William Caveney | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of William Caveney |
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HERITAGE NO : 12 William Caveney was one of the cornerstones of the Saints pack of forwards inn the early days of the Northern Union. He played 83 matches for the club and scored a solitary try in the match against Leigh in November 1895. He played in an early 1897 Challenge Cup tie but missed out on selection for the Final. William was found living in Cambridge Road, St Helens in 1939. A local chemical works labourer and employee at Forsters Glassworks he stayed in the town until his death in June 1940 at the age of 65. Dave Dooley Further information about William Caveney, by Adrian Lawrenson and SHS William Caveney was born on 8th April 1875 and was one of Saints’ Originals who played in the first-ever Northern Union fixture against Rochdale Hornets on 7th September 1895. He was employed, as so many were, as a chemical labourer at Forsters Glassworks. In that initial season, William made 25 appearances scoring a try at home to Leigh on 2nd November 1895. The following year he appeared in a further 28 games, doubling his tally of tries. The 1896-97 season was a notable one for the Saints because they made it all the way to the final of the inaugural Challenge Cup competition. William played in the first round against the junior club, Lees. The mists of time do not clarify whether it it was injury or loss of form that led William to be replaced by Sam Rimmer. However, the day before the semi-final, Saints turned out a scratch team in a friendly against Halifax on 16th April 1897 in which William took part. What is evident is that William was the travelling reserve at Headingley on 24th April 1897 for the final against Batley and stands proudly on the team photograph before the match. Another fact that must be mentioned is that William was awarded a medal for this campaign which is still in existence and is a proud possession of one of William’s descendants, who now have a Heritage Number Certificate to go with his Challenge Cup winner’s runner’s up medal. William’s career encompassed 83 competitive appearances and a further 17 in friendlies, until his last match for the club in the new Millennium on 22nd December 1900, at Broughton Rangers, in a 29-0 defat against powerful opponents at the time. William continued to live in the town until his death in June 1940, aged 65. Just how much the club owes the efforts of these early pioneers is inestimable! |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1895~96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
1896~97 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
1897~98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1898~99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
1899~00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
1900~01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
TOTALS: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83 |
Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1896~97 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1897~98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1898~99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
1899~00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1900~01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
ALL MATCHES |
Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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7th Sep 1895 | 1 | W |
12 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 8 | 3 | VIEW | |||
14th Sep 1895 | 2 | W |
12 | Runcorn | L | H | 5 | 0 | VIEW | |||
21st Sep 1895 | 3 | D |
12 | Batley | L | A | 3 | 3 | VIEW | |||
5th Oct 1895 | 4 | W |
