Thomas Smales

Tommy Smales
Personal information
Full name Tom Smales
Born January→March 1935 (age 81–82)
Playing information
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 11 st 7 lb (73 kg)
Position Scrum-half

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
1967 North Sydney 9 0 0 0 0
1967–68 Wakefield Trinity 5 0 0 0 0
Total 18 111 1 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1962 England 1 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
Feb 1976–May 76 Featherstone Rovers 16 11 1 4 69
Nov 1978–May 79 Featherstone Rovers 22 6 1 15 27
Total 105 63 4 38 60

Thomas "Tommy" Smales (January→March 1935 (age 81–82)[1]) birth registered in Pontefract, is an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s, and 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Castleford, Huddersfield (Captain), Bradford Northern, North Sydney Bears, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 736), as a scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching at club level for Castleford, and Featherstone Rovers (twice).

Playing career

International honours

Tommy Smales won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France,[2] 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), and while at Bradford in 1965 against New Zealand (3 matches).[3]

Championship Final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half/halfback, and was Captain in Huddersfield's 14-5 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the Championship Final during the 1961–62 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 19 May 1962.[4]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half/halfback, and was Captain in Huddersfield's 6-12 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1962 Challenge Cup Final during the 1961–62 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1962, in front of a crowd of 81,263.[5]

County Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half/halfback, and scored a try in Huddersfield's 15-8 victory over York in the 1957 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1957–58 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 19 October 1957, played scrum-half/halfback in the 10-16 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1960 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1960–61 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1960, and played scrum-half/halfback in Bradford Northern's 17-8 victory over Hunslet in the 1965 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1965.

Club career

Tommy Smales made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 25 September 1965,[6] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.

Coaching career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales was the coach in Castleford's 7-2 victory over Wigan in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1970, in front of a crowd of 95,255.[7]

Outside of rugby league

Tommy Smales was the landlord of the Traveller's Rest public house, Pontefract Road, Featherstone for 35-years, from 1969 until 2004.[8]

Note

Somewhat confusingly, Tommy Smales played in the same era as the unrelated Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers loose forward/lock who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, Thomas "Tommy" Smales.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-57]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
  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
  6. ↑ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
  7. ↑ "Sat 9th May 1970 – Challenge Cup – Neutral Ground – 95,255". thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "'Rugby pub' is likely to re-start business". yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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