Elwyn Bowen | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Elwyn Bowen | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 523 This Welsh centre played for the club during World War Two and for a couple of seasons after the war. We are advised that Elwyn was a talented athlete and rugby player in the Neath area. Indeed he gets a praiseworthy mention in the Richard Burton autobiography. Apparently Burton played against Elwyn’s Old Boys team and went down to 22 points to 3 defeat with the future Saint playing a starring role. He scored six tries for the Saints including two braces against Featherstone Rovers and Halifax. In the latter game he also added two goals to his points haul as part of a 25 points to 13 home defeat in 1943. He retired from the game in 1947. Whist in St Helens Elwyn was a popular and respected teacher at Grange Park School where Steve Llewelyn and Geoff Pimblett would later be recruited to the teaching roster. Eventually he returned to Neath where he continued his teaching career. Elwyn died in Neath in November 2001, aged 80. Dave Dooley with thanks to Nathalie Phillips for the biographical information about Elwyn. | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1941~42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1942~43 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1943~44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1946~47 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| TOTALS: | 6 | 2 | 0 | 28 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
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ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 8th Nov 1941 | 1 | W |
4 | Featherstone Rovers | WEL | H | 24 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 15th Nov 1941 | 2 | L |
3 | Featherstone Rovers | WEL | A | 13 | 17 | 2 | VIEW | ||
| 22nd Nov 1941 | 3 | W |
3 | Keighley | WEL | H | 17 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Nov 1941 | 4 | L |
6 | Castleford | WEL | A | 5 | 12 | VIEW | |||
| 6th Dec 1941 | 5 | L |
4 | Leeds | WEL | A | 8 | 18 | VIEW | |||
| 19th Sep 1942 | 6 | L |
3 | Halifax | WEL | H | 13 | 25 | 2 | 2 | VIEW | |
| 13th Mar 1943 | 7 | W |
3 | Barrow | CC1(1) | H | 13 | 2 | VIEW | |||
| 20th Nov 1943 | 8 | L |
4 | Dewsbury | WEL | H | 3 | 13 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 14th Sep 1946 | 9 | L |
4 | Leigh | LC1(2) | A | 4 | 17 | VIEW | |||
| 21st Sep 1946 | 10 | L |
4 | Widnes | L | A | 10 | 17 | VIEW | |||
| 28th Sep 1946 | 11 | L |
4 | Leigh | L | H | 7 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 5th Oct 1946 | 12 | L |
4 | Warrington | L | A | 10 | 19 | VIEW | |||
| 12th Oct 1946 | 13 | W |
3 | Workington Town | L | H | 12 | 7 | VIEW | |||
| 19th Oct 1946 | 14 | W |
3 | Salford | L | A | 11 | 2 | VIEW | |||
| 26th Oct 1946 | 15 | W |
3 | Halifax | L | H | 15 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 2nd Nov 1946 | 16 | W |
3 | Oldham | L | A | 7 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 9th Nov 1946 | 17 | L |
3 | Swinton | L | H | 11 | 15 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Nov 1946 | 18 | D |
3 | Belle Vue Rangers | L | A | 10 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Nov 1946 | 19 | L |
3 | Bramley | L | A | 0 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 14th Dec 1946 | 20 | W |
3 | Salford | L | H | 9 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 4th Jan 1947 | 21 | L |
4 | Leeds | L | A | 5 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 11th Jan 1947 | 22 | L |
3 | Leeds | L | H | 7 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 18th Jan 1947 | 23 | W |
3 | Featherstone Rovers | L | A | 11 | 7 | VIEW | |||
| 25th Jan 1947 | 24 | W |
3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 29 | 16 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 8th Mar 1947 | 25 | W |
3 | Keighley | CC1(1) | H | 17 | 7 | VIEW | |||
| 11th Mar 1947 | 26 | L |
3 | Keighley | CC1(2) | N | 5 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 22nd Mar 1947 | 27 | L |
3 | Warrington | CC2 | A | 2 | 24 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Mar 1947 | 28 | L |
2 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 3 | 11 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 11 | LOSSES : 16 | DRAWS : 1 |
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