MEN 1873-1895
MEN 1895-2024
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Peter Dale

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
15-12-1869
N/A
Date unknown.
Unknown.
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
07-09-1895 v Rochdale Hornets
Morecambe
1902-
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1895-1901
185 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
13
0
0
39

Biography of Peter Dale



HERITAGE NO : 13
Peter Dale by Alex Service

The word stalwart tends to be rather over-used on occasions, but certainly not in the case of Peter Dale. He was exactly that and, but for a tragic illness, could well have played over 200 matches for the Saints. Born in Sutton in 1869, Peter played in all the prominent matches for the club during the early days of the Northern Union rebellion. He was in the pack for the opening league game at Knowsley Road against Rochdale Hornets and played 37 matches during the campaign, scoring 7 tries. For a forward, that was quite good going in those days. Peter played in every round of the inaugural Challenge Cup campaign during the following season, as Saints reached the final, only to fall at the last hurdle to a powerful Batley team.

He also played in the South West Lancashire and Border Towns Cup final success against Runcorn in 1900. He regularly played over twenty matches a season and was, obviously, one of the first names on the team-sheet. He played his last match away at Morecambe on 23rd April 1902, when the Saints won by 10-9. Peter did not play again for the club. We have to look at the St. Helens Newspaper and advertiser, on Friday 10th July 1903 to possibly explain why.

Sad Death of a Footballer

The members of the St. Helens Rugby Football Club will learn with regret of the death of Peter Dale, more familiarly known as 'Micky.' He died on Sunday [5th July] having suffered from consumption. When his friends learned that he was so ill they subscribed to a fund to enable him to have a change of climate, but the effort came too late. The club too had also come to his assistance in his illness. He was one of the most burly and hard-working members of the forward rank of the First Team and his loss will be felt by the club

Indeed, as Peter succumbed to his illness (more commonly known as tuberculosis today) the club was beginning somewhat of a yo-yo existence between the First and Second divisions. Yet he had certainly made a significant contribution to the club's early development, which must not be forgotten.

PLAYER HONOURS

SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1895~967 0 0 37
1896~970 0 0 24
1897~98 1 0 0 16
1898~993 0 0 25
1899~000 0 0 24
1900~01 0 0 0 30
1901~02 2 0 0 29
TOTALS:13 0 0 185
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1895~96 0001
1896~97 0003
1897~98 0006
1898~990003
1899~000004
1900~01 1003
1901~02 0001
TOTALS:10021

