James Goldthorpe's Notebook

Leeds results and scorers - 1926-27

Played 46, Won 26, Drawn 0, Lost 20

Try scorers in bold , Goal scorers in standard font.

Date

Opponents

Grnd

Res

Leeds

Opp

Scorers for Leeds
28 Aug Oldham A L 12 22 James, Mason, Thompson(3)(P)
4 Sep St Helens Rec. H L 8 15 Binks, Bacon, Brough
6 Castleford H W 15 3 Lloyd(2), Smith, Litts(3)
11 Wigan A L 0 25 -
15 Featherstone Rovers A W 10 4 Davis, Bacon, Thompson(2)
18 Dewsbury H W 15 7 Bacon(2), Thompson, Thompson(3)(P)
25 Huddersfield A L 3 13 James
29 Swinton A L 5 21 Lloyd, Thompson(P)
2 Oct Batley A W 17 6 Hall, Swift, Bacon, Thompson(4)(P)
16 Wakefield Trinity H W 11 5 Swift, Bacon, Williams, Thompson
23 Keighley H W 21 4 Lloyd, Bacon, Bailey, Woolmore, Rosser, Thompson(2)(P), Litts
27 New Zealand H L 11 13 Bailey, Williams, Bacon, Thompson
30 Pontypridd A w 8 7 Thompson(4P)
6 Nov Halifax H W 4 2 Litts(2P)
13 Keighley A L 5 9 Swift, Thompson(P)
20 Bramley H W 26 4 Brough(3), Bacon, Litts, Williams, Litts(4)(P)
4 Dec Castleford A L 9 10 Thomas, Thompson(3)(2P)
11 Swinton H L 0 9 -
15 St Helens Rec. A L 3 21 Rosser
25 Batley H W 19 0 Williams(2), Thomas, Rosser, Swift, Thompson(2)
27 Hunslet A W 18 16 Bacon(2), Williams, Rosser, Thompson, Litts(2)(P)
1927            
1 Jan Hull H W 35 0 Bacon(2), Jones(4), Lloyd, Rosser, Swift, Thompson(3), Litts
8 Halifax A L 8 18 Bacon, Lloyd, Thompson
15 Hull A L 5 10 Bailey, Thompson(P)
22 Hunslet H w 8 3 Thomas, Rosser, Thompson(P)
29 St Helens A L 6 8 Binks, Rosser
5 Feb Oldham H W 23 0 Bacon, Lloyd(2), Slater, Thomas, Pascoe(4)
19 Wigan H W 28 2 Thompson, Slater, Watkins(2), Williams, Rosser, Thompson, Pascoe(4)
5 Mar Bradford Northern H W 44 3 Lloyd(3), James(2), Bacon(2), Brough, Swift, Rosser, Pascoe, Litts(6)
19 Wakefield Trinity A L 7 8 James, Thompson(2P)
23 York A L 7 9 James, Pascoe(2)(P)
26 Featherstone Rovers H W 11 8 Rosser(2), Lloyd, Pascoe(P)
30 Bramley A W 23 5 James(3), Thompson, Bacon, Thompson(3), Litts
2 Apr Bradford Northern A W 23 5 Bacon, Bailey, Slater, Rosser, Swift, Thompson(4)(P)
6 York H W 33 12 Bailey(3), Rosser, Andrews, Williams, Thompson, Thompson(6)(2P)
9 Pontypridd H W 27 6 Bailey(2), Pascoe(2), Andrews, Watkins, Thompson, Thompson(3)(2P)
15 Huddersfield H W 37 5 Andrews(3), Watkins, Swift(2), Hall, Rosser, Brough(2), Pascoe, Thompson(2)
16 Dewsbury A L 9 21 Andrews, Thompson(3)(2P)
18 Hull Kingston Rovers A L 10 18 Rosser, Bailey, Thompson(2)
19 Hull Kingston Rovers (1) H W 19 6 Andrews(2), Pascoe(2), Thompson, Thompson(2)
20 St Helens H L 10 21 Andrews, Bailey, Thompson, Pascoe(P)
  Yorkshire Cup          
9 Oct Hunslet A W 13 7 Watkins, Bacon, Davis, Litts, Thompson(P)
18 York H L 3 26 Bailey
  Rugby League Cup          
12 Feb Warrington A W 12 3 Williams, Hall, Rosser, Bacon
26 Wigan H W 13 3 Davis, Pascoe, Slater, Pascoe, Thompson
12 Mar Oldham H L 5 11 Swift, Thompson(P)

(1) - This Easter Tuesday game was Jim Bacon's benefit match.

Northern Rugby Football League 1926 - 27

    P W D L Pts
1 St Helens Recreation 38 29 3 6 61
2 Swinton 38 29 2 7 60
3 Wigan 40 29 0 11 58
4 St Helens 34 23 1 10 47
5 Hull 38 25 1 12 51
6 Hull Kingston Rovers 36 21 5 10 47
7 Leigh 36 23 1 12 47
8 Rochdale Hornets 36 23 0 13 46
9 Leeds 40 23 1 16 47
10 Hunslet 42 24 1 17 49
11 Featherstone Rovers 38 21 1 16 43
12 Dewsbury 38 20 3 15 43
13 Oldham 37 19 4 15 42
14 Halifax 40 19 4 17 42
15 Wakefield Trinity 36 17 3 16 37
16 Warrington 38 18 1 19 37
17 Barrow 38 18 0 20 36
18 York 36 16 1 19 33
19 Batley 36 14 2 20 30
20 Salford 36 14 2 20 30
21 Broughton Rangers 36 14 1 21 29
22 Keighley 36 14 1 21 29
23 Huddersfield 40 16 0 24 32
24 Widnes 34 11 0 23 22
25 Wigan Highfield 34 9 1 24 19
26 Bramley 36 8 1 27 17
27 Pontypridd 32 7 1 24 15
28 Bradford Northern 36 6 0 30 12
29 Castleford 36 5 1 30 11

The final positions were decided on a % basis.