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Jack Dearden

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
14-7-1862
N/A
Date unknown.
Unknown.
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
25-2-1882 v Widnes True Blues
Tottington
1893-
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1882-1893
114 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
2
0
0
2

Biography of Jack Dearden



HERITAGE NO :
Jack Dearden

COAT HOLDER

Jack was born in St Helens in 1862. His early life is a little sketchy. He was the stepson of William Andrews, an iron dresser who has moved to St Helens from Woolwich in Kent. Mother Caroline was from St. Helens.

The family lived in Water Street, St Helens in 1881 and Jack worked as an apprentice iron moulder.

In the early 1920s, the founder of the Saints Supporters Club, Jesse Skipper, invited former players to write to him with their reminiscences of the early days of rugby in St Helens. Jack Dearden responded with the following account of his debut. It is a quite fascinating insight to the nature of the sport at the time.

“I reminder going with the team to Liverpool to play a team called Blundelsands, old Alec Borthwick being the captain at the time. I went to watch them play and to hold as many of their clothes as I possibly could. When the team went on to the field they were a man short and Borthwick asked me to play. I told him I didn’t understand the game but he said I should manage all right. I dropped the clothes on the ground and took my coat and vest off and went into the play.”

Although he had to remain in his wet clothes all day, Jack enjoyed the experience and went on to play well over a century of games for the Club. He was noted as one the Saints’ most reliable and toughest tacklers. A team photograph from 1910 shows Jack as trainer to the Saints’ senior team.

Beyond rugby married Mary Ellen May. The couple had one daughter and two sons and lived at 111, Harris Street., St Helens in 1901. Jack enjoyed the experience and went on to play well over a century of games for the Club. He was noted as one the Saints’ most reliable and toughest tacklers. A team photograph from 1910 shows Jack as trainer to the Saints’ senior team.

