Thomas Smales

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For the rugby league footballer for Wigan, Barrow, and Featherstone Rovers, see Tommy Smales.

Tommy Smales
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Smales
Born	circa-1936
Playing information
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight	11 st 7 lb (73.0 kg; 161.0 lb)
Position	Scrum-half/Halfback
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1958–59	Castleford	4	0	0	0	0
196?–6?	Huddersfield		111	1
196?–6?	Bradford Northern
196?–6?	North Sydney
	Total	4	111	1	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1962–75	England	2	0	0	0	0
1962–65	Great Britain	8	2	0	0	6
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1969–70	Castleford	67	46	2	19	69
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Thomas "Tommy" Smales is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, and coach of the 1960s and '70s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Castleford, Huddersfield (Captain), Bradford Northern, and North Sydney Bears, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching at club level for Castleford.

Playing career

International honours

Tommy Smales won caps for England while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France, while Unattached in 1975 against Papua New Guinea (sub),^[1] and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France, in 1963 against France, and Australia, in 1964 against France (2 matches), while at Bradford in 1965 against New Zealand (3 matches).^[2]

Tommy Smales is the only player to ever win an England cap while Unattached.

Rugby Football League Championship final appearances

Tommy Smales played Scrum-half/Halfback, and was Captain in Huddersfield's 14–5 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1961–62 Rugby Football League Championship final at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 19 May 1962.^[3]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Tommy Smales played Scrum-half/Halfback, and was Captain in Huddersfield's 6-12 defeat to Wakefield Trinity in the 1961–62 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 12 May 1962.^[4]

Note

Somewhat confusingly, Tommy Smales played in the same era as the unrelated Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers Loose forward/Lock of the 1950s and '60s, Thomas "Tommy" Smales.

References

↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
↑ Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-57]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
↑ Briggs, Cyril & Edwards, Barry (12 May 1962). The Rugby League Challenge Cup Competition - Final Tie - Huddersfield v Wakefield Trinity - Match Programme. Wembley Stadium Ltd. ISBN n/a

External links

v t e Huddersfield Giants Hall of Fame Inductees

Harry Lodge Milford Sutcliffe Harold Wagstaff Douglas Clark Albert Rosenfeld Ben Gronow Leonard Bowkett Ray Markham Alex Fiddes Russell Pepperell Jeffrey Bawden Lionel Cooper Johnny Hunter Pat Devery Dave Valentine Frank Dyson Peter Ramsden Ted Slevin Thomas "Tommy" Smales Don Close Ken Senior

v t e Huddersfield Giants squad – 1962 Challenge Cup Final runners-up

1 Frank Dyson 2 Aiden Breen 3 Leo Booth 4 Ray Haywood 5 Mike Wicks 6 Harry Deighton 7 Thomas Smales (c) 8 Ted Slevin 9 Don Close 10 Ken Noble 11 Mick Clark 12 Kenneth Bowman 13 Peter Ramsden Coach: Dave Valentine

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Name	Smales, Thomas
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Short description	English rugby league player and coach
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