Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Arthur Smith

Career: 1905-06/1913-14

Heritage No. 105

Player profile

“Mad” Arthur Smith, so nick-named because of his forceful and enthusiastic performances on the field of play, was a West Country man who played his first Rugby with the Yorkley and Cinderford clubs before becoming an Oldham player at the start of the 1905-06 season.

A robust and energetic forward, his style was well suited to the more fluent Northern Union game and he was soon amongst the honours, picking up a Lancashire Cup winners medal after scoring a try in the 1907 final victory over Broughton Rangers. Lancashire county honours followed and he was selected for what is now regarded as the first ever “test rated” international against the New Zealand “All Golds” on January 25th, 1908, retaining his place for the full series. The following season he again played in the full series against the first “Kangaroos”, accompanied in the British pack by Oldham team mate, Billy Longworth.

Arthur gave eight and half years of great service to Oldham before moving on to Halifax in January 1914. He did return to play a few more matches for the club in the non-competitive First World War period.

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Games played 256

Includes 11 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
9 September 1905	Warrington	Lost	0-2
16 September 1905	Wigan	Won	10-7
20 September 1905	Runcorn	Draw	0-0
23 September 1905	Barrow	Won	29-0
30 September 1905	Rochdale Hornets	Won	8-5
7 October 1905	Morecambe	Won	21-0
14 October 1905	Broughton Rangers	Won	4-0
21 October 1905	Warrington	Won	8-0
28 October 1905	Salford	Won	10-0
4 November 1905	Widnes	Won	26-2
11 November 1905	Salford	Lost	0-2
18 November 1905	Wigan	Lost	7-11
25 November 1905	Wakefield Trinity	Won	8-5
2 December 1905	St Helens	Won	15-7
16 December 1905	Swinton	Won	13-0
23 December 1905	Leeds	Won	3-2
25 December 1905	Rochdale Hornets	Won	25-3
30 December 1905	Leeds	Lost	2-8
6 January 1906	Swinton	Won	15-0
13 January 1906	Leigh	Lost	0-3
20 January 1906	Broughton Rangers	Lost	5-16
27 January 1906	St Helens	Won	12-2
3 February 1906	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	2-5
10 February 1906	Salford	Draw	0-0
12 February 1906	Millom	Won	49-3
17 February 1906	Dewsbury	Won	13-0
24 February 1906	Halifax	Lost	4-8
3 March 1906	Pontefract	Won	12-0
10 March 1906	Bradford	Won	15-0
17 March 1906	Halifax	Lost	2-5
24 March 1906	Halifax	Won	31-3
31 March 1906	Wakefield Trinity	Won	5-2
4 April 1906	Leigh	Lost	5-7
7 April 1906	Bradford	Won	9-3
14 April 1906	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	25-0
16 April 1906	Wigan	Won	5-0
21 April 1906	Barrow	Won	10-4
26 April 1906	Widnes	Lost	3-5
28 April 1906	Dewsbury	Lost	4-5
1 September 1906	Runcorn	Lost	8-12
8 September 1906	Wigan	Won	12-10
15 September 1906	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	14-3
22 September 1906	Swinton	Lost	5-14
24 September 1906	Huddersfield	Won	16-6
29 September 1906	Rochdale Hornets	Won	17-10
27 October 1906	Rochdale Hornets	Won	20-2
5 November 1906	Barrow	Won	18-4
10 November 1906	Broughton Rangers	Draw	2-2
12 November 1906	Halifax	Won	12-6
17 November 1906	Warrington	Lost	2-10
8 December 1906	Broughton Rangers	Won	6-3
15 December 1906	Leeds	Won	13-0
18 December 1906	Bradford	Lost	9-21
22 December 1906	Rochdale Hornets	Won	14-6
25 December 1906	Swinton	Won	7-2
26 December 1906	Runcorn	Won	7-6
29 December 1906	Hunslet	Won	11-9
1 January 1907	Barrow	Won	14-5
5 January 1907	Leeds	Lost	5-13
12 January 1907	Salford	Lost	15-17
19 January 1907	Hull FC	Won	51-7
4 February 1907	Warrington	Won	17-8
