Les Garner

OVERALL STATISTICS

BIRTHAGESIGNED ONFROM
07-09-1909
N/A
23-08-1932
St.Helens Local Leagues
DEBUTLAST MATCHLEFT
26-08-1933 v Widnes
Wigan
1937- Wigan
CAREERAPPEARANCES (SUBS)
1933-1934
118 (0)
TRIESGOALSDGOALSPTS
6
2
0
22

Biography of Les Garner



HERITAGE NO : 408
Les Garner by Alex Service

A strongly-built and speedy forward, Les Garner came into the Saints team as the 1932 Championship squad was starting to break up in the early to mid 1930s. He lived in Reservoir Street in Thatto Heath when he played for the Saints, making his debut against Widnes on 26th August 1933, when the Saints won 29-14. The back three that day was Arkwright, Halfpenny and Garner, with Ellaby still around at Knowsley Road. In fact, Les was so quick that he was used on the wing on several occasions, where his pace and strength made him quite a force to be reckoned with.

No relation to winger Bill Garner, who also played in the mid to late 1930s, Les went to Wigan for a spell from February to April 1935 but returned to his home-town club and played First Team football well into the war years. This meant he had taken part in over 100 matches for the club. Les also played for Eddie Waring's 'boom' team Dewsbury, with Jim Sullivan during the war.

He went to live in Dentons Green and became an Assistant Manager at Pilkingtons Sheet Works. Les was also an excellent bowler and later became a gateman at Knowsley Road. He died in April 1960,aged 50.


SEASON STATISTICS

Season (Official Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1933~340 0 0 7
1934~350 0 0 7
1935~36 1 0 0 17
1936~370 0 0 23
1937~38 1 0 0 21
1938~39 0 0 0 10
1939~40 0 0 0 1
1940~41 3 2 0 13
1941~42 1 0 0 13
1942~43 0 0 0 6
TOTALS:6 2 0 118
Season (Other Matches)TriesGoalsDGoalsMatches
1940~41 0003
TOTALS:0003

