Austin Yates | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
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| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Austin Yates | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 564 Austin featured for the Saints in seven matches during World War Two. He starred in a 12 points to 11 victory over Oldham on the 6th of March 1943 when this speedy winger netted a brace of tries. His daughter Judy kindly submitted the following details about Austin. He was born at Windle-Smithies, St Helens on 11 September 1920. She thinks that he started the Second World War based at Burtonwood & then joined the RAF, training a Bomb aimer. After the war he joined the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company & worked as a cartographer; when he was invited to work in Persia [Iran] he left & joined the Metropolitan Police force. In 1948 he married my mother Emily Irene May. However he really wanted to become a teacher & to this end he returned to Lancashire, with my mother in 1950 & undertook his teacher training in Liverpool. After completing his teacher training he worked as a teacher in Kent before moving back to Torquay, Devon, where he been stationed with the RAF. He continued in his chosen career as a teacher. In due course he became a headmaster before retiring in 1980. He died age 73 on 2 October 1993. Many thanks to his daughter Judy for these details.Dave Dooley Can you supply the SHS with further details about this player. | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1942~43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1943~44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1944~45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| TOTALS: | ||||
ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 27th Feb 1943 | 1 | L |
2 | Oldham | WEL | A | 6 | 12 | VIEW | |||
| 6th Mar 1943 | 2 | W |
2 | Oldham | WEL | H | 12 | 11 | 2 | VIEW | ||
| 20th Mar 1943 | 3 | L |
2 | Barrow | CC1(2) | A | 0 | 4 | VIEW | |||
| 3rd Apr 1943 | 4 | L |
5 | Oldham | CC2(2) | H | 5 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 17th Apr 1943 | 5 | L |
5 | Featherstone Rovers | WEL | A | 3 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 15th Apr 1944 | 6 | L |
5 | Halifax | WEL | A | 4 | 46 | VIEW | |||
| 13th Jan 1945 | 7 | L |
5 | Barrow | WEL | A | 6 | 22 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 1 | LOSSES : 6 | DRAWS : |
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