Harold Forsyth | |||||||
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OVERALL STATISTICS | |||||||
BIRTH | AGE | SIGNED ON | FROM | ||||
DEBUT | LAST MATCH | LEFT | |||||
CAREER | APPEARANCES (SUBS) | ||||||
TRIES | GOALS | DGOALS | PTS | ||||
Biography of Harold Forsyth |
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HERITAGE NO : 460 Harold Forsyth by SHS Harold made his debut on 2nd February 1937 as a centre, with Ossie Jones outside him, as Saints overcame Hull KR 9-2 at Knowsley Road. Born in Cumbria, Harold was signed as a winger, however and most of his matches were on the left flank for the Red and Whites. His best season was his first one, 1936-37, when he made 14 appearances and scored 4 tries. Yet Saints were really starting to struggle at that time. The great years of the late 1920s and early 1930s had disappeared and the club basically had to sell their stars to survive. Traveller, in the St. Helens Newspaper wrote the following about the game against Featherstone Rovers, on 20th February 1937: Another pleasing feature was the display of Saints two young recruits, Cunliffe, a front row forward and Forsyth, a right wing threequarter. I think that Forsyth should be given another run in the first team despite his lack of speed. Trainer Carson, I understand, has great hopes of bringing much more speed out of the boy than he is showing at present. If there is any more in him, who is there better to bring it out than Carson. Harolds rugby career was interrupted by the war and he made one final appearance for the club, on 1st September 1945, against Widnes. Saints lost this traditional opening day fixture 2-7 and Harold was transferred to Liverpool Stanley, where he joined another ex-Saint, Jack Bradbury. In 1939 he was living in OSullivan Crescent, St Helens and working as a General Labourer. He died in St Helens in September 1983, aged 70. If anyone has any other information about him, please contact us. |
SEASON STATISTICS | ||||
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Season (Official Matches) | Tries | Goals | DGoals | Matches |
1936~37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
1937~38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
1938~39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1941~42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1945~46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS: | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
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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18th Feb 1937 | 1 | W |
3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | L | H | 9 | 2 | VIEW | |||
20th Feb 1937 | 2 | W |
2 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 32 | 2 | 1 | VIEW | ||
27th Feb 1937 | 3 | L |
2 | Bramley | L | A | 7 | 10 | VIEW | |||
6th Mar 1937 | 4 | L |
2 | Swinton | L | H | 2 | 6 | VIEW | |||
13th Mar 1937 | 5 | W |
2 | Halifax | L | H | 19 | 0 | VIEW | |||
20th Mar 1937 | 6 | L |
2 | Barrow | L | A | 5 | 34 | VIEW | |||
26th Mar 1937 | 7 | L |
2 | Wigan | L | A | 3 | 16 | VIEW | |||
27th Mar 1937 | 8 | L |
2 | Warrington | L | A | 11 | 19 | VIEW | |||
29th Mar 1937 | 9 | W |
2 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 15 | 5 | VIEW | |||
3rd Apr 1937 | 10 | L |
2 | Swinton | L | A | 5 | 15 | VIEW | |||
10th Apr 1937 | 11 | W |
2 | Bramley | L | H | 20 | 0 | VIEW | |||
17th Apr 1937 | 12 | W |
5 | Dewsbury | L | A | 2 | 0 | VIEW | |||
19th Apr 1937 | 13 | L |
2 | Liverpool Stanley | L | H | 3 | 5 | 1 | VIEW | ||
24th Apr 1937 | 14 | W |
2 | Newcastle | L | H | 41 | 10 | 2 | VIEW | ||
28th Aug 1937 | 15 | W |
2 | Widnes | L | H | 11 | 7 | 1 | VIEW | ||
2nd Sep 1937 | 16 | W |
2 | Broughton Rangers | L | H | 7 | 6 | VIEW | |||
4th Sep 1937 | 17 | L |
2 | Widnes | L | A | 2 | 14 | VIEW | |||
11th Sep 1937 | 18 | L |
2 | Broughton Rangers | LC1 | H | 0 | 11 | VIEW | |||
25th Sep 1937 | 19 | W |
2 | Bramley | L | H | 18 | 9 | VIEW | |||
2nd Oct 1937 | 20 | W |
2 | Dewsbury | L | A | 18 | 7 | 1 | VIEW | ||
9th Oct 1937 | 21 | W |
2 | Oldham | L | H | 4 | 3 | VIEW | |||
16th Oct 1937 | 22 | D |
2 | Batley | L | A | 10 | 10 | VIEW | |||
23rd Oct 1937 | 23 | D |
2 | Featherstone Rovers | L | H | 16 | 16 | VIEW | |||
6th Nov 1937 | 24 | L |
2 | Warrington | L | H | 7 | 25 | VIEW | |||
20th Nov 1937 | 25 | L |
2 | Liverpool Stanley | L | A | 7 | 9 | VIEW | |||
27th Nov 1937 | 26 | L |
2 | Salford | L | H | 0 | 31 | VIEW | |||
27th Aug 1938 | 27 | L |
5 | Widnes | L | A | 0 | 29 | VIEW | |||
3rd Sep 1938 | 28 | L |
2 | Widnes | L | H | 6 | 11 | VIEW | |||
12th Sep 1938 | 29 | L |
2 | Liverpool Stanley | LC1 | H | 5 | 10 | VIEW | |||
6th Dec 1941 | 30 | L |
2 | Leeds | WEL | A | 8 | 18 | VIEW | |||
1st Sep 1945 | 31 | L |
5 | Widnes | L | H | 2 | 7 | VIEW |
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub. |
WINS : 12 | LOSSES : 17 | DRAWS : 2 |
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