Walter Gowers

Walter Gowers
Personal information
Full name Walter Gowers
Born first ¼ 1903
Wigan district, England
Died third ¼ 1965 (aged 62)
Rochdale district, England
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: [1]

Walter Gowers (birth registered first ¼ 1903[2] – death registered third ¼ 1965) was a professional rugby league, and association football (soccer) footballer of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. He played representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Lancashire, and at club level for Platt Lane ARLFC (in Wigan), Rochdale Hornets (two spells), and St. Helens, as a goal-kicking fullback, i.e. number 1,[1] and club level association football (soccer) for Preston North End (reserves in 1926), as a full-back.

Background

Walter Gowers' birth was registered in Wigan district, Lancashire, and he died aged 62 in Rochdale district, Lancashire.

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-goals.[3]

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 goals in a season" record with 109-goalsin the 1933–34 season, this record was extended by Graham Starkey in the 1966–67 season.

Genealogical information

Walter Gowers' marriage to Mary E. (née Prescott) was registered during first ¼ 1929 in Chorley district.[4] They had children; Winifred J. Gowers (birth registered third ¼ 1930 in Rochdale district), John Gowers (birth registered first ¼ 1934 in Wigan district), and the rugby league footballer of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Ken Gowers. Walter Gowers was the great-grandfather of the Middlesex cricketer John Simpson (Ken Gowers' grandson).

References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Profile at saints.org.uk". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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