Somewhat surprisingly, in the next decade Jack and his family moved to Ireland. In 1911 they were living in Templemore Avenue, in the district of Pottinger., Belfast, Ireland where he worked as an iron moulder most probably in the shipyards. He was 85 years old when he died in Belfast.
DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
25th Feb 1882 1
N/K
 12 Widnes True Blues* FR H VIEW
14th Feb 1885 2
N/K
 4 Wavertree* FR H VIEW
21st Feb 1885 3
N/K
 4 St Helens Recs* FR H VIEW
1st Jan 1886 4
N/K
 6 Litherland* FR H VIEW
3rd Jan 1886 5
N/K
 6 Litherland* FR A VIEW
23rd Oct 1886 6
L
 1 Rochdale St.Clements* FR H 0 2 VIEW
27th Nov 1886 7
L
 4 Birch* FR A 0 4 VIEW
22nd Jan 1887 8
L
 14 Radcliffe* FR A 0 2 VIEW
19th Feb 1887 9
W
 14 Liverpool Wanderers* FR A 8 0 VIEW
5th Mar 1887 10
L
 14 Warrington* FR A 0 1 VIEW
26th Mar 1887 11
D
 14 Eccles* FR H 2 2 VIEW
2nd Apr 1887 12
W
 14 Birch* FR H 4 0 VIEW
8th Apr 1887 13
W
 14 Widnes* FR H 2 1 VIEW
9th Apr 1887 14
L
 14 Ossett* FR H 0 1 VIEW
10th Sep 1887 15
D
 13 Kendal Hornets* FR N 0 0 VIEW
24th Sep 1887 16
W
 13 Ashton Under Lyme* FR H 21 0 VIEW
1st Oct 1887 17
L
 13 Widnes* FR A 0 3 VIEW
8th Oct 1887 18
D
 13 Walkden* FR H 1 1 VIEW
15th Oct 1887 19
W
 13 Morecambe* FR A 4 0 VIEW
17th Oct 1887 20
L
 13 Werneth* FR H 2 3 VIEW
22nd Oct 1887 21
D
 13 Crompton* FR A 2 2 VIEW
29th Oct 1887 22
W
 13 Radcliffe* FR H 3 0 VIEW
5th Nov 1887 23
L
 13 St.Helens Recreation* FR A 2 3 VIEW
12th Nov 1887 24
L
 13 Kendal Hornets* FR H 0 7 VIEW
19th Nov 1887 25
L
 13 Mossley* FR A 1 3 VIEW
26th Nov 1887 26
W
 13 Tyldesley* FR H 3 1 VIEW
3rd Dec 1887 27
L
 13 Wigan* FR A 0 3 VIEW
10th Dec 1887 28
L
 13 Barrow* FR A 0 5 VIEW
17th Dec 1887 29
L
 13 Wigan* FR H 0 8 VIEW
24th Dec 1887 30
L
 5 Widnes* FR H 0 3 VIEW
2nd Jan 1888 31
W
 5 Carnforth* FR H 2 0 VIEW
7th Jan 1888 32
W
 5 Bury* FR H 5 0 VIEW
4th Feb 1888 33
D
 5 Walkden* FR A 1 1 VIEW
11th Feb 1888 34
L
 5 Radcliffe* FR A 0 6 VIEW
3rd Mar 1888 35
W
 5 Blackrod* WLC A 5 0 VIEW
10th Mar 1888 36
L
 5 Tyldesley* WLC A 0 3 VIEW
24th Mar 1888 37
W
 5 Barrow* FR H 4 3 VIEW
7th Apr 1888 38
L
 14 Wigan* FR A 0 7 VIEW
21st Apr 1888 39
L
 9 Kendal Hornets* FR H 2 3 VIEW
28th Apr 1888 40
W
 9 Leigh* FR H 3 2 VIEW
1st Sep 1888 41
W
 14 Mr Higsons Salford* FR H 7 0 VIEW
8th Sep 1888 42
L
 14 Batley* FR H 1 9 VIEW
15th Sep 1888 43
L
 14 Rochdale Hornets* FR H 0 3 VIEW
22nd Sep 1888 44
D
 14 Walkden* FR H 0 0 VIEW
29th Sep 1888 45
W
 14 Leigh* FR H 5 2 VIEW
6th Oct 1888 46
W
 14 Audenshaw* FR H 11 0 VIEW
13th Oct 1888 47
W
 14 Bramley* FR H 3 1 VIEW
20th Oct 1888 48
W
 14 Morecambe* FR A 2 0 VIEW
27th Oct 1888 49
W
 14 Manchester Free Wanderers* FR H 6 1 VIEW
3rd Nov 1888 50
W
 14 Birch* FR H 7 0 VIEW
10th Nov 1888 51
D
 14 Stockport* FR H 0 0 VIEW
2nd Feb 1889 52
W
 9 Eccles* FR H 7 0 VIEW
9th Feb 1889 53
D
 9 Stockport* FR A 0 0 VIEW
16th Feb 1889 54
L
 7 Widnes* FR A 0 4 VIEW
9th Mar 1889 55
L
 12 Kendal Hornets* FR H 1 2 VIEW