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
7th Sep 1895 1
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets L H 8 3 1 VIEW
28th Sep 1895 2
L
 13 Stockport L H 0 3 VIEW
7th Oct 1895 3
L
 9 Bradford L A 4 15 VIEW
12th Oct 1895 4
W
 9 Warrington L H 3 0 VIEW
19th Oct 1895 5
W
 9 Hull L H 3 0 VIEW
26th Oct 1895 6
D
 9 Tyldesley L H 3 3 VIEW
2nd Nov 1895 7
D
 9 Leigh L H 6 6 VIEW
9th Nov 1895 8
L
 13 Hunslet L A 0 12 VIEW
23rd Nov 1895 9
W
 13 Leeds L H 9 0 1 VIEW
30th Nov 1895 10
W
 13 Huddersfield L H 11 3 VIEW
7th Dec 1895 11
D
 13 Wakefield Trinity L A 0 0 VIEW
14th Dec 1895 12
D
 13 Oldham L A 0 0 VIEW
21st Dec 1895 --
W
 9 Broughton Rangers * Fr H 13 10 VIEW
25th Dec 1895 13
W
 13 Widnes L H 6 0 VIEW
28th Dec 1895 14
L
 13 Halifax L A 0 3 VIEW
1st Jan 1896 15
L
 13 Manningham L H 3 8 VIEW
4th Jan 1896 16
L
 13 Brighouse Rangers L A 4 6 VIEW
11th Jan 1896 17
W
 13 Halifax L H 6 3 VIEW
18th Jan 1896 18
L
 13 Stockport L A 3 18 VIEW
25th Jan 1896 19
W
 13 Batley L H 11 5 1 VIEW
1st Feb 1896 20
L
 13 Hull L A 0 9 VIEW
8th Feb 1896 21
L
 13 Hunslet L H 0 5 VIEW
15th Feb 1896 22
L
 13 Manningham L A 5 9 1 VIEW
22nd Feb 1896 23
L
 13 Runcorn L A 0 3 VIEW
29th Feb 1896 24
D
 13 Warrington L A 5 5 VIEW
7th Mar 1896 25
W
 13 Bradford L H 11 5 1 VIEW
21st Mar 1896 26
L
 13 Wigan L A 0 10 VIEW
28th Mar 1896 27
L
 13 Tyldesley L A 10 11 VIEW
3rd Apr 1896 28
L
 13 Widnes L A 4 16 VIEW
4th Apr 1896 29
W
 13 Wakefield Trinity L H 7 5 VIEW
6th Apr 1896 30
D
 13 Brighouse Rangers L H 0 0 VIEW
7th Apr 1896 31
L
 13 Leeds L A 3 15 VIEW
11th Apr 1896 32
L
 13 Huddersfield L A 4 7 VIEW
16th Apr 1896 33
W
 13 Liversedge L H 14 7 1 VIEW
18th Apr 1896 34
L
 13 Oldham L H 3 5 VIEW
20th Apr 1896 35
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets L A 4 0 VIEW
25th Apr 1896 36
L
 13 Liversedge L A 3 13 VIEW
30th Apr 1896 37
W
 13 Broughton Rangers L H 26 0 1 VIEW
5th Sep 1896 --
W
 9 Crompton * Fr H 23 3 VIEW
12th Sep 1896 38
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets L H 6 5 VIEW
19th Sep 1896 39
D
 13 Salford L A 0 0 VIEW
26th Sep 1896 40
W
 13 Tyldesley L H 3 0 VIEW
3rd Oct 1896 41
L
 13 Oldham L A 0 11 VIEW
10th Oct 1896 42
W
 13 Morecambe L A 8 5 VIEW
17th Oct 1896 --
L
 9 Rochdale St. Cuthberts * Fr A 4 6 VIEW
24th Oct 1896 43
W
 13 Widnes L H 14 0 VIEW
31st Oct 1896 44
L
 13 Runcorn L H 3 7 VIEW
14th Nov 1896 45
D
 13 Warrington L H 0 0 VIEW
21st Nov 1896 --
L
 9 Rochdale St. Cuthberts* Fr A 0 4 VIEW
28th Nov 1896 46
W
 13 Leigh L H 11 3 VIEW
5th Dec 1896 47
