H 7 10 VIEW
23rd Nov 1912 61
W
 8 Broughton Rangers L H 20 12 VIEW
14th Dec 1912 62
L
 8 Salford L A 3 11 VIEW
4th Jan 1913 63
W
 8 Wakefield Trinity L H 17 3 1 VIEW
11th Jan 1913 64
L
 8 Warrington L A 5 6 VIEW
18th Jan 1913 65
W
 8 Coventry L A 26 0 VIEW
21st Jan 1913 66
L
 8 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 11 VIEW
25th Jan 1913 67
W
 8 Swinton L H 17 0 VIEW
1st Feb 1913 68
L
 8 Wakefield Trinity L A 7 14 VIEW
8th Feb 1913 --
W
 10 Torquay * Fr Tour P 29 5 VIEW
15th Feb 1913 69
W
 8 Coventry L H 51 9 1 VIEW
22nd Feb 1913 70
W
 8 Barrow L A 23 6 VIEW
21st Mar 1913 71
L
 8 Wigan L A 10 33 VIEW
22nd Mar 1913 72
W
 8 Salford L H 6 0 VIEW
24th Mar 1913 73
L
 8 Huddersfield L A 3 21 VIEW
5th Apr 1913 74
W
 8 Leigh L H 20 0 VIEW
9th Apr 1913 75
L
 8 Broughton Rangers L A 11 22 VIEW
11th Oct 1913 76
L
 8 Widnes L A 0 25 VIEW
18th Oct 1913 77
W
 8 Leigh L H 37 7 1 VIEW
29th Nov 1913 78
L
 8 Hunslet L A 11 20 VIEW
6th Dec 1913 79
W
 8 Swinton L H 19 5 VIEW
13th Dec 1913 80
W
 12 Runcorn L H 18 5 VIEW
20th Dec 1913 81
L
 12 Rochdale Hornets L A 2 31 VIEW
25th Dec 1913 82
W
 9 Widnes L H 10 3 VIEW
26th Dec 1913 83
L
 9 Wigan L H 3 17 VIEW
27th Dec 1913 84
L
 9 Broughton Rangers L A 0 11 VIEW
24th Jan 1914 85
L
 10 Swinton L A 3 16 VIEW
31st Jan 1914 86
W
 9 Dewsbury L A 12 11 VIEW
2nd Feb 1914 87
L
 9 Hull L H 7 15 VIEW
21st Feb 1914 88
L
 9 Warrington L H 8 22 VIEW
28th Feb 1914 89
W
 9 Wigan Highfield CC1 H 27 4 1 VIEW
14th Mar 1914 90
D
 10 Rochdale Hornets CC2 A 3 3 VIEW
18th Mar 1914 91
L
 10 Rochdale Hornets CC2(rep) H 0 10 VIEW
21st Mar 1914 92
L
 10 Leigh L A 6 7 VIEW
4th Apr 1914 93
L
 12 Oldham L A 5 32 VIEW
10th Apr 1914 94
L
 9 Wigan L A 2 30 VIEW
11th Apr 1914 95
W
 9 Rochdale Hornets L H 47 5 1 VIEW
13th Apr 1914 96
L
 9 Huddersfield L A 8 10 VIEW
18th Apr 1914 97
W
 9 Hunslet L H 36 6 1 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 50 | LOSSES : 47 | DRAWS : 2

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