James Goldthorpe's Notebook

Leeds results and scorers - 1927-28

Played 49, Won 36, Drawn 0, Lost 13

Try scorers in bold , Goal scorers in standard font.

Date

Opponents

Grnd

Res

Leeds

Opp

Scorers for Leeds
27 Aug Hull H W 23 9 Andrews, Watkins, Swift, Lloyd, Davis, Thompson, (4)(P)
31 St Helens H W 18 7 Pascoe, Andrews, Rosser, Swift, Thompson(3)(P)
3 Sep Dewsbury A L 7 10 Brough, Thompson, Pascoe(P)
5 Broughton Rangers H W 18 14 Watkins, Slater, Thompson, Andrews, Thompson(3)
10 Bradford Northern H L 10 15 Thompson(5P)
12 Rochdale Hornets H W 7 4 Lloyd, Thompson(2)(P)
17 St Helens Rec. A L 11 17 O'Rourke, Thompson(4)(3P)
21 Bramley H W 17 5 O' Rourke, Rosser, Lloyd(2), Moores, Thompson(P)
24 Oldham H W 27 11 Moores(2), Williams, O'Rourke, Rosser, Thompson(6)(2P)
1 Oct Swinton A L 0 11 -
15 Wakefield Trinity H W 16 2 Thompson*, Bailey, O'Rourke(2), Thompson(2)
22 Castleford A W 13 3 Andrews, Davis(2), Pascoe(2)(P)
29 Keighley H W 31 5 Gallagher, Jones, Desmond(2), Bailey(3), Pascoe, O'Rourke, Moores(2)
5 Nov Hull Kingston Rovers A W 8 2 Thomas, Moores, Thompson
12 Featherstone Rovers A W 19 5 Slater, Pascoe, Moores(2), O'Rourke, Thompson(2)
19 Huddersfield H W 13 5 Brough, Moores, Desmond, Thompson(2)(P)
3 Dec Wigan A W 9 5 Pascoe, Rosser, O'Rourke
10 York H W 16 3 O'Rourke(2), Rosser, Brough, Thompson(2)
17 Keighley A W 13 4 O'Rourke, Desmond, Rosser, Thompson(2)(P)
24 Dewsbury H L 0 10 -
26 Batley A W 19 8 Thomas, Moores, Rosser, O'Rourke, Gallagher, Brough(2)
27 Hunslet A W 14 7 Thompson, McCade, O'Rourke, Gallagher, Thompson
1928            
2 Jan Halifax A L 10 12 Thompson(2), Thompson(2)(P)
7 St Helens A L 0 8 -
14 Halifax H W 7 0 O'Rourke, Pascoe(2)(P)
21 Wigan H W 13 2 O'Rourke, Lloyd(2) Thompson(2)
28 York A (1) 2 3 Thompson(P)
4 Feb Wakefield Trinity A W 13 5 Swift, Lloyd, Thompson, Thompson(2)
15 Hull Kingston Rovers H W 29 5 Andrews(2), McCade, Gallagher, O'Rourke, Swift, Williams, Thompson(4)(P)
18 St Helens Rec. H W 10 7 Williams, Moores, Thompson(2)(P)
29 Bramley A W 21 3 Lloyd, Desmond, Brough, Andrews(2), Thompson(3)
3 Mar Featherstone Rovers H W 18 9 Lloyd, Desmond, Andrews(2), Thompson(3)(2P)
17 Castleford H W 20 4 Lloyd(2), Andrews, O'Rourke, Thompson(4)(2P)
22 Hull A W 21 12 Rosser(2), Bailey, Moores(2), Pascoe(3)
24 Oldham A L 4 22 Thompson(2P)
2 Apr Rochdale Hornets A W 17 0 Rosser(2), Lloyd, Thompson(2), Pascoe(2)(P)
6 Hunslet H W 19 3 Moores, Desmond(2), Thompson(5)(3P)
7 Bradford Northern A W 21 13 Pascoe, Rosser, Thompson, Desmond, Lloyd, Thompson(3)(P)
9 Batley H W 38 2 Lloyd(2), Gallagher(2), Pascoe, Rosser, Moores, Davis, Thompson(6)(P), Moores
10 Broughton Rangers A L 8 23 Williams, Desmond, Thompson(P)
14 Huddersfield A W 11 7 Desmond, Jones, Williams, Thompson(P)
18 York A W 27 5 Casey, Davis, Thompson, Williams, Desmond, Thompson(6)(2P)
21 Swinton H L 3 5 Andrews
  League Semi- Final          
28 Featherstone Rovers H L 12 15 Williams, Moores*, Pascoe(3)(P)
  Yorkshire Cup          
8 Oct Featherstone Rovers H W 12 2 Lloyd, Rosser, Thompson(3)(2P)
19 York A L 7 19 Andrews, Thompson(2)(P)
  Rugby League Cup          
11 Feb Wigan Highfield A W 13 2 Williams, Lloyd, Moores, Thompson(2)
25 St Helens Rec. H W 13 12 Brough, Andrews(2), Thompson(2)
10 Mar Oldham H W 10 5 Moores, O'Rourke, Thompson(2)(P)
31 Warrington N(2) L 2 9 Thompson(P)

(1) - Match abandoned after 55 minutes play because of fog.

(2) - Semi-final played at Rochdale.

* - Try awarded for obstruction.

Jeff Moores and Frank O'Rourke made there debuts on September 10th, Frank Gallagher made his on September 17th, Wally Desmond on October 29th, and Stan Satterthwate on March 17th.

Northern Rugby Football League 1927 - 28

    P W D L Pts
1 Swinton 36 27 3 6 57
2 Leeds 42 32 0 10 64
3 Featherstone Rovers 36 25 1 10 51
4 Hunslet 40 28 0 12 56
5 St Helens Recreation 36 24 0 12 48
6 Oldham 36 23 1 12 47
7 Wigan Highfield 32 19 1 12 39
8 Wigan 40 24 0 16 48
9 Leigh 34 20 0 14 40
10 Wakefield Trinity 40 22 2 16 46
11 St Helens 36 19 1 16 39
12 Huddersfield 40 21 1 18 43
13 Hull Kingston Rovers 38 17 5 16 39
14 Halifax 40 19 2 19 40
15 Dewsbury 38 17 3 18 37
16 Bradford Northern 32 13 2 17 28
17 Warrington 36 14 2 20 30
18 Barrow 34 13 1 20 27
19 Batley 38 14 2 22 30
20 Hull 38 12 6 20 30
21 York 36 13 1 22 27
22 Keighley 36 13 1 22 27
23 Widnes 32 11 0 21 22
24 Rochdale Hornets 34 11 1 22 23
25 Castleford 32 9 3 20 21
26 Salford 32 9 1 22 19
27 Broughton Rangers 32 8 0 24 16
28 Bramley 32 7 0 25 14

The final positions were decided on a % basis.