Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Harry Ogden

Career: 1940-41/1955-56

Player profile

Harry Ogden joined his home town club in September, 1940, at the tender age of sixteen, having first played with the Hey St Johns club during which time he won county honours with Lancashire schoolboys. He made his debut on October 5th against Broughton Rangers, which was a remarkable occasion for one so young, considering that Harry played at prop forward and his “pack mates” on the day included such experienced professionals as Edgar Brooks, Bert Ambler and Norman Pugh.

Although his early career was obviously disrupted by the war period, Harry would emerge as one of the most loyal servants of Oldham RLFC and the club was particularly fortunate to have one great prop forward commence his career with the team just as another (Jack Read) had finished his time with the “Roughyeds”. A tireless scrummager, in an era of interminable scrums, he could also be called upon to kick goals when required and possessed the durability to shrug off injuries making him an automatic selection for the first ten post war seasons.

A benefit match was played for Harry against Huddersfield in May 1953, but far from being the end of his career he would continue to hang on to the No 8 jersey for another two and a half years, until his luck ran out with a serious injury at Workington in January 1956. He picked up runners up medals from the Championship Final and the Lancashire Cup Final in 1954-55 and was selected for a British Rugby League Xlll tour of France in 1946.

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Games played 451

Includes 21 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
5 October 1940	Broughton Rangers	Won	22-10
12 October 1940	Warrington	Lost	3-31
19 October 1940	Leigh	Won	15-3
26 October 1940	Broughton Rangers	Won	13-10
23 August 1941	Huddersfield Friendly	Lost	17-24
6 September 1941	Halifax	Lost	13-18
13 September 1941	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	0-21
20 September 1941	Bradford Northern	Won	9-7
4 October 1941	Hull FC	Lost	7-32
11 October 1941	Keighley	Lost	5-13
18 October 1941	Hull FC	Lost	8-10
22 October 1941	York	Won	5-2
1 November 1941	York	Won	10-0
8 November 1941	Bradford Northern	Lost	0-10
15 November 1941	Bradford Northern	Won	9-5
22 November 1941	Batley	Lost	4-10
6 December 1941	Featherstone Rovers	Won	5-0
20 December 1941	Hunslet	Won	18-8
27 December 1941	Halifax	Won	15-2
3 January 1942	Dewsbury	Lost	7-8
21 March 1942	St Helens	Won	8-5
28 March 1942	Huddersfield	Won	19-5
4 April 1942	Wigan	Won	16-3
6 April 1942	Leeds	Lost	3-12
11 April 1942	Wigan	Lost	2-26
18 April 1942	Leeds	Won	16-10
25 April 1942	Castleford	Won	14-3
2 May 1942	Castleford	Won	10-0
9 May 1942	Hunslet	Won	29-0
16 May 1942	Hunslet	Lost	17-18
23 May 1942	Leeds	Lost	2-5
30 May 1942	Leeds	Lost	3-12
29 August 1942	Wigan Friendly	Lost	14-22
5 September 1942	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	5-26
12 September 1942	Batley	Won	14-12
19 September 1942	Featherstone Rovers	Won	15-8
26 September 1942	Bradford Northern	Lost	9-10
3 October 1942	Wigan	Lost	8-44
10 October 1942	Halifax	Lost	3-20
17 October 1942	Halifax	Lost	0-3
24 October 1942	Halifax	Lost	3-9
31 October 1942	Leeds	Lost	0-17
7 November 1942	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	0-5
21 November 1942	Featherstone Rovers	Lost	10-18
6 March 1943	St Helens	Lost	11-12
10 April 1943	Dewsbury	Lost	3-25
11 September 1943	Bradford Northern	Lost	5-34
9 October 1943	St Helens	Won	11-2
16 October 1943	Barrow	Lost	8-15
23 October 1943	Barrow	Won	11-10
20 November 1943	Leeds	Lost	4-11
4 December 1943	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	0-19
11 December 1943	Featherstone Rovers	Won	3-0
8 January 1944	Wigan	Lost	2-17
29 January 1944	Barrow	Won	12-10
12 February 1944	Halifax	Won	5-3
19 February 1944	Huddersfield	Lost	11-24
26 February 1944	Hunslet	Lost	9-25
11 March 1944	Wigan	Lost	5-8
18 March 1944	Wigan	Lost	3-25
30 September 1944	Batley	Lost	3-7
7 October 1944	Barrow	Won	9-5
14 October 1944	Bradford Northern	Lost	5-8
21 October 1944	Wigan	Lost	5-18
28 October 1944	Wigan	Lost	2-39
25 November 1944	Featherstone Rovers	Lost	7-12