L
 13 Swinton L H 0 3 VIEW
1st Jan 1897 48
L
 13 Oldham L H 5 17 VIEW
2nd Jan 1897 49
L
 13 Runcorn L A 0 20 VIEW
9th Jan 1897 50
W
 13 Morecambe L H 3 0 VIEW
22nd Feb 1897 51
L
 13 Warrington L A 3 7 VIEW
27th Feb 1897 52
L
 13 Swinton L A 0 10 VIEW
6th Mar 1897 53
D
 13 Leigh L A 6 6 VIEW
11th Mar 1897 54
W
 13 Wigan L H 3 0 VIEW
13th Mar 1897 55
W
 13 Stockport L H 9 0 VIEW
20th Mar 1897 56
W
 13 Lees CC1 H 58 0 VIEW
27th Mar 1897 57
W
 13 Castleford CC2 H 17 3 VIEW
3rd Apr 1897 58
W
 13 Wigan CC3 H 11 0 VIEW
10th Apr 1897 59
W
 13 Tyldesley CC4 H 12 0 VIEW
19th Apr 1897 60
W
 13 Swinton CCSF N 7 0 VIEW
24th Apr 1897 61
L
 13 Batley CCF N 3 10 VIEW
23rd Oct 1897 62
L
 8 Warrington L H 3 8 VIEW
30th Oct 1897 63
L
 8 Runcorn L A 0 11 VIEW
6th Nov 1897 --
W
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers * Fr A 24 13 VIEW
13th Nov 1897 64
L
 8 Swinton L A 0 13 VIEW
20th Nov 1897 --
L
 9 Birkenhead * Fr A 5 6 VIEW
27th Nov 1897 65
L
 8 Oldham L H 4 6 VIEW
4th Dec 1897 --
W
 9 Birkenhead * Fr H 8 3 VIEW
11th Dec 1897 66
L
 8 Stockport L A 7 14 VIEW
18th Dec 1897 67
W
 8 Morecambe L A 3 2 VIEW
27th Dec 1897 68
L
 8 Warrington L A 0 8 VIEW
1st Jan 1898 69
L
 8 Broughton Rangers L H 6 23 VIEW
22nd Jan 1898 70
W
 8 Wigan L H 9 8 VIEW
29th Jan 1898 71
W
 8 Leigh L A 3 0 VIEW
5th Feb 1898 72
L
 8 Rochdale Hornets L H 3 6 VIEW
12th Feb 1898 73
L
 8 Oldham L A 0 11 VIEW
19th Feb 1898 74
W
 8 Stockport L H 27 0 VIEW
26th Feb 1898 75
L
 8 Batley CC1 A 7 12 VIEW
5th Mar 1898 --
L
 9 Warrington* Fr A 2 6 VIEW
8th Mar 1898 --
W
 9 Birkenhead* Fr H 8 0 VIEW
12th Mar 1898 76
D
 8 Salford L H 14 14 VIEW
24th Mar 1898 --
L
 9 Swinton* Fr A 3 5 VIEW
2nd Apr 1898 77
L
 8 Widnes L A 6 7 1 VIEW
3rd Sep 1898 78
L
 9 Widnes L A 0 6 VIEW
10th Sep 1898 79
L
 9 Broughton Rangers L H 3 13 VIEW
17th Sep 1898 80
L
 9 Warrington L A 0 3 VIEW
24th Sep 1898 81
W
 9 Morecambe L A 8 0 VIEW
1st Oct 1898 82
W
 9 Oldham L H 15 9 VIEW
8th Oct 1898 83
W
 9 Rochdale Hornets L H 22 3 VIEW
22nd Oct 1898 84
L
 9 Swinton L A 0 8 VIEW
29th Oct 1898 85
W
 9 Wigan L A 22 3 VIEW
5th Nov 1898 86
L
 9 Leigh L H 0 8 VIEW
12th Nov 1898 87
W
 9 Wigan L H 10 7 VIEW
19th Nov 1898 88
L
 9 Leigh L A 2 5 VIEW
26th Nov 1898 89
D
 9 Widnes L H 0 0 VIEW
3rd Dec 1898 --
W
 9 Birkenhead* Fr H 14 0 VIEW
10th Dec 1898 --
L
 9 Hull* Fr A 0 19 VIEW
17th Dec 1898 90
L
 9 Broughton Rangers L A 2 20 VIEW
24th Dec 1898 91
L
 9 Salford L A 2 13 VIEW
26th Dec 1898 92
W
 9 Tyldesley L H 9 5 VIEW
30th Dec 1898 --
W