13 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 5 | 3 | VIEW | |||
7th Oct 1895 | 5 | L |
13 | Bradford | L | A | 4 | 15 | VIEW | |||
12th Oct 1895 | 6 | W |
13 | Warrington | L | H | 3 | 0 | VIEW | |||
26th Oct 1895 | 7 | D |
12 | Tyldesley | L | H | 3 | 3 | VIEW | |||
2nd Nov 1895 | 8 | D |
12 | Leigh | L | H | 6 | 6 | 1 | VIEW | ||
9th Nov 1895 | 9 | L |
12 | Hunslet | L | A | 0 | 12 | VIEW | |||
16th Nov 1895 | 10 | D |
12 | Wigan | L | H | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
7th Dec 1895 | 11 | D |
12 | Wakefield Trinity | L | A | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
4th Jan 1896 | 12 | L |
12 | Brighouse Rangers | L | A | 4 | 6 | VIEW | |||
18th Jan 1896 | 13 | L |
12 | Stockport | L | A | 3 | 18 | VIEW | |||
15th Feb 1896 | 14 | L |
12 | Manningham | L | A | 5 | 9 | VIEW | |||
22nd Feb 1896 | 15 | L |
12 | Runcorn | L | A | 0 | 3 | VIEW | |||
29th Feb 1896 | 16 | D |
12 | Warrington | L | A | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
14th Mar 1896 | 17 | L |
12 | Leigh | L | A | 3 | 11 | VIEW | |||
21st Mar 1896 | 18 | L |
12 | Wigan | L | A | 0 | 10 | VIEW | |||
28th Mar 1896 | 19 | L |
12 | Tyldesley | L | A | 10 | 11 | VIEW | |||
3rd Apr 1896 | 20 | L |
12 | Widnes | L | A | 4 | 16 | VIEW | |||
4th Apr 1896 | 21 | W |
12 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 7 | 5 | VIEW | |||
6th Apr 1896 | 22 | D |
12 | Brighouse Rangers | L | H | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
7th Apr 1896 | 23 | L |
12 | Leeds | L | A | 3 | 15 | VIEW | |||
11th Apr 1896 | 24 | L |
12 | Huddersfield | L | A | 4 | 7 | VIEW | |||
16th Apr 1896 | 25 | W |
12 | Liversedge | L | H | 14 | 7 | VIEW | |||
18th Apr 1896 | 26 | L |
12 | Oldham | L | H | 3 | 5 | VIEW | |||
5th Sep 1896 | -- | W |
10 | Crompton * | Fr | H | 23 | 3 | 1 | VIEW | ||
12th Sep 1896 | 27 | W |
10 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 6 | 5 | VIEW | |||
19th Sep 1896 | 28 | D |
10 | Salford | L | A | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
3rd Oct 1896 | 29 | L |
10 | Oldham | L | A | 0 | 11 | VIEW | |||
10th Oct 1896 | 30 | W |
10 | Morecambe | L | A | 8 | 5 | VIEW | |||
17th Oct 1896 | -- | L |
10 | Rochdale St. Cuthberts * | Fr | A | 4 | 6 | VIEW | |||
31st Oct 1896 | 31 | L |
10 | Runcorn | L | H | 3 | 7 | VIEW | |||
7th Nov 1896 | 32 | W |
10 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 14 | 11 | VIEW | |||
14th Nov 1896 | 33 | D |
10 | Warrington | L | H | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
21st Nov 1896 | -- | L |
10 | Rochdale St. Cuthberts* | Fr | A | 0 | 4 | VIEW | |||
5th Dec 1896 | 34 | L |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 0 | 3 | VIEW | |||
12th Dec 1896 | 35 | L |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 0 | 3 | VIEW | |||
19th Dec 1896 | 36 | L |
10 | Stockport | L | A | 6 | 13 | VIEW | |||
25th Dec 1896 | -- | L |
8 | Halifax* | Fr | A | 0 | 4 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1896 | 37 | D |
10 | Widnes | L | A | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
1st Jan 1897 | 38 | L |
10 | Oldham | L | H | 5 | 17 | VIEW | |||
2nd Jan 1897 | 39 | L |
10 | Runcorn | L | A | 0 | 20 | VIEW | |||
6th Feb 1897 | 40 | L |
10 | Wigan | L | A | 0 | 4 | VIEW | |||
13th Feb 1897 | 41 | L |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 10 | 20 | VIEW | |||
20th Feb 1897 | 42 | L |
10 | Tyldesley | L | A | 9 | 12 | VIEW | |||
22nd Feb 1897 | 43 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | A | 3 | 7 | VIEW | |||
27th Feb 1897 | 44 | L |
10 | Swinton | L | A | 0 | 10 | VIEW | |||
6th Mar 1897 | 45 | D |
10 | Leigh | L | A | 6 | 6 | VIEW | |||
11th Mar 1897 | 46 | W |
10 | Wigan | L | H | 3 | 0 | VIEW | |||
13th Mar 1897 | 47 | W |
10 | Stockport | L | H | 9 | 0 | VIEW | |||