9 February 1907	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	7-9
16 February 1907	Warrington	Won	14-5
23 February 1907	Wakefield Trinity	Won	24-3
2 March 1907	Bradford	Won	19-0
9 March 1907	Halifax	Won	10-5
11 March 1907	Wakefield Trinity	Won	12-0
23 March 1907	Halifax	Won	10-5
27 March 1907	Leigh	Won	19-5
30 March 1907	Wakefield Trinity	Won	14-10
1 April 1907	Wigan	Won	7-5
2 April 1907	Hull FC	Won	2-0
6 April 1907	Runcorn	Won	11-3
13 April 1907	Salford	Won	6-0
20 April 1907	Halifax	Lost	3-18
27 April 1907	Warrington	Lost	3-17
7 September 1907	Merthyr Tydfil	Won	25-6
14 September 1907	Wigan	Won	21-5
21 September 1907	Ebbw Vale	Won	26-5
23 September 1907	Huddersfield	Won	6-5
28 September 1907	Rochdale Hornets	Won	11-3
5 October 1907	Warrington	Won	10-7
12 October 1907	Barrow	Won	22-3
19 October 1907	Leigh	Won	17-3
26 October 1907	Swinton	Won	13-0
9 November 1907	St Helens	Won	39-2
16 November 1907	Salford	Won	8-7
23 November 1907	New Zealand	Won	8-7
30 November 1907	Broughton Rangers	Won	16-9
7 December 1907	Broughton Rangers	Draw	5-5
9 December 1907	Halifax	Won	3-2
14 December 1907	Warrington	Won	8-5
25 December 1907	Huddersfield	Won	10-0
26 December 1907	Swinton	Draw	5-5
28 December 1907	Swinton	Won	22-2
1 January 1908	Leeds	Won	12-7
4 January 1908	Halifax	Won	13-6
1 February 1908	Broughton Rangers	Won	10-7
19 February 1908	Wigan	Won	7-5
22 February 1908	Salford	Lost	0-5
29 February 1908	Dewsbury	Won	13-2
7 March 1908	Leeds	Won	24-2
14 March 1908	Hunslet	Lost	8-15
25 March 1908	Ebbw Vale	Won	16-0
28 March 1908	Runcorn	Lost	3-10
4 April 1908	Barrow	Won	11-3
11 April 1908	Widnes	Won	13-2
18 April 1908	Wigan	Won	12-5
2 May 1908	Hunslet	Draw	7-7
9 May 1908	Hunslet	Lost	2-12
5 September 1908	St Helens	Won	38-0
12 September 1908	Salford	Won	20-5
19 September 1908	Widnes	Won	7-0
26 September 1908	Swinton	Won	17-8
3 October 1908	Rochdale Hornets	Won	7-5
10 October 1908	Leigh	Won	16-2
17 October 1908	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	13-10
7 November 1908	Salford	Won	20-5
14 November 1908	Broughton Rangers	Won	23-3
21 November 1908	Rochdale Hornets	Won	28-3
28 November 1908	Broughton Rangers	Won	19-7
5 December 1908	Runcorn	Won	26-7
9 December 1908	Leigh	Won	15-8
19 December 1908	Wigan	Lost	9-10
4 January 1909	Swinton	Won	5-2
9 January 1909	Runcorn	Lost	0-9
16 January 1909	Halifax	Won	3-0
30 January 1909	Wigan	Lost	10-23
13 February 1909	Halifax	Lost	5-11
20 February 1909	Warrington	Won	18-0
27 February 1909	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	8-7
6 March 1909	St Helens	Won	13-0
13 March 1909	Swinton	Draw	3-3
16 March 1909	Swinton	Won	17-3
20 March 1909	Wigan	Lost	2-8
27 March 1909	Hull FC	Lost	6-13
1 April 1909	Barrow	Won	16-3
3 April 1909	Runcorn	Won	21-3
10 April 1909	Leeds	Lost	5-10
12 April 1909	Salford	Won	19-13
17 April 1909	Halifax	Draw	3-3
21 April 1909	Halifax	Won	8-2
1 May 1909	Wigan	Lost	3-7
25 September 1909	Wigan	Won	8-2
2 October 1909	Treherbert	Won	26-3
9 October 1909	Runcorn	Won	26-0
16 October 1909	Rochdale Hornets	Won	38-6
23 October 1909	Hull FC	Won	24-3
30 October 1909	Runcorn	Lost	5-9
27 November 1909	St Helens	Won	31-5
4 December 1909	Leeds	Won	15-0
13 December 1909	Huddersfield Friendly	Won	37-13
18 December 1909	St Helens	Won	36-6
25 December 1909	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	22-3
27 December 1909	Barrow	Won	24-5
1 January 1910	Hull FC	Won	9-3
4 January 1910	Broughton Rangers	Won	24-8
15 January 1910	Runcorn	Won	7-0
26 March 1910	Widnes	Won	28-6
2 April 1910	Rochdale Hornets	Won	25-12
4 April 1910	Warrington	Won	32-0
9 April 1910	Treherbert	Won	54-13
16 April 1910	Wakefield Trinity	Won	12-6
23 April 1910	Wigan	Won	13-7
3 September 1910	St Helens	Lost	5-16
