Little did he Know

An interesting story has come in to the Heritage Trust mailbox from long time Roughyed supporter and season ticket holder Jack Butterworth.

“A few years ago I was working on a trade show at the NEC in Birmingham and met a man who I knew well but only saw from time to time. He is a Birmingham lad. The conversation went. You are from Oldham aren’t you? Yes Do you follow the rugby? Yes Do you remember a player called Sid Little? Yes I do. He is my father in law. Was he any good? I enlightened him on how good his father-in-law was.”

A powerful second-row forward with a good turn of speed, Sid played 249 matches for Oldham between 1952 and 1959.

Along with Charlie Winslade and Derek Turner he provided the Roughyeds with a fearsome ‘back three’ that was the envy of the league.

He played ten times for Great Britain and made eight appearances for Cumberland county.

Sid scores behind the posts against Warrington at a packed Watersheddings on September 14th 1957 and below you can see a brief video of that very try.