Profile

Mick Parrish was signed from Hunslet, in time to make his debut in the narrow 16 – 11 defeat at high flying Hull F.C. on September 21st, 1980. A tall goal kicking centre, he caught the eye at The Boulevard with an impressive defensive display. He also landed four goals and it was through this aspect of his game that he would enter into the Watersheddings record books.

Sadly the 1980-81 season ended in relegation, but in the following second division campaign, Mick played and scored in each of the 39 games played by the club.
This was a repeat of a similar effort for the Hunslet club in 1979-80 and at the time of writing he remains the only player to perform this feat with two different clubs.

He finished the successful 1981-82 season with 164 goals and 17 tries, thus helping Oldham to the second division title, including a haul of 27 points (9 goals and 3 tries) in the match against Blackpool Borough on March 8th, 1982. In only one match did he fail to kick a goal. This was in the John Player Cup semi final when once again Hull F.C. were the opponents. He did, however, crash through for a second half try, as the “Roughyeds” briefly threatened to shock the Humberside giants.

On two other occasions he topped the 100 goal mark in 1983-84 & 1984-85, with the latter almost bringing another 100% season. The only time Mick failed to score in 1984-85 was in the first division 14 – 0 defeat at Hull Kingston Rovers.