Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Harry Broome

Career: 1896-97/1902-03

Heritage No. 35

Player profile

A native of Altrincham, Harry played for the St. John’s F.C. before joining the ranks of Altrincham Football Club. He stayed with his home town club for three seasons before becoming a member of the Oldham team. He then had a spell with Crompton before spending some time in America.

On his return he rejoined the Roughyeds and now one of the most senior members of the Oldham pack his experience and robust forward play proved vital in the Challenge Cup winning run of 1899 in which he played in every round.

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Games played 167

Includes 30 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
28 September 1896	Halifax Friendly	Lost	3-16
3 October 1896	St Helens	Won	11-0
10 October 1896	Widnes	Won	15-0
31 October 1896	Leigh	Won	30-3
7 November 1896	Morecambe	Won	22-3
14 November 1896	Rochdale Hornets	Won	3-0
5 December 1896	Warrington	Lost	6-7
12 December 1896	Leigh	Lost	0-6
19 December 1896	Salford	Won	11-3
25 December 1896	Stockport	Won	16-0
26 December 1896	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-6
1 January 1897	St Helens	Won	17-5
9 January 1897	Swinton Friendly	Won	6-0
16 January 1897	Morecambe	Won	28-0
23 January 1897	Rochdale Hornets	Won	6-4
30 January 1897	Stockport	Won	5-0
13 February 1897	Wigan	Won	14-0
20 February 1897	Warrington	Won	3-0
27 February 1897	Runcorn	Draw	0-0
2 March 1897	Swinton	Lost	0-4
13 March 1897	Tyldesley	Won	3-0
20 March 1897	Bradford	Lost	3-7
27 March 1897	Broughton Rangers Friendly	Draw	0-0
10 April 1897	Manningham Friendly	Won	18-0
17 April 1897	St Helens Recs Friendly	Won	3-0
19 April 1897	Huddersfield Friendly	Lost	9-11
26 April 1897	Halifax Friendly	Lost	4-8
30 April 1897	Crompton Friendly	Won	25-0
4 September 1897	Morecambe	Won	5-0
6 September 1897	Crompton Friendly	Won	12-0
11 September 1897	Stockport	Won	18-3
13 September 1897	Crompton Friendly	Won	14-0
25 September 1897	Salford	Won	16-6
2 October 1897	Swinton	Lost	5-13
9 October 1897	Rochdale Hornets	Won	6-2
16 October 1897	Bradford Friendly	Won	12-8
23 October 1897	Wigan	Won	9-0
30 October 1897	Morecambe	Won	33-4
13 November 1897	Leigh	Won	14-6
20 November 1897	St Helens Recs Friendly	Won	13-6
27 November 1897	St Helens	Won	6-4
11 December 1897	Warrington	Won	10-0
18 December 1897	Leigh	Won	3-2
25 December 1897	Rochdale Hornets	Won	9-6
27 December 1897	Broughton Rangers	Draw	3-3
1 January 1898	Tyldesley	Won	20-0
3 January 1898	Manningham Friendly	Won	13-3
8 January 1898	Widnes	Won	13-5
15 January 1898	Warrington	Won	12-9
22 January 1898	Stockport	Won	14-8
29 January 1898	Wigan	Won	5-0
5 February 1898	Salford	Lost	6-10
12 February 1898	St Helens	Won	11-0
19 February 1898	Swinton	Won	16-2
26 February 1898	Leeds	Won	8-3
12 March 1898	Bradford Friendly	Lost	10-11
19 March 1898	Runcorn	Won	11-0
26 March 1898	Batley	Lost	0-3
2 April 1898	Runcorn	Won	12-6
11 April 1898	Broughton Rangers	Won	8-0
25 April 1898	Halifax Friendly	Won	7-3
30 April 1898	Rest Of Lancs	Draw	8-8
3 September 1898	Morecambe	Won	9-2
10 September 1898	Warrington	Won	9-0
17 September 1898	Tyldesley	Won	16-5
24 September 1898	Runcorn	Won	27-3
26 September 1898	Huddersfield Friendly	Won	8-0
1 October 1898	St Helens	Lost	9-15
8 October 1898	Broughton Rangers	Lost	3-8
29 October 1898	Swinton	Won	3-0
26 November 1898	Leigh	Lost	3-7
3 December 1898	Elland Friendly	Won	10-3