ALL MATCHES

DateMatchPosOpponentsCompVenueFTFTOTGDG
26th Aug 1933 1
W
 13 Widnes L H 29 14 VIEW
2nd Sep 1933 2
L
 13 Widnes L A 4 12 VIEW
28th Feb 1934 3
W
 10 Swinton L A 8 5 VIEW
3rd Mar 1934 4
W
 10 Bradford Northern L A 15 11 VIEW
14th Mar 1934 5
L
 10 London Highfield L A 8 16 VIEW
24th Mar 1934 6
W
 11 Swinton L H 25 5 VIEW
30th Mar 1934 7
L
 11 Wigan L A 3 27 VIEW
27th Oct 1934 8
L
 12 Warrington L A 5 10 VIEW
3rd Nov 1934 9
W
 12 Barrow L H 13 6 VIEW
10th Nov 1934 10
L
 10 Broughton Rangers L A 2 31 VIEW
17th Nov 1934 11
L
 12 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 6 8 VIEW
24th Nov 1934 12
W
 10 Bradford Northern L H 23 8 VIEW
1st Dec 1934 13
L
 12 Wakefield Trinity L A 5 19 VIEW
19th Jan 1935 14
L
 12 Hull L H 2 5 VIEW
30th Nov 1935 15
W
 12 Bradford Northern L A 13 10 VIEW
7th Dec 1935 16
W
 12 Oldham L H 12 4 VIEW
14th Dec 1935 17
L
 12 Featherstone Rovers L A 6 18 VIEW
25th Dec 1935 18
W
 12 St. Helens Recs L A 3 0 VIEW
28th Dec 1935 19
D
 10 Streatham and Mitcham L A 3 3 VIEW
25th Jan 1936 20
L
 12 Acton and Willesden L A 0 5 VIEW
1st Feb 1936 21
W
 10 Leigh L H 9 4 VIEW
8th Feb 1936 22
L
 12 Hull CC1 A 6 16 VIEW
7th Mar 1936 23
L
 12 Broughton Rangers L A 0 23 VIEW
14th Mar 1936 24
L
 12 Batley L H 8 10 VIEW
21st Mar 1936 25
L
 12 Batley L A 6 18 VIEW
28th Mar 1936 26
W
 12 Streatham and Mitcham L H 22 11 VIEW
4th Apr 1936 27
L
 12 Salford L A 7 21 VIEW
10th Apr 1936 28
L
 12 Wigan L A 0 14 VIEW
13th Apr 1936 29
L
 12 Rochdale Hornets L H 0 2 VIEW
20th Apr 1936 30
L
 12 Barrow L A 7 19 VIEW
26th Apr 1936 31
W
 11 Bradford Northern L H 15 8 1 VIEW
29th Aug 1936 32
L
 12 Widnes L A 0 28 VIEW
5th Sep 1936 33
W
 12 Widnes L H 2 0 VIEW
23rd Sep 1936 34
L
 12 St. Helens Recs LC2 A 4 10 VIEW
26th Sep 1936 35
L
 12 Salford L A 12 34 VIEW
3rd Oct 1936 36
D
 12 Warrington L H 3 3 VIEW
24th Oct 1936 37
D
 10 Rochdale Hornets L A 5 5 VIEW
31st Oct 1936 38
L
 12 Leigh L A 9 13 VIEW
14th Nov 1936 39
L
 12 Oldham L A 2 20 VIEW
21st Nov 1936 40
L
 11 Salford L H 0 20 VIEW
28th Nov 1936 41
L
 10 Streatham and Mitcham L A 2 3 VIEW
5th Dec 1936 42
L
 10 Rochdale Hornets L AB H 0 4 VIEW
12th Dec 1936 43
L
 10 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 13 19 VIEW
19th Dec 1936 44
W
 10 Newcastle L A 15 8 VIEW
25th Dec 1936 45
W
 10 St. Helens Recs L H 4 0 VIEW
26th Dec 1936 46
L
 10 Wigan L H 2 21 VIEW
1st Jan 1937 47
L
 10 St. Helens Recs L A 3 10 VIEW
2nd Jan 1937 48
L
 10 Broughton Rangers L A 5 23 VIEW
9th Jan 1937 49
W
 10 Dewsbury L H 32 5 VIEW
16th Jan 1937 50
L
 10 Barrow L H 2 15 VIEW
23rd Jan 1937 51
W
 10 Featherstone Rovers L A 11 6 VIEW
6th Feb 1937 52
L
 10 Liverpool Stanley L A 8 21 VIEW
13th Feb 1937 53
L
 10 Huddersfield CC1 H 4 11 VIEW
6th Mar 1937 54
L
 10 Swinton L H 2 6 VIEW
25th Sep 1937 55
W
 8 Bramley L H 18 9 VIEW
2nd Oct 1937 56
W
 12 Dewsbury L A 18 7 VIEW
9th Oct 1937 57
W
 12 Oldham L H 4 3 VIEW
16th Oct 1937 58
D
 12 Batley L A 10 10 VIEW
23rd Oct 1937 59
D
 12 Featherstone Rovers L H 16 16 VIEW
30th Oct 1937 60
L
 12 Rochdale Hornets L A 11 17 VIEW
6th Nov 1937 61
L
