William Caveney

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
08-04-1875
N/A
Date unknown.
Unknown.
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
07-09-1895 v Rochdale Hornets
Broughton Rangers
1900-
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1895-1900
83 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
1
0
0
3

Biography of William Caveney



HERITAGE NO : 12
William Caveney was one of the cornerstones of the Saints pack of forwards inn the early days of the Northern Union. He played 83 matches for the club and scored a solitary try in the match against Leigh in November 1895. He played in an early 1897 Challenge Cup tie but missed out on selection for the Final. William was found living in Cambridge Road, St Helens in 1939. A local chemical works labourer and employee at Forsters Glassworks he stayed in the town until his death in June 1940 at the age of 65.

Dave Dooley

Further information about William Caveney, by Adrian Lawrenson and SHS

William Caveney was born on 8th April 1875 and was one of Saints’ Originals who played in the first-ever Northern Union fixture against Rochdale Hornets on 7th September 1895. He was employed, as so many were, as a chemical labourer at Forsters Glassworks.

In that initial season, William made 25 appearances scoring a try at home to Leigh on 2nd November 1895. The following year he appeared in a further 28 games, doubling his tally of tries. The 1896-97 season was a notable one for the Saints because they made it all the way to the final of the inaugural Challenge Cup competition. William played in the first round against the junior club, Lees. The mists of time do not clarify whether it it was injury or loss of form that led William to be replaced by Sam Rimmer. However, the day before the semi-final, Saints turned out a scratch team in a friendly against Halifax on 16th April 1897 in which William took part.

What is evident is that William was the travelling reserve at Headingley on 24th April 1897 for the final against Batley and stands proudly on the team photograph before the match. Another fact that must be mentioned is that William was awarded a medal for this campaign which is still in existence and is a proud possession of one of William’s descendants, who now have a Heritage Number Certificate to go with his Challenge Cup winner’s runner’s up medal.

William’s career encompassed 83 competitive appearances and a further 17 in friendlies, until his last match for the club in the new Millennium on 22nd December 1900, at Broughton Rangers, in a 29-0 defat against powerful opponents at the time.

William continued to live in the town until his death in June 1940, aged 65. Just how much the club owes the efforts of these early pioneers is inestimable!



SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1895~96 1 0 0 26
1896~970 0 0 22
1897~98 0 0 0 7
1898~990 0 0 16
1899~00 0 0 0 7
1900~01 0 0 0 5
TOTALS:1 0 0 83
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1896~971005
1897~98 1005
1898~990005
1899~000001
1900~010001
TOTALS:20017