31 December 1898	Broughton Rangers	Won	8-0
2 January 1899	Hunslet Friendly	Won	5-3
7 January 1899	Morecambe	Won	27-0
14 January 1899	Tyldesley	Won	33-2
28 January 1899	St Helens	Won	16-0
4 February 1899	Swinton	Won	12-0
11 February 1899	Stockport	Won	24-0
25 February 1899	Widnes	Lost	0-2
11 March 1899	Wigan	Won	43-0
18 March 1899	Goole	Won	63-0
25 March 1899	Warrington	Won	14-0
1 April 1899	Bradford	Won	23-3
8 April 1899	Widnes	Won	20-0
15 April 1899	Leigh	Won	16-2
29 April 1899	Hunslet	Won	19-9
30 September 1899	Seaton Friendly	Won	17-2
7 October 1899	Widnes	Won	14-3
14 October 1899	Rochdale Hornets	Won	17-2
17 October 1899	Stockport	Won	16-5
28 October 1899	Salford	Won	10-2
4 November 1899	Hunslet Friendly	Won	10-4
11 November 1899	Swinton	Won	5-2
18 November 1899	Warrington	Won	14-3
25 November 1899	Wigan	Won	21-3
2 December 1899	Morecambe Friendly	Won	18-3
9 December 1899	St Helens	Lost	14-17
23 December 1899	Broughton Rangers	Draw	0-0
25 December 1899	Rochdale Hornets	Won	9-0
30 December 1899	Millom	Won	35-0
1 January 1900	Bradford Friendly	Won	27-0
6 January 1900	Leigh	Won	14-3
13 January 1900	Widnes	Won	13-5
20 January 1900	Wigan	Won	9-0
27 January 1900	Salford	Won	6-0
3 February 1900	Swinton	Won	17-2
17 February 1900	Broughton Rangers	Won	21-3
21 February 1900	Warrington	Lost	6-8
24 February 1900	Leigh	Won	10-0
27 February 1900	Tyldesley	Won	9-0
3 March 1900	St Helens	Won	35-6
10 March 1900	Runcorn	Lost	0-3
17 March 1900	Manningham	Draw	3-3
20 March 1900	Manningham	Won	18-3
24 March 1900	Halifax	Won	10-5
31 March 1900	Swinton	Lost	2-14
7 April 1900	Hull Kingston Rovers Friendly	Won	14-0
16 April 1900	Brighouse Rangers Friendly	Lost	0-3
1 September 1900	Workington Friendly	Won	49-0
8 September 1900	Barrow	Won	6-3
29 September 1900	Swinton	Lost	0-11
6 October 1900	Runcorn	Lost	2-6
13 October 1900	St Helens	Won	22-2
20 October 1900	Workington Friendly	Won	26-2
27 October 1900	Leigh	Won	9-0
3 November 1900	Birkenhead Wanderers Friendly	Won	18-0
10 November 1900	Salford	Won	10-0
17 November 1900	Widnes	Won	9-2
24 November 1900	Rochdale Hornets	Won	17-8
1 December 1900	Millom	Won	9-0
8 December 1900	Halifax Friendly	Won	21-5
15 December 1900	St Helens	Won	15-5
22 December 1900	Warrington	Won	6-0
25 December 1900	Rochdale Hornets	Won	33-5
29 December 1900	Broughton Rangers	Won	8-0
5 January 1901	Widnes	Won	18-2
12 January 1901	Swinton	Lost	5-7
26 January 1901	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-3
9 February 1901	Stockport	Won	16-0
19 February 1901	Warrington	Won	14-0
23 February 1901	Runcorn	Won	11-3
25 February 1901	Swinton	Draw	3-3
2 March 1901	Otley	Won	19-0
9 March 1901	Bramley	Won	10-7
16 March 1901	Wigan	Won	15-0
23 March 1901	Broughton Rangers	Won	11-4
30 March 1901	Widnes	Won	8-0
2 April 1901	Leigh	Won	10-7
6 April 1901	Salford	Won	5-0
8 April 1901	Millom	Won	3-0
13 April 1901	Batley	Lost	2-9
20 April 1901	The Rest	Won	9-5
26 April 1901	Werneth Friendly	Won	13-7
10 December 1901	Stockport	Won	11-3
14 December 1901	Warrington	Lost	2-5
1 January 1902	Swinton	Lost	0-10
4 January 1902	Salford	Draw	0-0
15 February 1902	Batley	Draw	8-8
5 March 1902	Runcorn	Lost	0-11
8 March 1902	Broughton Rangers	Lost	5-16
15 March 1902	Maryport	Won	27-0
22 March 1902	Runcorn	Lost	0-10
29 March 1902	St Helens Friendly	Won	26-2
31 March 1902	Stockport	Lost	2-4
13 September 1902	Swinton	Lost	2-15
27 September 1902	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	7-2

Harry Broome

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 167