20th Mar 1897 | 48 | W |
10 | Lees | CC1 | H | 58 | 0 | VIEW | |||
16th Apr 1897 | -- | W |
8 | Halifax * | Fr | H | 11 | 3 | VIEW | |||
6th Nov 1897 | -- | W |
8 | Hull Kingston Rovers * | Fr | A | 24 | 13 | 1 | VIEW | ||
13th Nov 1897 | 49 | L |
12 | Swinton | L | A | 0 | 13 | VIEW | |||
18th Dec 1897 | 50 | W |
12 | Morecambe | L | A | 3 | 2 | VIEW | |||
8th Jan 1898 | 51 | L |
14 | Swinton | L | H | 5 | 13 | VIEW | |||
22nd Jan 1898 | 52 | W |
14 | Wigan | L | H | 9 | 8 | VIEW | |||
29th Jan 1898 | 53 | W |
14 | Leigh | L | A | 3 | 0 | VIEW | |||
5th Mar 1898 | -- | L |
12 | Warrington* | Fr | A | 2 | 6 | VIEW | |||
8th Mar 1898 | -- | W |
12 | Birkenhead* | Fr | H | 8 | 0 | VIEW | |||
11th Mar 1898 | -- | W |
12 | Barrow* | Fr | A | 5 | 3 | VIEW | |||
12th Mar 1898 | 54 | D |
12 | Salford | L | H | 14 | 14 | VIEW | |||
19th Mar 1898 | -- | W |
12 | Wigan * | Fr | A | 10 | 3 | VIEW | |||
16th Apr 1898 | 55 | D |
10 | Morecambe | L | H | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
15th Oct 1898 | -- | L |
14 | Lancaster* | Fr | A | 2 | 8 | VIEW | |||
19th Nov 1898 | 56 | L |
15 | Leigh | L | A | 2 | 5 | VIEW | |||
10th Dec 1898 | -- | L |
8 | Hull* | Fr | A | 0 | 19 | VIEW | |||
17th Dec 1898 | 57 | L |
11 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 2 | 20 | VIEW | |||
24th Dec 1898 | 58 | L |
13 | Salford | L | A | 2 | 13 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1898 | 59 | W |
13 | Tyldesley | L | H | 9 | 5 | VIEW | |||
30th Dec 1898 | -- | W |
8 | Hull Kingston Rovers * | Fr | A | 8 | 3 | VIEW | |||
7th Jan 1899 | 60 | D |
9 | Salford | L | H | 8 | 8 | VIEW | |||
14th Jan 1899 | 61 | W |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 6 | 5 | VIEW | |||
21st Jan 1899 | -- | W |
15 | Birkenhead* | Fr | A | 9 | 0 | VIEW | |||
28th Jan 1899 | 62 | L |
10 | Oldham | L | A | 0 | 16 | VIEW | |||
11th Feb 1899 | 63 | W |
9 | Tyldesley | L | A | 6 | 3 | VIEW | |||
18th Mar 1899 | 64 | W |
13 | Whitworth | CC1 | H | 12 | 3 | VIEW | |||
22nd Mar 1899 | -- | W |
8 | Kendal * | Fr | A | 5 | 3 | VIEW | |||
25th Mar 1899 | 65 | D |
13 | Morecambe | CC2 | H | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
29th Mar 1899 | 66 | D |
13 | Morecambe | CC2(rep) | A | 5 | 5 | VIEW | |||
31st Mar 1899 | 67 | W |
13 | Morecambe | CC2(2nd rep) | H | 17 | 5 | VIEW | |||
1st Apr 1899 | 68 | L |
13 | Salford | CC3 | A | 0 | 16 | VIEW | |||
8th Apr 1899 | 69 | W |
13 | Morecambe | L | H | 7 | 2 | VIEW | |||
15th Apr 1899 | 70 | L |
13 | Runcorn | L | A | 8 | 11 | VIEW | |||
20th Apr 1899 | 71 | W |
13 | Stockport | L | H | 13 | 10 | VIEW | |||
9th Sep 1899 | 72 | L |
13 | Widnes | L | H | 0 | 3 | VIEW | |||
16th Sep 1899 | 73 | W |
13 | Swinton | L | H | 17 | 3 | VIEW | |||
23rd Sep 1899 | -- | W |
8 | Lancaster* | Fr | H | 17 | 3 | VIEW | |||
30th Sep 1899 | 74 | W |
13 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 14 | 0 | VIEW | |||
7th Oct 1899 | 75 | L |
13 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 0 | 7 | VIEW | |||
14th Oct 1899 | 76 | W |
13 | Wigan | L | H | 5 | 0 | VIEW | |||
30th Dec 1899 | 77 | W |
10 | Tyldesley | L | A | 14 | 3 | VIEW | |||
3rd Mar 1900 | 78 | L |
13 | Oldham | L | A | 6 | 35 | VIEW | |||
17th Nov 1900 | 79 | L |
11 | Salford | L | H | 2 | 13 | VIEW | |||
24th Nov 1900 | 80 | L |
11 | Warrington | L | H | 0 | 7 | VIEW | |||
1st Dec 1900 | 81 | L |
11 | Stockport | L | A | 0 | 5 | VIEW | |||
8th Dec 1900 | -- | L |
8 | Batley* | Fr | A | 0 | 5 | VIEW | |||
15th Dec 1900 | 82 | L |
12 | Oldham | L | H | 5 | 15 | VIEW | |||
22nd Dec 1900 | 83 | L |
12 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 0 | 29 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 36 | LOSSES : 48 | DRAWS : 16 |
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