Abel Tatum | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
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TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Abel Tatum |
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HERITAGE NO : 485 Abel Tatum by Alex Service The St.Helens Reporter of 23rd August 1938 gives us the first mention of this player: A newcomer at prop-forward is worth watching. His name is Abel Tatham [sic] and by the looks of him he is able to eat them. A 13 stones 8 pound forward from Bickershaw Hornets, he is 22, a collier, an all-in wrestler and built as solid as a battleship. Not tall, but extremely powerful and quite active. Tatham [sic] is an ideal front-row man. I believe they signed him after the match. Abel made his debut against Widnes on 27th August 1938. He made 27 appearances for the Saints and was no slouch. One report, after Saints played Warrington says that: Miller, the burly Warrington front-row man, will have cause to remember Tatham [sic] who gave him a most unacceptable time in the set scrums. Obviously Abel turned professional at a time when the Second World War had started to erupt. His last match as a St.Helens player was against Featherstone Rovers on 29th April 1939. At that time he was a General Labourer and living in Laurel Street, Preston temporarily. Abel then returned to play for his home-town team Leigh in the War Emergency League and [Heritage Number 511] made 3 appearances early in the 1940-41 season. The Leigh club did not continue during the War and it would appear that Abel joined the Army at some point, despite having a reserved occupation status as a collier. It is sad to relate that Sapper Abel Tatum, of the Royal Engineers was killed in Normandy on 11th August 1944, aged 28. He is buried at Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France. The village of Ranville was the first village to be liberated by the Allies in the early hours of 6th June 1944 by troops of the 6th Airborne Division. The Saints Heritage Society would like to acknowledge the Commonwealth War Graves Commissions web site for providing details of Abel Tatums supreme sacrifice and the Tatum family for the image of his final resting place. His sacrifice, like that of so many others, must never be forgotten. |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1938~39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
TOTALS: | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Season (Other Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
TOTALS: | ||||
ALL MATCHES |
Date | Match | Pos | Opponents | Comp | Venue | FT | FTO | T | G | DG | ||
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27th Aug 1938 | 1 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | A | 0 | 29 | VIEW | |||
31st Aug 1938 | 2 | L |
10 | Warrington | L | H | 7 | 20 | VIEW | |||
3rd Sep 1938 | 3 | L |
10 | Widnes | L | H | 6 | 11 | VIEW | |||
12th Sep 1938 | 4 | L |
10 | Liverpool Stanley | LC1 | H | 5 | 10 | VIEW | |||
17th Sep 1938 | 5 | L |
10 | Barrow | L | A | 2 | 23 | VIEW | |||
24th Sep 1938 | 6 | W |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 11 | 8 | VIEW | |||
28th Sep 1938 | 7 | W |
10 | Keighley | L | H | 23 | 0 | VIEW | |||
1st Oct 1938 | 8 | W |
10 | Swinton | L | A | 10 | 3 | VIEW | |||
8th Oct 1938 | 9 | L |
10 | Liverpool Stanley | L | H | 7 | 9 | VIEW | |||
15th Oct 1938 | 10 | W |
10 | Dewsbury | L | A | 10 | 5 | VIEW | |||
22nd Oct 1938 | 11 | W |
10 | York | L | H | 15 | 13 | VIEW | |||
29th Oct 1938 | 12 | L |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | A | 5 | 15 | VIEW | |||
5th Nov 1938 | 13 | W |
10 | Dewsbury | L | H | 16 | 4 | VIEW | |||
12th Nov 1938 | 14 | L |
10 | Rochdale Hornets | L | A | 8 | 10 | VIEW | |||
19th Nov 1938 | 15 | W |
10 | Swinton | L | H | 12 | 8 | VIEW | |||
26th Nov 1938 | 16 | L |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | A | 7 | 10 | VIEW | |||
3rd Dec 1938 | 17 | L |
10 | Huddersfield | L | H | 3 | 10 | VIEW | |||
10th Dec 1938 | 18 | W |
10 | Liverpool Stanley | L | A | 12 | 10 | VIEW | |||
17th Dec 1938 | 19 | W |
10 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 22 | 6 | VIEW | |||
24th Dec 1938 | 20 | W |
10 | Leigh | L | A | 18 | 10 | VIEW | |||
26th Dec 1938 | 21 | L |
10 | St. Helens Recs | L | H | 4 | 5 | VIEW | |||
27th Dec 1938 | 22 | L |
10 | Wigan | L | H | 2 | 28 | VIEW | |||
31st Dec 1938 | 23 | L |
10 | Featherstone Rovers | L | A | 5 | 10 | VIEW | |||
15th Apr 1939 | 24 | L |
10 | Oldham | L | H | 10 | 15 | VIEW | |||
22nd Apr 1939 | 25 | L |
8 | Halifax | L | H | 4 | 25 | VIEW | |||
24th Apr 1939 | 26 | W |
10 | Warrington | L | A | 8 | 7 | VIEW | |||
29th Apr 1939 | 27 | W |
8 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 37 | 10 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 12 | LOSSES : 15 | DRAWS : |
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