Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Brian Curry

Career: 1966-67/1968-69

Heritage No. 687

Player profile

The Roughyeds acquired Brian from Huddersfeld, his home-town club, for which he signed in 1957 at just seventeen years of age. Initially as understudy to Frank Dyson, he spent his best years at Fartown where he also ended his career having made 212 appearances scoring 1,003 points.
Oldham paid Huddersfield £5,000 for Brian who made his debut on September 2nd 1966 in a Lancashire Cup victory over Swinton at Watersheddings. The Roughyeds won 16 – 13 with five goals from Brian the telling factor.

In all he would make 53 appearances for Oldham scoring three tries and 145 goals. He later joined Blackpool Borough before returning to Huddersfield where he went on to join the coaching staff.

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Games played 62

Includes 2 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
2 September 1966	Swinton	Won	16-13
9 September 1966	Salford	Lost	13-15
12 September 1966	Blackpool Borough	Won	22-4
15 September 1966	Salford	Won	7-2
17 September 1966	Whitehaven	Won	37-9
24 September 1966	Halifax	Lost	15-23
27 September 1966	Blackpool Borough	Won	15-5
30 September 1966	Wigan	Lost	15-16
4 October 1966	Barrow	Lost	7-10
22 October 1966	Whitehaven	Lost	0-12
5 November 1966	Leeds	Lost	14-21
12 November 1966	Liverpool City	Won	11-2
18 November 1966	Warrington	Lost	17-21
22 November 1966	Widnes	Won	14-11
25 November 1966	Leeds	Won	16-13
10 December 1966	Barrow	Won	10-4
24 December 1966	Huddersfield	Lost	7-13
27 December 1966	Rochdale Hornets	Aban	0-0
31 December 1966	Warrington	Lost	6-12
14 January 1967	Barrow	Won	13-8
21 January 1967	Salford	Won	17-4
27 January 1967	St Helens	Lost	7-25
4 February 1967	Huddersfield	Won	12-7
11 February 1967	Workington Town	Lost	5-13
17 February 1967	St Helens	Won	8-7
25 February 1967	Leeds	Lost	4-13
3 March 1967	Widnes	Draw	4-4
11 March 1967	Huddersfield	Won	9-4
18 March 1967	Wigan	Won	20-8
12 August 1967	Blackpool Borough Friendly	Won	26-23
15 August 1967	Liverpool City	Lost	12-13
19 August 1967	Leigh	Won	17-11
23 August 1967	Bradford Northern	Lost	10-28
26 August 1967	Hull FC	Lost	20-29
2 September 1967	Whitehaven	Won	34-14
4 September 1967	Blackpool Borough	Lost	15-19
7 September 1967	Swinton	Lost	8-11
9 September 1967	Warrington	Lost	2-28
30 September 1967	Wigan	Lost	13-17
3 October 1967	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	7-9
14 October 1967	Bradford Northern	Lost	14-25
4 November 1967	Leigh	Lost	4-29
7 November 1967	St Helens	Lost	0-14
11 November 1967	Australia	Lost	8-18
13 November 1967	Salford	Lost	0-4
17 November 1967	Widnes	Lost	14-33
26 January 1968	Barrow	Lost	13-14
3 February 1968	Hunslet	Won	9-4
14 February 1968	Batley	Won	17-3
17 February 1968	Widnes	Won	19-12
24 February 1968	Bradford Northern	Draw	7-7
29 February 1968	Bradford Northern	Won	12-2
3 March 1968	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-10
9 March 1968	Workington Town	Lost	5-36
16 March 1968	Leeds	Lost	0-13
29 March 1968	Leigh	Won	10-7
8 April 1968	Warrington	Lost	5-23
12 April 1968	Swinton	Won	19-12
10 August 1968	Blackpool Borough Friendly	Won	37-27
17 August 1968	Huddersfield	Lost	14-19
19 August 1968	Blackpool Borough	Won	29-5
24 August 1968	Featherstone Rovers	Lost	22-24

Brian Curry

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 62