16 December 1944	Featherstone Rovers	Lost	3-8
30 December 1944	Wigan	Won	5-3
10 February 1945	Hunslet	Won	31-10
17 February 1945	Batley	Won	16-0
3 March 1945	Hunslet	Won	19-12
10 March 1945	St Helens	Won	21-10
17 March 1945	Featherstone Rovers	Won	18-4
24 March 1945	Featherstone Rovers	Won	8-7
31 March 1945	Keighley	Lost	0-11
2 April 1945	Keighley	Lost	8-9
7 April 1945	Halifax	Lost	5-9
28 April 1945	Halifax	Lost	0-18
25 August 1945	Bramley	Won	8-7
1 September 1945	Bradford Northern	Lost	0-22
8 September 1945	St Helens	Lost	15-23
15 September 1945	Keighley	Lost	2-6
22 September 1945	Wigan	Won	7-5
29 September 1945	Wigan	Lost	0-19
6 October 1945	Salford	Won	10-7
20 October 1945	Widnes	Lost	12-13
27 October 1945	Warrington	Won	11-5
3 November 1945	Rochdale Hornets	Won	12-7
10 November 1945	Hull FC	Lost	6-35
17 November 1945	Warrington	Lost	3-12
24 November 1945	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	7-2
1 December 1945	Workington Town	Won	6-3
8 December 1945	Halifax	Lost	2-10
15 December 1945	Huddersfield	Lost	6-11
22 December 1945	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-2
25 December 1945	Swinton	Lost	10-13
26 December 1945	Broughton Rangers	Lost	13-27
29 December 1945	Barrow	Won	16-12
1 January 1946	Wigan	Lost	8-9
2 February 1946	Wigan	Lost	0-13
9 February 1946	Salford	Lost	3-8
16 February 1946	Salford	Lost	2-3
9 March 1946	Hull FC	Won	11-5
16 March 1946	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	2-7
23 March 1946	Bradford Northern	Lost	8-13
9 April 1946	Broughton Rangers	Won	29-3
13 April 1946	St Helens	Won	14-9
19 April 1946	Swinton	Won	23-6
20 April 1946	Halifax	Won	19-10
7 May 1946	Widnes	Won	16-0
11 May 1946	Salford	Won	25-8
24 August 1946	Rochdale Hornets Infirmary Cup	Won	14-8
31 August 1946	Liverpool Stanley	Lost	0-5
7 September 1946	Workington Town	Won	8-2
14 September 1946	Workington Town	Won	19-10
21 September 1946	Warrington	Won	16-2
24 September 1946	Leigh	Won	20-8
28 September 1946	Dewsbury	Won	15-5
2 October 1946	Leigh	Won	11-6
5 October 1946	Castleford	Lost	6-22
12 October 1946	Wigan	Lost	6-12
15 October 1946	Wigan	Lost	7-21
19 October 1946	Dewsbury	Lost	3-8
2 November 1946	St Helens	Lost	3-7
9 November 1946	Leigh	Lost	2-3
16 November 1946	Castleford	Won	8-5
23 November 1946	Workington Town	Won	14-5
30 November 1946	Widnes	Lost	3-6
7 December 1946	Hull FC	Won	3-2
14 December 1946	Keighley	Won	16-0
21 December 1946	Wigan	Lost	2-19
25 December 1946	Swinton	Won	14-0
26 December 1946	Salford	Won	14-5
1 January 1947	Rochdale Hornets	Won	32-5
4 January 1947	Halifax	Won	10-3
11 January 1947	Widnes	Lost	0-3
18 January 1947	Workington Town	Won	19-5
25 January 1947	Barrow	Draw	3-3
22 February 1947	Belle Vue Rangers	Lost	3-10
8 March 1947	Belle Vue Rangers	Draw	0-0
15 March 1947	Warrington	Lost	3-23
4 April 1947	Swinton	Lost	3-9
5 April 1947	Keighley	Lost	0-5
7 April 1947	Barrow	Won	22-15
12 April 1947	St Helens	Won	18-7
19 April 1947	Featherstone Rovers	Won	13-12
22 April 1947	Jim Sullivans Team Benefit Match	Lost	16-24
26 April 1947	Halifax	Won	26-3
10 May 1947	Rochdale Hornets	Won	5-2
17 May 1947	Leigh	Won	13-7
24 May 1947	Belle Vue Rangers	Draw	13-13
30 May 1947	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	10-5
3 June 1947	Liverpool Stanley	Won	14-9
5 June 1947	Oldham Athletic Afc Friendly	Won	16-3
16 August 1947	Rochdale Hornets Infirmary Cup	Lost	17-18
15 September 1947	Salford	Won	26-0
20 September 1947	Widnes	Won	13-5
23 September 1947	Workington Town	Lost	3-13
27 September 1947	Halifax	Won	13-0
4 October 1947	Wigan	Lost	10-18
11 October 1947	Barrow	Won	14-2
18 October 1947	Castleford	Lost	5-7
25 October 1947	New Zealand	Lost	8-18
1 November 1947	Liverpool Stanley	Lost	4-11
6 December 1947	Workington Town	Draw	5-5
13 December 1947	Hull FC	Lost	0-16
20 December 1947	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	15-28
25 December 1947	Swinton	Won	12-6
26 December 1947	Salford	Lost	0-9
27 December 1947	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	8-6
1 January 1948	Rochdale Hornets	Won	6-2
3 January 1948	Liverpool Stanley	Won	11-6
10 January 1948	Wigan	Lost	5-6
17 January 1948	Barrow	Lost	2-5
24 January 1948	Leeds	Lost	5-26
