George Parr

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
11-01-1925
N/A
04-05-1948
St.Helens Local Leagues
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
23-10-1948 v Keighley
Barrow
1955- Barrow
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1948-1954
128 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
9
0
0
27

Biography of George Parr



HERITAGE NO : 675
St Helens born, from Kirkland Street, George Parr was a strong, mobile forward, who began in the back row before moving to the prop-forward position later in his career. A former pupil at Rivington Road school, he made his debut on 23 October 1948, against Keighley at Lawkholme Lane and scored a try although Saints lost 10-12. Another local lad, Jack Grundy, was in the second row with him.

The man who stood guard outside Buckingham Palace whilst in the Irish Guards during World War Two became something of a stalwart in the early 1950s, with 128 matches to his name and 9 tries scored. He played in the 1953 Championship-winning team and in the Lancashire Cup victory against Wigan in 1953-54. George played his final match at Barrow on 18th April 1955 and subsequently went on to join them the following year before a final fling with Liverpool City. A glass worker by trade and a real gentleman to all who knew him, George passed away in October 2003, aged 78.

Dave Dooley and SHS


SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1948~491 0 0 2
1949~50 1 0 0 6
1950~51 3 0 0 30
1951~520 0 0 9
1952~53 1 0 0 35
1953~54 3 0 0 34
1954~550 0 0 12
TOTALS:9 0 0 128
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1949~50 1001
1951~520001
1952~53 0001
1953~540001
1954~550001
TOTALS:1005