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers * Fr A 8 3 VIEW
2nd Jan 1899 93
D
 9 Runcorn L H 0 0 VIEW
14th Jan 1899 94
W
 9 Swinton L H 6 5 VIEW
28th Jan 1899 95
L
 9 Oldham L A 0 16 VIEW
18th Feb 1899 96
W
 9 Warrington L H 12 3 VIEW
4th Mar 1899 97
W
 9 Stockport L A 13 3 VIEW
11th Mar 1899 98
L
 9 Rochdale Hornets L A 0 16 VIEW
18th Mar 1899 99
W
 9 Whitworth CC1 H 12 3 2 VIEW
25th Mar 1899 100
D
 9 Morecambe CC2 H 0 0 VIEW
29th Mar 1899 101
D
 9 Morecambe CC2(rep) A 5 5 VIEW
31st Mar 1899 102
W
 9 Morecambe CC2(2nd rep) H 17 5 1 VIEW
2nd Sep 1899 103
D
 9 Warrington L H 3 3 VIEW
9th Sep 1899 104
L
 9 Widnes L H 0 3 VIEW
16th Sep 1899 105
W
 9 Swinton L H 17 3 VIEW
23rd Sep 1899 --
W
 9 Lancaster* Fr H 17 3 VIEW
30th Sep 1899 106
W
 9 Broughton Rangers L A 14 0 VIEW
7th Oct 1899 107
L
 9 Rochdale Hornets L A 0 7 VIEW
14th Oct 1899 108
W
 9 Wigan L H 5 0 VIEW
21st Oct 1899 109
W
 9 Stockport L H 17 3 VIEW
28th Oct 1899 110
L
 9 Widnes L A 3 5 VIEW
4th Nov 1899 111
W
 9 Wigan L A 6 0 VIEW
25th Nov 1899 112
W
 9 Stockport L A 6 3 VIEW
9th Dec 1899 113
W
 9 Oldham L H 17 14 VIEW
23rd Dec 1899 114
W
 9 Warrington L A 11 0 VIEW
25th Dec 1899 115
W
 9 Broughton Rangers L H 4 0 VIEW
26th Dec 1899 116
L
 9 Millom L A 8 10 VIEW
13th Jan 1900 117
W
 9 Millom L H 7 2 VIEW
20th Jan 1900 118
W
 9 Rochdale Hornets L H 6 0 VIEW
27th Jan 1900 --
W
 9 Birkenhead * Fr A 15 0 VIEW
17th Feb 1900 119
L
 9 Runcorn L A 0 9 VIEW
24th Feb 1900 120
W
 9 Runcorn L H 3 2 VIEW
27th Feb 1900 121
D
 9 Leigh L A 0 0 VIEW
10th Mar 1900 122
L
 9 Salford L A 0 8 VIEW
17th Mar 1900 123
L
 9 Warrington CC1 H 0 6 VIEW
4th Apr 1900 124
W
 9 Leigh BTC1 H 8 0 VIEW
13th Apr 1900 --
L
 9 Birkenhead * Fr A 5 8 VIEW
14th Apr 1900 --
W
 9 Lancaster * Fr A 15 8 VIEW
26th Apr 1900 125
W
 9 Widnes BTCSF A 3 0 VIEW
30th Apr 1900 126
W
 9 Runcorn BTCF N 6 0 VIEW
1st Sep 1900 127
W
 14 Broughton Rangers L H 5 3 VIEW
8th Sep 1900 128
W
 14 Rochdale Hornets L H 10 3 VIEW
15th Sep 1900 129
D
 14 Warrington L A 0 0 VIEW
22nd Sep 1900 130
L
 14 Runcorn L H 0 11 VIEW
24th Sep 1900 --
W
 9 Huddersfield * Fr A 15 2 1 VIEW
29th Sep 1900 131
W
 14 Wigan L H 16 9 VIEW
6th Oct 1900 132
W
 14 Stockport L H 3 0 VIEW
13th Oct 1900 133
L
 14 Oldham L A 2 22 VIEW
27th Oct 1900 134
L
 14 Millom L H 2 4 VIEW
10th Nov 1900 135
D
 14 Wigan L A 8 8 VIEW
17th Nov 1900 136
L
 14 Salford L H 2 13 VIEW
24th Nov 1900 137
L
 14 Warrington L H 0 7 VIEW
1st Dec 1900 138
L
 14 Stockport L A 0 5 VIEW
8th Dec 1900 --
L
 9 Batley* Fr A 0 5 VIEW
15th Dec 1900 139
L