14th Mar 1889 56
L
 12 Maoris* FR H 0 7 VIEW
16th Mar 1889 57
W
 12 Birch* FR A 7 1 VIEW
23rd Mar 1889 58
W
 12 Askam* FR H 3 0 VIEW
30th Mar 1889 59
W
 12 Crompton* FR A 1 0 VIEW
6th Apr 1889 60
L
 12 Askam* FR A 0 3 VIEW
13th Apr 1889 61
W
 12 Kendal Town* FR H 4 1 VIEW
19th Apr 1889 62
W
 12 Wakefield Trinity* FR H 4 0 VIEW
20th Apr 1889 63
W
 12 Aspull* FR H 4 2 VIEW
22nd Apr 1889 64
W
 12 Ossett* FR H 5 1 VIEW
27th Apr 1889 65
W
 12 Kendal Town* FR A 1 0 VIEW
4th May 1889 66
D
 12 Batley* FR H 0 0 VIEW
7th Sep 1889 67
L
 12 Warrington* FR H 0 2 VIEW
14th Sep 1889 68
L
 12 Morley* FR A 1 3 VIEW
21st Sep 1889 69
D
 12 Millom* FR H 0 0 VIEW
28th Sep 1889 70
W
 12 Bramley* FR H 6 0 VIEW
5th Oct 1889 71
L
 12 Lancaster* FR H 1 3 VIEW
12th Oct 1889 72
W
 12 Rochdale Hornets* FR A 5 4 VIEW
19th Oct 1889 73
L
 12 Radcliffe* FR H 1 2 VIEW
26th Oct 1889 74
D
 12 Widnes* L A 1 1 VIEW
2nd Nov 1889 75
L
 12 Kendal Hornets* FR A 1 2 VIEW
9th Nov 1889 76
L
 12 Rochdale St Clements* FR A 0 2 VIEW
14th Nov 1889 77
W
 12 Maindee* FR H 4 0 VIEW
16th Nov 1889 78
L
 12 Askam* FR A 1 4 VIEW
23rd Nov 1889 79
L
 12 Tyldesley* L A 0 7 VIEW
30th Nov 1889 80
W
 12 Askam* FR H 4 2 VIEW
7th Dec 1889 81
W
 12 Levenshulme* FR H 8 0 VIEW
21st Dec 1889 82
W
 12 Blackley* FR H 4 0 VIEW
25th Dec 1889 83
L
 12 Kendal * FR H 2 3 VIEW
28th Dec 1889 84
L
 10 Hunslet* FR A 0 10 VIEW
4th Jan 1890 85
D
 12 Rochdale St Clements* FR H 2 2 VIEW
11th Jan 1890 86
W
 12 Morecambe* FR H 6 0 VIEW
18th Jan 1890 87
W
 12 Widnes* L H 3 0 VIEW
25th Jan 1890 88
L
 12 Leigh* L H 0 2 VIEW
1st Feb 1890 89
L
 12 Tyldesley* L H 1 5 VIEW
15th Feb 1890 90
L
 12 Radcliffe* FR A 2 3 VIEW
22nd Feb 1890 91
W
 12 Aspull* L H 2 0 VIEW
1st Mar 1890 92
L
 12 Wigan* L H 0 5 VIEW
8th Mar 1890 93
L
 12 Leigh* L A 0 1 VIEW
15th Mar 1890 94
W
 12 Elland* FR H 3 2 VIEW
22nd Mar 1890 95
L
 12 Wigan* L A 0 8 VIEW
29th Mar 1890 96
L
 12 Lancaster* FR A 0 3 VIEW
5th Apr 1890 97
W
 12 Marylebone* FR H 4 0 VIEW
12th Apr 1890 98
L
 12 Hunslet* FR H 2 6 VIEW
18th Oct 1890 99
W
 13 Leigh* SWLL A 6 2 VIEW
25th Dec 1890 100
W
 8 Blackley Rangers* FR H 10 0 1 VIEW
27th Dec 1890 101
W
 8 York* FR H 2 0 VIEW
3rd Jan 1891 102
W
 8 Widnes* FR A 3 0 VIEW
24th Jan 1891 103
D
 5 Aspull* SWLL H 1 1 VIEW
28th Feb 1891 104
D
 7 Lancaster* FR A 0 0 VIEW
7th Mar 1891 105
D
 7 Leigh* SWLL H 0 0 VIEW
14th Mar 1891 106
W
 7 Birkenhead Wanderers* SWLL A 1 0 VIEW
21st Mar 1891 107
L
 7 Morecambe* FR H 1 3 VIEW
27th Mar 1891 108
W
 7 Sutton* FR H 9 0 VIEW
28th Mar 1891 109
W
 7 Radcliffe* FR H 9 4 1 VIEW
30th Mar 1891 110
W
 7 Mona (Isle of Man)* FR H 1 0 VIEW
11th Apr 1891 111
W
 7 Lancaster* FR H 1 0 VIEW
16th Apr 1891 112
W
 7 Birkenhead Wanderers* SWLL H 3 2 VIEW
25th Apr 1892 113
W
 12 Grahams Select* Charity H 6 0 VIEW
7th Jan 1893 114
W
 11 Tottington* FR H 4 0 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 51 | LOSSES : 43 | DRAWS : 15




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