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
23rd Oct 1948 1
L
 12 Keighley L A 10 12 1 VIEW
5th Feb 1949 2
L
 11 Widnes L A 2 6 VIEW
7th Apr 1950 3
L
 13 Wigan L A 12 17 VIEW
8th Apr 1950 4
W
 13 Barrow L H 16 0 VIEW
10th Apr 1950 5
W
 13 Whitehaven L H 30 17 VIEW
15th Apr 1950 6
L
 13 Leigh L H 5 12 VIEW
19th Apr 1950 7
W
 13 Salford L H 38 3 1 VIEW
22nd Apr 1950 --
W
 13 Neath * Fr H 48 10 1 VIEW
26th Apr 1950 8
W
 13 Bramley L A 12 2 VIEW
19th Aug 1950 9
W
 13 Widnes L H 17 2 VIEW
23rd Aug 1950 10
W
 13 Barrow L A 14 4 VIEW
26th Aug 1950 11
W
 13 Liverpool Stanley L A 36 2 VIEW
2nd Sep 1950 12
W
 13 Swinton LC1(1) A 19 10 2 VIEW
9th Sep 1950 13
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets L H 31 12 VIEW
13th Sep 1950 14
W
 13 Swinton LC1(2) H 11 3 VIEW
23rd Sep 1950 15
W
 13 Swinton L H 21 2 VIEW
27th Sep 1950 16
W
 13 Salford LC2 H 20 3 VIEW
30th Sep 1950 17
L
 13 Huddersfield L A 9 19 VIEW
7th Oct 1950 18
W
 13 Hunslet L H 20 14 VIEW
11th Nov 1950 19
L
 13 Oldham L H 7 13 VIEW
18th Nov 1950 20
D
 13 York L A 6 6 VIEW
25th Nov 1950 21
W
 13 Hull L A 16 5 VIEW
9th Dec 1950 22
W
 13 Rochdale Hornets L A 38 8 1 VIEW
25th Dec 1950 23
L
 13 Leigh L H 2 12 VIEW
26th Dec 1950 24
L
 13 Wigan L H 5 39 VIEW
13th Jan 1951 25
L
 13 Belle Vue Rangers L A 8 9 VIEW
27th Jan 1951 26
W
 13 Whitehaven L A 3 2 VIEW
3rd Feb 1951 27
W
 12 Salford L H 10 0 VIEW
10th Feb 1951 28
L
 12 Bradford Northern CC1(1) A 6 11 VIEW
3rd Mar 1951 29
W
 9 Hull L H 39 13 VIEW
17th Mar 1951 30
W
 9 Belle Vue Rangers L H 13 4 VIEW
23rd Mar 1951 31
L
 9 Wigan L A 13 22 VIEW
24th Mar 1951 32
W
 9 Warrington L H 5 3 VIEW
26th Mar 1951 33
L
 9 Oldham L AB A 0 3 VIEW
4th Apr 1951 34
W
 9 Leeds L H 22 14 VIEW
7th Apr 1951 35
L
 9 Oldham L A 4 17 VIEW
12th Apr 1951 36
W
 9 Widnes L A 5 2 VIEW
14th Apr 1951 37
W
 9 Leeds L A 9 3 VIEW
18th Apr 1951 38
L
 9 Huddersfield L H 9 14 VIEW
24th Nov 1951 39
L
 8 Dewsbury L A 2 6 VIEW
1st Dec 1951 40
W
 10 Widnes L H 14 3 VIEW
15th Dec 1951 41
L
 8 Salford L H 6 14 VIEW
22nd Dec 1951 42
L
 13 Salford L A 0 5 VIEW
25th Dec 1951 43
L
 13 Leigh L A 3 13 VIEW
26th Dec 1951 44
D
 13 Wigan L H 2 2 VIEW
29th Dec 1951 45
L
 13 Swinton L A 2 27 VIEW
19th Jan 1952 46
L
 13 Whitehaven L A 5 7 VIEW
2nd Feb 1952 47
L
 13 Whitehaven L H 6 7 VIEW
1st May 1952 --
L
 13 French XIII* Fr Tour T 5 45 VIEW
18th Aug 1952 --
L
 10 Barrow * Fr Ward Cup A 18 32 VIEW
27th Aug 1952 48
W
 10 Salford L A 15 9 VIEW
6th Sep 1952 49
W
 8 Liverpool City L A 42 2 VIEW
10th Sep 1952 50
W
 8 Oldham L H 6 2 VIEW
13th Sep 1952 51
L
 8 Workington Town L H 9 15 VIEW
27th Sep 1952 52
W
 10 Australia Tour H 26 8 VIEW
4th Oct 1952 53
W
 8 Castleford L H 18 17 VIEW
18th Oct 1952 54
W
 9 Salford L H 14 6 VIEW
25th Oct 1952 55
L
 8 Huddersfield L H 14 17 VIEW
8th Nov 1952 56
W
 8 Barrow L A 14 7 VIEW
6th Dec 1952 57
W
 10 Workington Town L A 22 5 VIEW
13th Dec 1952 58
W
 8 Barrow L H 26 9 VIEW
20th Dec 1952 59
W
 10 Widnes L A 7 2 VIEW
25th Dec 1952 60
W
 10 Leigh L A 22 2 VIEW
26th Dec 1952 61
W
 10 Wigan L H 5 0 VIEW
1st Jan 1953 62
D
 10 Leigh L H 9 9 VIEW
3rd Jan 1953 63
W
 10 Rochdale Hornets L H 37 5 VIEW
17th Jan 1953 64
W
 10 Bramley L H 52 14 VIEW
24th Jan 1953 65
W
 10 Warrington L H 17 5 VIEW
31st Jan 1953 66
W
 10 Castleford L A 8 0 VIEW
7th Feb 1953 67
W
 10 Oldham CC1(1) H 20 4 VIEW
14th Feb 1953 68
D
 10 Oldham CC1(2) A 5 5 VIEW
21st Feb 1953 69