 14 Oldham L H 5 15 VIEW
22nd Dec 1900 140
L
 14 Broughton Rangers L A 0 29 VIEW
24th Dec 1900 141
L
 14 Warrington BTCSF A 5 6 VIEW
26th Dec 1900 142
L
 14 Leigh L H 0 12 VIEW
29th Dec 1900 143
L
 14 Widnes L A 0 8 VIEW
1st Jan 1901 --
W
 9 Huddersfield * Fr H 11 3 VIEW
12th Jan 1901 144
L
 14 Leigh L A 0 5 VIEW
19th Jan 1901 145
W
 14 Swinton L H 6 3 VIEW
26th Jan 1901 146
L
 14 Rochdale Hornets L A 0 2 VIEW
9th Feb 1901 147
W
 14 Widnes L H 7 5 VIEW
16th Feb 1901 148
L
 14 Runcorn L A 0 5 VIEW
23rd Feb 1901 149
L
 14 Millom L A 2 5 VIEW
2nd Mar 1901 150
W
 14 Goole CC1 A 12 2 VIEW
9th Mar 1901 151
D
 14 Stockport CC2 H 0 0 VIEW
13th Mar 1901 152
W
 14 Stockport CC2(rep) A 11 5 VIEW
16th Mar 1901 153
L
 14 Swinton L A 2 19 VIEW
23rd Mar 1901 154
L
 14 Batley CC3 H 5 7 VIEW
5th Apr 1901 155
L
 14 Salford L A 7 16 VIEW
6th Apr 1901 156
L
 14 Barrow L H 0 5 VIEW
7th Sep 1901 157
L
 9 Wigan L & SWLL H 2 8 VIEW
14th Sep 1901 158
W
 9 Lancaster L H 4 0 VIEW
21st Sep 1901 159
L
 9 Widnes L & SWLL H 2 5 VIEW
28th Sep 1901 160
W
 9 Rochdale Hornets L A 9 2 VIEW
5th Oct 1901 161
W
 9 Barrow L H 7 3 VIEW
12th Oct 1901 162
L
 9 Stockport L A 0 3 VIEW
19th Oct 1901 163
L
 9 Runcorn SWLL H 0 2 VIEW
26th Oct 1901 164
L
 9 Lancaster L A 4 17 VIEW
2nd Nov 1901 165
W
 9 Radcliffe L A 19 0 VIEW
9th Nov 1901 166
L
 9 Warrington SWLL H 9 17 VIEW
16th Nov 1901 167
W
 9 Birkenhead Wanderers L AB A 5 0 VIEW
23rd Nov 1901 168
W
 9 Millom L A 8 6 VIEW
30th Nov 1901 169
L
 9 Warrington SWLL A 5 11 VIEW
7th Dec 1901 170
W
 9 Radcliffe L H 23 6 VIEW
14th Dec 1901 171
L
 9 Barrow L A 5 7 VIEW
25th Dec 1901 172
W
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 12 3 VIEW
26th Dec 1901 173
W
 9 Leigh SWLL H 11 8 2 VIEW
1st Jan 1902 174
W
 9 Rochdale Hornets L H 7 5 VIEW
11th Jan 1902 175
L
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 7 15 VIEW
18th Jan 1902 176
W
 9 Stockport L H 13 7 VIEW
1st Feb 1902 177
W
 9 Altrincham L H 35 0 VIEW
8th Feb 1902 178
D
 9 Millom L H 3 3 VIEW
22nd Feb 1902 179
L
 9 Leigh SWLL A 3 13 VIEW
1st Mar 1902 180
W
 9 Morecambe L H 3 2 VIEW
8th Mar 1902 181
W
 9 Widnes L & SWLL A 3 2 VIEW
15th Mar 1902 182
L
 9 Hull Kingston Rovers CC1 A 0 7 VIEW
29th Mar 1902 --
W
 9 Oldham * Fr A 26 2 VIEW
5th Apr 1902 183
W
 9 Birkenhead Wanderers L H 13 0 VIEW
12th Apr 1902 184
L
 9 Wigan L & SWLL A 2 11 VIEW
23rd Apr 1902 185
W
 9 Morecambe L A 10 9 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 93 | LOSSES : 93 | DRAWS : 20

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