James Goldthorpe's Notebook
Leeds results and scorers - 1915-16
Played 33, Won 27, Drawn 1, Lost 5
Try scorers in bold , Goal scorers in standard font.
Date |
Opponents |
Grnd |
Res |
Leeds |
Opp |
Scorers for Leeds |
4 Sep | Batley | H | W | 9 | 0 | W Ward, Webster, WH Davies, Haycox |
11 | Featherstone Rovers | A | W | 26 | 6 | Lynch, W Ward(2), Rees, WA Davies, Mirfield(4) |
18 | Huddersfield | H | W | 10 | 0 | Lynch (2), Mirfield(2)(P) |
25 | Bramley | A | W | 15 | 4 | Rees, Carter, WA Davies, Mirfield(2) |
2 Oct | Featherstone Rovers | H | W | 18 | 3 | WH Davies, Harkness, Baird, Mirfield,(3) |
9 | Hunslet | A | W | 18 | 3 | WH Davies, W Ward, WA Davies, Mirfield(3) |
16 | Hull | H | W | 8 | 3 | W Ward, Campbell, Thomas |
23 | Hull Kingston Rovers | A | W | 11 | 5 | Campbell(2), Haycox, Haycox |
6 Nov | Hull | A | L | 11 | 24 | Godward, Mirfield(4)(3P) |
13 | Bramley | H | W | 15 | 3 | Haycox, WH Davies, WA Davies, Mirfield(3)(2P) |
20 | Hunslet | A | W | 12 | 0 | Rees(3), WH Davies |
4 Dec | Huddersfield | A | W | 11 | 2 | WA Davies, Campbell, Thomas, Mirfield |
11 | Hull Kingston Rovers | H | W | 17 | 8 | WA Davies, W Ward, WH Davies, Mirfield(4)(P) |
18 | Dewsbury | A | D | 5 | 5 | Rees, Mirfield |
25 | Hunslet | H | W | 15 | 6 | WA Davies(3), Mirfield(3)(P) |
27 | Batley | A | W | 7 | 2 | Rees, Mirfield(2)(P) |
1916 | ||||||
8 Jan | Dewsbury | H | W | 18 | 10 | WA Davies, Reeves, Brooksby, W Ward, Mirfield(3) |
15 | Bradford Northern | A | W | 19 | 12 | Campbell, rees, WH Davies, W Ward, Jenkinson, Mirfield(2) |
22 | Rochdale Hornets | A | W | 6 | 5 | WH Davies, Jenkinson |
29 | Hunslet | H | W | 8 | 3 | Chilcott, WH Davies, Mirfield |
5 Feb | Oldham | A | W | 14 | 10 | Thomas(2), Campbell, Mirfield, Mirfield |
12 | Rochdale Hornets | H | W | 26 | 2 | Campbell(2), Godward, WH Davies(3), Mirfield(4)(2P) |
26 | Oldham | H | Cancelled - Snow | |||
4 Mar | Halifax | H | W | 30 | 3 | Rees(3), WA Davies92), WH Davies(2), Brooksby, Mirfield(3) |
11 | Wigan | H | W | 6 | 0 | Carter(2) |
25 | Bradford Northern | H | W | 21 | 5 | Buck(2), Webster, WH Davies, Carter, Mirfield(3) |
1 Apr | Swinton | H | L | 0 | 5 | - |
8 | Hull | A | W | 23 | 8 | WH Davies, Campbell(2), Carter, Rees, Hughes(3) |
15 | Dewsbury | A | L | 8 | 11 | Rees, Wagstaff, Hughes |
22 | Barrow | H | W | 33 | 2 | Waterworth, Robinson, WH Davies(3), Webster, Lewis, Carter, Hughes, Lewis(3) |
24 | Wigan | A | L | 3 | 5 | Hughes |
25 | Dewsbury | H | L | 0 | 10 | - |
29 | Hull | H | W | 24 | 6 | Rees(2), Webster, WA Davies, W Ward(2) Robinson(2), Haycox |
Guest Players this season included Thomas (Wigan), Harold Wagstaff (Huddersfield) and Albert Rosenfeld. Joe Brittain made his debut on 4th September.
No Cup Competitions were held because of the war.
War Time Merit Table 1915 - 16
P | W | D | L | Pts | ||
1 | Dewsbury | 36 | 29 | 2 | 5 | |
2 | Leeds | 33 | 27 | 1 | 5 | |
3 | Hull | 32 | 23 | 2 | 7 | |
4 | Wigan | 33 | 21 | 3 | 9 | |
5 | Swinton | 28 | 17 | 2 | 9 | |
6 | Huddersfield | 30 | 18 | 2 | 10 | |
7 | St Helens Recreation | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | |
8 | Leigh | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | |
9 | Salford | 35 | 17 | 5 | 13 | |
10 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | |
11 | Batley | 28 | 12 | 5 | 11 | |
12 | Barrow | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | |
13 | St Helens | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
14 | Hunslet | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
15 | Featherstone Rovers | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | |
16 | Bradford Northern | 31 | 13 | 0 | 18 | |
17 | Oldham | 31 | 9 | 4 | 18 | |
18 | Bramley | 27 | 8 | 3 | 16 | |
19 | Rochdale Hornets | 33 | 9 | 3 | 21 | |
20 | York | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
21 | Broughton Rangers | 29 | 7 | 0 | 24 | |
22 | Halifax | 31 | 7 | 0 | 24 | |
23 | Runcorn | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
24 | Brighouse Rangers | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
The final positions were decided on a % basis, points were not awarded this season.