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers L A 20 7 VIEW
28th Feb 1953 70
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers CC2 H 28 0 VIEW
14th Mar 1953 71
W
 10 Leigh CC3 A 12 3 VIEW
18th Mar 1953 72
W
 10 Whitehaven L A 17 15 VIEW
21st Mar 1953 73
W
 10 Whitehaven L H 26 10 1 VIEW
28th Mar 1953 74
W
 10 Warrington CCSF N 9 3 VIEW
31st Mar 1953 75
W
 8 Rochdale Hornets L A 8 0 VIEW
3rd Apr 1953 76
W
 10 Wigan L A 16 5 VIEW
4th Apr 1953 77
W
 10 Liverpool City L H 20 4 VIEW
11th Apr 1953 78
W
 8 Belle Vue Rangers L H 38 9 VIEW
13th Apr 1953 79
W
 10 Keighley L H 29 12 VIEW
25th Apr 1953 80
L
 10 Huddersfield CCF N 10 15 VIEW
2nd May 1953 81
W
 10 Huddersfield ChSF H 46 0 VIEW
7th May 1953 82
W
 10 Halifax ChF N 24 14 VIEW
8th Aug 1953 --
W
 13 Barrow* Fr Ward Cup H 29 20 VIEW
15th Aug 1953 83
W
 10 Liverpool City L A 46 0 VIEW
22nd Aug 1953 84
D
 10 Widnes L A 11 11 VIEW
26th Aug 1953 85
W
 10 Barrow L H 23 10 VIEW
29th Aug 1953 86
W
 10 Huddersfield L H 12 9 VIEW
9th Sep 1953 87
W
 10 Barrow LC1(2) H 21 17 VIEW
12th Sep 1953 88
W
 10 Bradford Northern L A 19 14 VIEW
19th Sep 1953 89
W
 10 Bramley L H 49 16 VIEW
23rd Sep 1953 90
W
 10 Swinton LC2 H 38 9 VIEW
30th Sep 1953 91
W
 10 Warrington LCSF A 17 10 VIEW
3rd Oct 1953 92
W
 10 Bradford Northern L H 22 12 VIEW
10th Oct 1953 93
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers L A 27 5 VIEW
17th Oct 1953 94
W
 10 Castleford L H 35 9 1 VIEW
24th Oct 1953 95
W
 10 Wigan LCF N 16 8 VIEW
31st Oct 1953 96
W
 10 Workington Town L H 20 5 1 VIEW
7th Nov 1953 97
W
 10 Oldham L A 5 3 VIEW
11th Nov 1953 98
W
 10 Castleford L A 31 14 VIEW
14th Nov 1953 99
W
 10 Swinton L H 2 0 VIEW
28th Nov 1953 100
W
 10 Whitehaven L A 12 4 VIEW
5th Dec 1953 101
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers L H 38 7 VIEW
12th Dec 1953 102
W
 11 Oldham L H 21 9 1 VIEW
19th Dec 1953 103
W
 10 Salford L A 11 7 VIEW
25th Dec 1953 104
W
 10 Leigh L H 11 9 VIEW
9th Jan 1954 105
W
 11 Swinton L A 8 0 VIEW
16th Jan 1954 106
W
 11 Rochdale Hornets L H 28 5 VIEW
17th Feb 1954 107
W
 10 Featherstone Rovers CC1(2) A 27 16 VIEW
27th Feb 1954 108
L
 10 Warrington L A 8 12 VIEW
6th Mar 1954 109
L
 10 Huddersfield CC2 A 5 12 VIEW
13th Mar 1954 110
L
 10 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 9 VIEW
24th Mar 1954 111
W
 10 Workington Town L A 15 7 VIEW
7th Apr 1954 112
L
 13 Leigh L A 13 14 VIEW
10th Apr 1954 113
W
 10 Bramley L A 25 12 VIEW
17th Apr 1954 114
W
 10 Widnes L H 28 4 VIEW
19th Apr 1954 115
L
 8 Huddersfield L A 13 29 VIEW
1st May 1954 116
L
 9 Warrington ChSF A 0 11 VIEW
14th Aug 1954 117
W
 10 Widnes L H 31 3 VIEW
18th Aug 1954 118
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers L A 20 11 VIEW
21st Aug 1954 119
W
 10 Blackpool Borough L A 34 2 VIEW
25th Aug 1954 120
W
 10 Swinton L H 28 9 VIEW
28th Aug 1954 121
L
 8 Oldham L H 16 23 VIEW
4th Sep 1954 122
L
 10 Halifax L A 2 22 VIEW
11th Sep 1954 123
W
 10 Whitehaven LC1 H 27 6 VIEW
2nd Apr 1955 124
W
 10 Belle Vue Rangers L H 31 0 VIEW
8th Apr 1955 125
L
 10 Wigan L A 12 16 VIEW
9th Apr 1955 126
W
 9 Halifax L H 14 8 VIEW
11th Apr 1955 127
L
 9 Huddersfield L A 11 35 VIEW
18th Apr 1955 128
L
 9 Barrow L A 3 26 VIEW
7th May 1955 --
W
 10 Leigh* Fr H 40 16 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 91 | LOSSES : 37 | DRAWS : 5

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