George Litherland | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
| BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
| DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
| CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
| TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of George Litherland |
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 HERITAGE NO : 626 George Litherland by Alex Service Born in Wigan and signed from the Platt Lane junior club, George made his debut for the club in a match against Leeds at Headingley, where he was ANOther on the team sheet A tough second row forward, he made 18 appearances for the Saints, the last being against Leigh on 28th September 1946. The home team lost 7-11 and the forwards lined up that day as follows: Pilkington, Price, Bill Fishwick, Heaton, Litherland and Murtagh. In 1939 George was employed as a Little Piecer in a Mill. When the Census was taken that year he was in Bolton Royal Infirmary. Whether any injury was as a result or rugby or employment, we might never know. George died in Wigan in September 1977, aged 52. If you have any further information about this particular player we would love to hear from you. |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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| Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1944~45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1945~46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 1946~47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| TOTALS: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
| 1944~45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTALS: | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
ALL MATCHES | ||||
| Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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| 24th Feb 1945 | 1 | L |
10 | Leeds | WEL | A | 14 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 3rd Mar 1945 | 2 | L |
11 | Wakefield Trinity | WEL | A | 7 | 36 | VIEW | |||
| 24th Mar 1945 | 3 | L |
10 | Bradford Northern | CC1(2) | A | 13 | 34 | VIEW | |||
| 7th Apr 1945 | 4 | L |
11 | Bradford Northern | WEL | A | 0 | 22 | VIEW | |||
| 28th Apr 1945 | -- | W |
11 | Wigan * | Fr | H | 13 | 6 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 25th Aug 1945 | 5 | L |
11 | Widnes | L | A | 8 | 20 | VIEW | |||
| 8th Sep 1945 | 6 | W |
10 | Oldham | L | A | 23 | 15 | VIEW | |||
| 15th Sep 1945 | 7 | W |
12 | Wakefield Trinity | L | H | 15 | 3 | VIEW | |||
| 22nd Sep 1945 | 8 | L |
12 | Workington Town | LC1(1) | A | 8 | 9 | VIEW | |||
| 29th Sep 1945 | 9 | W |
12 | Workington Town | LC1(2) | H | 21 | 11 | VIEW | |||
| 10th Nov 1945 | 10 | L |
11 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 8 | 10 | VIEW | |||
| 17th Nov 1945 | 11 | L |
12 | Dewsbury | L | H | 7 | 13 | VIEW | |||
| 1st Dec 1945 | 12 | L |
10 | Hunslet | L | A | 5 | 38 | 1 | VIEW | ||
| 15th Dec 1945 | 13 | L |
12 | Warrington | L | A | 7 | 38 | VIEW | |||
| 2nd Feb 1946 | 14 | W |
11 | Swinton | L | H | 7 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 16th Feb 1946 | 15 | W |
10 | Castleford | CC1(2) | H | 14 | 5 | VIEW | |||
| 23rd Mar 1946 | 16 | L |
12 | Halifax | L | A | 11 | 21 | VIEW | |||
| 21st Sep 1946 | 17 | L |
12 | Widnes | L | A | 10 | 17 | VIEW | |||
| 28th Sep 1946 | 18 | L |
12 | Leigh | L | H | 7 | 11 | VIEW |
| *Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
| WINS : 6 | LOSSES : 13 | DRAWS : |
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