 10 Warrington L H 7 25 VIEW
20th Nov 1937 62
L
 10 Liverpool Stanley L A 7 9 VIEW
11th Dec 1937 63
L
 5 Barrow L H 7 8 VIEW
25th Dec 1937 64
W
 5 St. Helens Recs L A 10 2 VIEW
27th Dec 1937 65
L
 5 Wigan L H 6 15 VIEW
8th Jan 1938 66
W
 11 Bramley L A 24 14 VIEW
15th Jan 1938 67
W
 11 Dewsbury L H 11 5 VIEW
5th Feb 1938 68
L
 11 York L H 15 19 VIEW
12th Feb 1938 69
W
 11 York L A 7 2 VIEW
19th Feb 1938 70
W
 11 Pendlebury Juniors CC1 H 39 0 VIEW
26th Feb 1938 71
L
 10 Halifax L H 13 17 1 VIEW
12th Mar 1938 72
L
 11 Castleford CC2 A 2 18 VIEW
9th Apr 1938 73
L
 12 Featherstone Rovers L A 5 12 VIEW
13th Apr 1938 74
L
 10 Barrow L A 13 29 VIEW
16th Apr 1938 75
L
 10 Liverpool Stanley L H 4 17 VIEW
12th Sep 1938 76
L
 12 Liverpool Stanley LC1 H 5 10 VIEW
17th Sep 1938 77
L
 12 Barrow L A 2 23 VIEW
24th Sep 1938 78
W
 12 Hull Kingston Rovers L H 11 8 VIEW
28th Sep 1938 79
W
 12 Keighley L H 23 0 VIEW
1st Oct 1938 80
W
 12 Swinton L A 10 3 VIEW
15th Oct 1938 81
W
 12 Dewsbury L A 10 5 VIEW
22nd Oct 1938 82
W
 12 York L H 15 13 VIEW
29th Oct 1938 83
L
 12 Hull Kingston Rovers L A 5 15 VIEW
5th Nov 1938 84
W
 12 Dewsbury L H 16 4 VIEW
12th Nov 1938 85
L
 12 Rochdale Hornets L A 8 10 VIEW
26th Aug 1939 86
W
 10 Leigh L A 23 3 VIEW
7th Sep 1940 87
W
 10 Liverpool Stanley WEL H 32 15 1 VIEW
21st Sep 1940 88
W
 10 Swinton WEL H 41 0 1 VIEW
28th Sep 1940 89
W
 10 Oldham WEL A 16 5 VIEW
5th Oct 1940 90
W
 10 Leigh WEL H 44 8 1 VIEW
12th Oct 1940 91
W
 10 Liverpool Stanley WEL A 26 11 VIEW
19th Oct 1940 92
W
 10 Salford WEL H 6 0 VIEW
26th Oct 1940 93
L
 10 Salford WEL A 13 15 VIEW
9th Nov 1940 94
W
 10 Warrington WEL A 2 0 VIEW
16th Nov 1940 95
D
 10 Wigan WEL A 5 5 1 VIEW
23rd Nov 1940 96
W
 10 Broughton Rangers WEL H 23 3 VIEW
30th Nov 1940 97
W
 10 Leigh WEL H 50 0 VIEW
25th Dec 1940 --
W
 10 Leigh * Fr H 37 18 VIEW
11th Jan 1941 98
L
 10 Wigan WEL H 3 6 VIEW
8th Feb 1941 --
L
 10 Wigan * Fr A 8 12 VIEW
14th Apr 1941 --
W
 10 Dewsbury * Fr A 21 11 VIEW
19th Apr 1941 99
L
 10 Castleford CC2 A 13 21 1 VIEW
6th Sep 1941 100
W
 10 York WEL H 23 13 VIEW
13th Sep 1941 101
W
 10 Hull WEL H 11 10 VIEW
20th Sep 1941 102
W
 10 Keighley WEL A 20 2 VIEW
4th Oct 1941 103
W
 10 Batley WEL H 26 16 VIEW
17th Oct 1941 104
W
 12 Castleford WEL H 16 2 VIEW
19th Oct 1941 105
L
 13 Hunslet WEL A 5 13 VIEW
15th Nov 1941 106
L
 10 Featherstone Rovers WEL A 13 17 VIEW
10th Jan 1942 107
L
 12 Dewsbury WEL A 8 37 VIEW
14th Jan 1942 108
W
 10 Halifax WEL H 13 9 1 VIEW
4th Apr 1942 109
L
 8 Halifax WEL A 5 36 VIEW
6th Apr 1942 110
L
 10 Dewsbury WEL H 2 9 VIEW
25th Apr 1942 111
L
 10 Hunslet CC2(1) A 3 16 VIEW
2nd May 1942 112
W
 10 Hunslet CC2(2) H 21 14 VIEW
5th Sep 1942 113
L
 10 Featherstone Rovers WEL H 2 4 VIEW
12th Sep 1942 114
L
 13 Keighley WEL A 0 12 VIEW
19th Sep 1942 115
L
 10 Halifax WEL H 13 25 VIEW
24th Oct 1942 116
W
 10 Wigan YC2(1) H 21 8 VIEW
31st Oct 1942 117
L
 12 Keighley WEL H 7 12 VIEW
7th Nov 1942 118
L
 12 Wigan YC2(2) A 11 32 VIEW
*Unofficial Match. **Non Playing Sub.
WINS : 51 | LOSSES : 64 | DRAWS : 6

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