Tommy Smales
Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Thomas Smales | |||||
Nickname | Tommy | |||||
Born | January→March 1939 (age 76–77) | |||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Loose forward/Lock | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1958–≥60 | Wigan | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
≥1960–≤67 | Barrow | |||||
≤1967–≥67 | Featherstone Rovers | |||||
Total | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 17 | |
Coaching information | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
1974 | Featherstone Rovers | 7 | ||||
1977 | Bramley | |||||
1978 | Doncaster | |||||
1979–81 | Batley | |||||
1983–84 | Dewsbury | |||||
Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Thomas "Tommy" Smales (January→March 1939 (age 76–77)
[1]) birth registered in Pontefract, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, and coach of the 1970s, and 1980s, playing at club level for Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers, as a Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 13, and coaching at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Bramley, Doncaster, Batley and Dewsbury.[2]
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Tommy Smales played Loose forward/Lock, scored a try, two conversion's and a penalty, in Featherstone Rovers's 17-12 victory over Barrow in the 1967 Challenge Cup final during the 1966-67 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 13 May 1967.
County Cup final appearances
Tommy Smales played Loose forward/Lock, and scored 3-conversions in Featherstone Rovers' 12-25 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1966 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1966–67 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 15 October 1966, and played Loose forward/Lock in Featherstone Rovers' 9-12 defeat by Hull in the 1969 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1969–70 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 September 1969.
Genealogical information
Tommy Smales is the father of the rugby league footballer, Ian Smales.
Note
Somewhat confusingly, Tommy Smales played in the same era as the unrelated Great Britain, England, Huddersfield, Bradford Northern, and North Sydney Bears Scrum-half/Halfback of the 1960s and 1970s, Tom "Tommy" Smales.
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ↑ "Coach statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Smales" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Coach statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
- Wigan RL History - 1958-59 Season at wigan.rlfans.com
- Wigan RL History - 1959-60 Season at wigan.rlfans.com
- Wigan RL History - 1960-61 Season at wigan.rlfans.com
- To date Batley and Dewsbury have met 199 times…
- Wembley trip makes top double for faithful
- Rogers receives late call-up
- Rogers receives late call-up
- Fax banking on Tommy's magic.
- Barrow RL class of '67 set to gather
- Reunion for class of '67