Dai Harris | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Dai Harris | ||||
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 HERITAGE NO : 147 Dai Harris by SHS Dai Harris was signed by the Saints from Wigan and played his first match against Normanton on 21st January 1906. He had played an impressive 44 times for the Riversiders since signing from Treherbert RUFC in Wales. He played as a centre for Wigan and played in the first rugby league international for the Other Nationalities team against England at Central Park, a great honour indeed. He was also a blacksmith by trade. When he joined Saints he played on the left wing. Dai made a successful debut, scoring two tries and his centre that afternoon was David Traynor. For the rest of the campaign, however, it was the Cumbrian Billy Hillen. He played 15 times for the First Team in his first season as a Saint. Dai was not particularly well-built, but he could certainly shift when it was needed, as his achievements at Wigan testified. Unfortunately, for whatever reason, he only managed a further two matches for the Saints in 1906-07, before being struck off the Players Register. After his playing days we know that Dai married a lady from Wigan and moved back to Morriston, Swansea, South Wales. In 1921 and his wife Elizabeth were visiting the Haselden family in Dickinson Street, Wigan. The Census informs us that Dan was working and living still in Morriston. He was a Mechanical Engineer in the Albion Yard, Morriston. Perhaps they were visiting old friends from his rugby days in Lancashire? However, the 1939 Census shows that the couple had moved up north again to be residing in Belmont Avenue, Billinge. Nevertheless, the couple returned to South Wales where Dai passed away in June 1958 in Neath aged 79. | ||||
PLAYER HONOURS | ||||
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1905~06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 1906~07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS: | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 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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| 20th Jan 1906 | 1 | W |
5 | Normanton | L | H | 28 | 3 | 2 | VIEW | ||
| 27th Jan 1906 | 2 | L |
5 | Oldham | L | A | 2 | 12 | VIEW | |||
| 3rd Feb 1906 | 3 | L |
5 | Swinton | L | A | 0 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 10th Feb 1906 | 4 | W |
5 | Widnes | L | H | 5 | 0 | VIEW | |||
| 17th Feb 1906 | 5 | L |
5 | Runcorn | CCInt. | H | 0 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 24th Feb 1906 | 6 | W |
5 | Dewsbury | L | H | 7 | 0 | VIEW | |||
| 10th Mar 1906 | 7 | W |
5 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 15 | 0 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 17th Mar 1906 | 8 | D |
3 | Swinton | L | H | 0 | 0 | VIEW | |||
| 24th Mar 1906 | 9 | L |
5 | Leigh | L | H | 8 | 15 | VIEW | |||
| 31st Mar 1906 | 10 | W |
3 | Normanton | L | A | 9 | 5 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 13th Apr 1906 | 11 | L |
3 | Wigan | L | A | 6 | 37 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Apr 1906 | 12 | L |
3 | Warrington | L | H | 0 | 8 | VIEW | |||
| 21st Apr 1906 | 13 | L |
3 | Hull | L | A | 0 | 19 | VIEW | |||
| 8th Sep 1906 | 14 | W |
4 | Rochdale Hornets | L | H | 27 | 6 | VIEW | |||
| 6th Mar 1907 | 15 | L |
2 | Swinton | L | A | 11 | 14 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 6 | LOSSES : 8 | DRAWS : 1 |
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