Walter Gowers
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Walter Gowers | |||||
| Born | January→March 1903 Wigan, Lancashire | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1922–36 | Rochdale Hornets | 455 | 5 | 733 | 24 | 1497 |
| 1936 | St. Helens | 6 | 7 | 2 | 18 | |
| 12 January 1946 | Rochdale Hornets | 1 | ||||
| Total | 462 | 5 | 740 | 26 | 1515 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≥1922–≤36 | Lancashire | |||||
| 1928 | Great Britain | 0 | ||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Walter Gowers (birth registered January→March 1903[1] — death unknown) birth registered in Wigan district, was a professional rugby league and association football (soccer) footballer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Lancashire, and at club level for Platt Lane ARLFC (Wigan), Rochdale Hornets (twice), and St. Helens, as a Fullback, i.e. number 1, and playing club level association football (soccer) for Preston North End (reserves in 1926), as a Full-back.
Playing career
International honours
Walter Gowers represented Great Britain in non-Test matches on the 1928 Great Britain rugby league tour of Australia and New Zealand, scoring 27-conversions.[2]
County honours
Walter Gowers represented Lancashire while at Rochdale Hornets, winning four county championship medals.
Career records
Walter Gowers holds Rochdale Hornets' "most appearances in a career" record with 456-appearances between 1922 and 1946, and holds Rochdale Hornets' "most points in a career" record with 1497-points scored between 1922 and 1946. He previously held Rochdale Hornets' "most conversions in a season" record with 109-conversions in the 1933–34 season, this record was extended by Graham Starkey in the 1966–67 season.
Genealogical information
Walter Gowers' marriage to Mary E. Prescott was registered during January→March 1929 in Chorley district.[3] They had children; Winifred J. Gowers (birth registered July→September 1930 in Rochdale district), John Gowers (birth registered January→March 1934 in Wigan district), and the Swinton and Great Britain rugby league footballer (full back) of the 1960s, Ken Gowers. Walter Gowers was the great-grandfather of the Middlesex cricketer John Simpson (Ken Gowers' grandson).
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Profile at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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