10 September 1910	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	18-17
17 September 1910	Broughton Rangers	Won	17-5
24 September 1910	Coventry	Won	26-13
1 October 1910	Ebbw Vale	Won	18-10
8 October 1910	Rochdale Hornets	Won	12-10
15 October 1910	Wigan	Won	16-2
22 October 1910	Warrington	Draw	3-3
29 October 1910	Salford	Won	20-2
5 November 1910	Widnes	Won	13-10
12 November 1910	Halifax	Won	11-5
19 November 1910	Rochdale Hornets	Won	16-6
26 November 1910	Huddersfield	Won	9-8
3 December 1910	Swinton	Won	4-3
7 December 1910	Widnes	Won	13-4
10 December 1910	St Helens	Won	9-0
13 December 1910	Leigh	Lost	5-7
26 December 1910	Swinton	Won	12-8
31 December 1910	Leeds	Lost	12-15
7 January 1911	Widnes	Won	5-0
21 January 1911	Runcorn	Won	14-0
28 January 1911	Warrington	Won	23-9
4 February 1911	Salford	Won	16-11
11 February 1911	Runcorn	Won	21-10
18 February 1911	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	9-7
25 February 1911	Rochdale Hornets	Won	9-0
4 March 1911	Wakefield Trinity	Won	11-3
11 March 1911	Barrow	Won	12-0
18 March 1911	Rochdale Hornets	Draw	8-8
21 March 1911	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	3-4
8 April 1911	Leeds	Won	11-5
22 April 1911	Wakefield Trinity	Won	15-12
6 May 1911	Wigan	Won	20-7
2 September 1911	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	6-22
9 September 1911	Leigh	Won	15-12
12 September 1911	Bradford Northern	Won	22-12
16 September 1911	Leeds	Won	27-9
23 September 1911	Huddersfield	Lost	2-24
30 September 1911	Rochdale Hornets	Won	24-6
7 October 1911	Broughton Rangers	Lost	5-18
14 October 1911	Halifax	Draw	10-10
21 October 1911	Barrow	Won	13-2
28 October 1911	Swinton	Won	36-8
4 November 1911	Leigh	Won	23-0
8 November 1911	Runcorn	Won	14-5
11 November 1911	Australia	Won	14-8
25 November 1911	Widnes	Lost	2-7
2 December 1911	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	5-12
7 December 1911	St Helens	Lost	11-21
9 December 1911	Broughton Rangers	Won	16-5
11 December 1911	Barrow	Won	4-3
16 December 1911	Wigan	Lost	0-15
23 December 1911	Leigh	Won	20-0
25 December 1911	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	37-7
30 December 1911	St Helens	Won	35-5
1 January 1912	Coventry	Won	31-10
13 January 1912	Warrington	Won	30-10
27 January 1912	Barrow	Won	40-5
10 February 1912	Leeds	Lost	3-14
17 February 1912	Coventry	Won	21-3
2 March 1912	Wigan	Won	12-8
13 March 1912	Widnes	Won	12-11
16 March 1912	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	3-11
23 March 1912	Huddersfield	Won	2-0
27 March 1912	Swinton	Won	14-10
30 March 1912	Runcorn	Won	60-0
1 April 1912	Warrington	Won	11-7
13 April 1912	Wakefield Trinity	Won	17-0
27 April 1912	Dewsbury	Lost	5-8
11 May 1912	Huddersfield Friendly	Lost	26-31
4 January 1913	Halifax	Won	25-3
18 January 1913	Widnes	Won	11-10
25 January 1913	Huddersfield	Won	10-6
1 March 1913	St Helens	Lost	2-10
21 March 1913	Warrington	Won	5-3
22 March 1913	Huddersfield	Lost	0-5
24 March 1913	Broughton Rangers	Lost	8-13
29 November 1913	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-2
26 December 1913	Warrington	Won	5-3
27 December 1913	Leeds	Won	10-2
1 January 1914	Dewsbury	Lost	4-5
3 January 1914	Wigan	Lost	6-8
3 January 1916	Oldham Present Special Friendly	Lost	11-17
4 March 1916	Dewsbury Wartime Friendly	Lost	2-20
18 March 1916	Wigan Wartime Friendly	Draw	0-0
1 April 1916	Batley Wartime Friendly	Lost	5-6
8 April 1916	Bradford Northern Wartime Friendly	Lost	0-20
15 April 1916	Hull FC Wartime Friendly	Won	16-3
29 April 1916	Rochdale Hornets Wartime Friendly	Won	12-2
24 February 1917	Rochdale Hornets Wartime Friendly	Lost	9-12
6 April 1917	Swinton Wartime Friendly	Lost	3-16

Arthur Smith

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 256