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
7th Sep 1895 1
W
 12 Rochdale Hornets L H 8 3 VIEW
14th Sep 1895 2
W
 12 Runcorn L H 5 0 VIEW
21st Sep 1895 3
D
 12 Batley L A 3 3 VIEW
5th Oct 1895 4
W
 13 Broughton Rangers L A 5 3 VIEW
7th Oct 1895 5
L
 13 Bradford L A 4 15 VIEW
12th Oct 1895 6
W
 13 Warrington L H 3 0 VIEW
26th Oct 1895 7
D
 12 Tyldesley L H 3 3 VIEW
2nd Nov 1895 8
D
 12 Leigh L H 6 6 1 VIEW
9th Nov 1895 9
L
 12 Hunslet L A 0 12 VIEW
16th Nov 1895 10
D
 12 Wigan L H 0 0 VIEW
7th Dec 1895 11
D
 12 Wakefield Trinity L A 0 0 VIEW
4th Jan 1896 12
L
 12 Brighouse Rangers L A 4 6 VIEW
18th Jan 1896 13
L
 12 Stockport L A 3 18 VIEW
15th Feb 1896 14
L
 12 Manningham L A 5 9 VIEW
22nd Feb 1896 15
L
 12 Runcorn L A 0 3 VIEW
29th Feb 1896 16
D
 12 Warrington L A 5 5 VIEW
14th Mar 1896 17
L
 12 Leigh L A 3 11 VIEW
21st Mar 1896 18
L
 12 Wigan L A 0 10 VIEW
28th Mar 1896 19
L
 12 Tyldesley L A 10 11 VIEW
3rd Apr 1896 20
L
 12 Widnes L A 4 16 VIEW
4th Apr 1896 21
W
 12 Wakefield Trinity L H 7 5 VIEW
6th Apr 1896 22
D
 12 Brighouse Rangers L H 0 0 VIEW
7th Apr 1896 23
L
 12 Leeds L A 3 15 VIEW
11th Apr 1896 24
L
 12 Huddersfield L A 4 7 VIEW
16th Apr 1896 25
W
 12 Liversedge L H 14 7 VIEW
18th Apr 1896 26
L
 12 Oldham L H 3 5 VIEW
5th Sep 1896 --
W
 10 Crompton * Fr H 23 3 1 VIEW
12th Sep 1896 27
W
 10 Rochdale Hornets L H 6 5 VIEW
19th Sep 1896 28
D
 10 Salford L A 0 0 VIEW
3rd Oct 1896 29
L
 10 Oldham L A 0 11 VIEW
10th Oct 1896 30
W
 10 Morecambe L A 8 5 VIEW
17th Oct 1896 --
L
 10 Rochdale St. Cuthberts * Fr A 4 6 VIEW
31st Oct 1896 31
L
 10 Runcorn L H 3 7 VIEW
7th Nov 1896 32
W
 10 Rochdale Hornets L A 14 11 VIEW
14th Nov 1896 33
D
 10 Warrington L H 0 0 VIEW
21st Nov 1896 --
L
 10 Rochdale St. Cuthberts* Fr A 0 4 VIEW
5th Dec 1896 34
L
 10 Swinton L H 0 3 VIEW
12th Dec 1896 35
L
 10 Broughton Rangers L A 0 3 VIEW
19th Dec 1896 36
L
 10 Stockport L A 6 13 VIEW
25th Dec 1896 --
L
 8 Halifax* Fr A 0 4 VIEW
26th Dec 1896 37
D
 10 Widnes L A 0 0 VIEW
1st Jan 1897 38
L
 10 Oldham L H 5 17 VIEW
2nd Jan 1897 39
L
 10 Runcorn L A 0 20 VIEW
6th Feb 1897 40
L
 10 Wigan L A 0 4 VIEW
13th Feb 1897 41
L
 10 Broughton Rangers L H 10 20 VIEW
20th Feb 1897 42
L
 10 Tyldesley L A 9 12 VIEW
22nd Feb 1897 43
L
 10 Warrington L A 3 7 VIEW
27th Feb 1897 44
L
 10 Swinton L A 0 10 VIEW
6th Mar 1897 45
D
 10 Leigh L A 6 6 VIEW
11th Mar 1897 46
W
 10 Wigan L H 3 0 VIEW
13th Mar 1897 47
W
 10 Stockport L H 9 0 VIEW
20th Mar 1897 48
W
 10 Lees CC1 H 58 0 VIEW
16th Apr 1897 --
W
 8 Halifax * Fr H 11 3 VIEW
6th Nov 1897 --
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers * Fr A 24 13 1 VIEW
13th Nov 1897 49
L
 12 Swinton L A 0 13 VIEW
18th Dec 1897 50
W
 12 Morecambe L A 3 2 VIEW
8th Jan 1898 51
L
 14 Swinton L H 5 13 VIEW
22nd Jan 1898 52
W
 14 Wigan L H 9 8 VIEW
29th Jan 1898 53
W
 14 Leigh L A 3 0 VIEW
5th Mar 1898 --
L
 12 Warrington* Fr A 2 6 VIEW
8th Mar 1898 --
W
 12 Birkenhead* Fr H 8 0 VIEW
11th Mar 1898 --
W
 12 Barrow* Fr A 5 3 VIEW
12th Mar 1898 54
D
 12 Salford L H 14 14 VIEW
19th Mar 1898 --
W
 12 Wigan * Fr A 10 3 VIEW
16th Apr 1898 55
D
 10 Morecambe L H 5 5 VIEW
15th Oct 1898 --
L
 14 Lancaster* Fr A 2 8 VIEW
19th Nov 1898 56
L
 15 Leigh L A 2 5 VIEW
10th Dec 1898 --
L
 8 Hull* Fr A 0 19 VIEW
17th Dec 1898 57
L
 11 Broughton Rangers L A 2 20 VIEW
24th Dec 1898 58
L
 13 Salford L A 2 13 VIEW
26th Dec 1898 59
W
 13 Tyldesley L H 9 5 VIEW
30th Dec 1898 --
W
 8 Hull Kingston Rovers * Fr A 8 3 VIEW
7th Jan 1899 60
D
 9 Salford L H 8 8 VIEW
14th Jan 1899 61
W
 10 Swinton L H 6 5 VIEW
21st Jan 1899 --
W
 15 Birkenhead* Fr A 9 0 VIEW
28th Jan 1899 62
L
 10 Oldham L A 0 16 VIEW
11th Feb 1899 63
W
 9 Tyldesley L A 6 3 VIEW
18th Mar 1899 64
W
 13 Whitworth CC1 H 12 3 VIEW
22nd Mar 1899 --
W
 8 Kendal * Fr A 5 3 VIEW
25th Mar 1899 65
D
 13 Morecambe CC2 H 0 0 VIEW
29th Mar 1899 66
D
 13 Morecambe CC2(rep) A 5 5 VIEW
31st Mar 1899 67
W
 13 Morecambe CC2(2nd rep) H 17 5 VIEW
1st Apr 1899 68
L
 13 Salford CC3 A 0 16 VIEW
8th Apr 1899 69
W
 13 Morecambe L H 7 2 VIEW
15th Apr 1899 70
L
 13 Runcorn L A 8 11 VIEW
20th Apr 1899 71
W
 13 Stockport L H 13 10 VIEW
9th Sep 1899 72
L
 13 Widnes L H 0 3 VIEW
16th Sep 1899 73
W
 13 Swinton L H 17 3 VIEW
23rd Sep 1899 --
W
 8 Lancaster* Fr H 17 3 VIEW
30th Sep 1899 74
W
 13 Broughton Rangers L A 14 0 VIEW
7th Oct 1899 75
L
 13 Rochdale Hornets L A 0 7 VIEW
14th Oct 1899 76
W
 13 Wigan L H 5 0 VIEW
30th Dec 1899 77
W
 10 Tyldesley L A 14 3 VIEW
3rd Mar 1900 78
L
 13 Oldham L A 6 35 VIEW
17th Nov 1900 79
L
 11 Salford L H 2 13 VIEW
24th Nov 1900 80
L
 11 Warrington L H 0 7 VIEW
1st Dec 1900 81
L
 11 Stockport L A 0 5 VIEW
8th Dec 1900 --
L
 8 Batley* Fr A 0 5 VIEW
15th Dec 1900 82
L
 12 Oldham L H 5 15 VIEW
22nd Dec 1900 83
L
 12 Broughton Rangers L A 0 29 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 36 | LOSSES : 48 | DRAWS : 16

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