31 January 1948	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	5-24
7 February 1948	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	5-12
28 February 1948	St Helens	Won	5-0
6 March 1948	Leigh	Won	18-15
13 March 1948	Bradford Northern	Lost	0-30
20 March 1948	St Helens	Lost	3-13
27 March 1948	Rochdale Hornets	Won	3-2
29 March 1948	Hunslet	Won	10-6
7 April 1948	Leigh	Lost	5-10
10 April 1948	Hull FC	Lost	11-28
13 April 1948	Leeds	Won	12-5
17 April 1948	Warrington	Lost	3-45
19 April 1948	Halifax	Lost	4-14
27 April 1948	Empire XIII Benefit Match	Lost	24-33
15 May 1948	Salford	Won	27-10
14 August 1948	Rochdale Hornets Infirmary Cup	Lost	2-9
28 August 1948	St Helens	Won	15-11
31 August 1948	Liverpool Stanley	Won	19-0
4 September 1948	Widnes	Won	8-7
9 September 1948	Widnes	Draw	5-5
11 September 1948	Salford	Lost	9-20
13 September 1948	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	11-3
18 September 1948	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	26-8
20 November 1948	Castleford	Won	11-5
27 November 1948	St Helens	Lost	2-28
4 December 1948	Australia	Lost	7-27
11 December 1948	Wigan	Lost	10-15
18 December 1948	Leigh	Draw	0-0
25 December 1948	Swinton	Lost	2-8
28 December 1948	Castleford	Lost	7-9
1 January 1949	Rochdale Hornets	Won	7-5
15 January 1949	Widnes	Lost	0-6
22 January 1949	Barrow	Lost	5-8
29 January 1949	Liverpool Stanley	Won	22-5
5 February 1949	Wigan	Lost	4-17
12 February 1949	Broughton Moor	Won	30-0
19 February 1949	Broughton Moor	Won	35-2
26 February 1949	Warrington	Lost	12-34
5 March 1949	York	Won	4-3
12 March 1949	Workington Town	Lost	5-11
19 March 1949	Halifax	Lost	2-7
26 March 1949	Keighley	Won	7-6
2 April 1949	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	12-8
4 April 1949	Salford	Draw	2-2
9 April 1949	Batley	Lost	2-5
11 April 1949	Halifax	Draw	0-0
15 April 1949	Swinton	Lost	3-26
16 April 1949	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-8
18 April 1949	Barrow	Lost	3-15
23 April 1949	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	16-17
30 April 1949	Workington Town	Lost	10-22
4 May 1949	Invitation XIII Benefit Match	Lost	24-34
9 May 1949	Oldham Athletic Afc Charity Match	Won	32-10
13 August 1949	Rochdale Hornets Law Cup	Won	35-2
20 August 1949	Leigh	Lost	11-17
27 August 1949	Wigan	Lost	14-45
31 August 1949	Wigan	Won	19-9
3 September 1949	Hunslet	Won	17-5
5 September 1949	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	9-27
10 September 1949	St Helens	Lost	8-16
17 September 1949	Leigh	Won	13-12
24 September 1949	Bramley	Won	9-4
1 October 1949	Liverpool Stanley	Won	12-11
8 October 1949	Featherstone Rovers	Draw	15-15
5 November 1949	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	22-12
19 November 1949	Castleford	Aban	5-5
26 November 1949	Widnes	Draw	0-0
3 December 1949	Warrington	Won	10-3
10 December 1949	Barrow	Won	17-3
17 December 1949	Workington Town	Lost	8-13
24 December 1949	Liverpool Stanley	Won	49-3
26 December 1949	Hunslet	Won	5-0
7 January 1950	Wigan	Lost	4-14
14 January 1950	Swinton	Draw	13-13
21 January 1950	Barrow	Lost	7-22
4 February 1950	Bradford Northern	Lost	5-16
11 February 1950	Bradford Northern	Won	8-6
18 February 1950	Whitehaven	Won	17-3
4 March 1950	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	10-5
11 March 1950	Swinton	Lost	5-17
18 March 1950	Widnes	Draw	4-4
25 March 1950	Castleford	Won	21-9
1 April 1950	Bramley	Won	28-5
7 April 1950	Salford	Lost	5-8
8 April 1950	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-7
10 April 1950	Bordeaux & Villeneuve Friendly	Won	14-3
7 October 1950	Salford	Won	16-10
10 October 1950	Warrington	Lost	0-5
14 October 1950	Keighley	Lost	8-10
21 October 1950	Leigh	Lost	4-12
28 October 1950	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	10-14
4 November 1950	Batley	Won	5-3
11 November 1950	St Helens	Won	13-7
18 November 1950	Widnes	Won	3-0
25 November 1950	Salford	Lost	9-12
2 December 1950	Keighley	Draw	4-4
27 January 1951	Wigan	Lost	11-33
3 February 1951	Workington Town	Lost	5-15
10 February 1951	Leeds	Lost	5-23
17 February 1951	Leeds	Won	13-10
24 February 1951	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	7-12
3 March 1951	Liverpool Stanley	Won	16-3
10 March 1951	Widnes	Lost	8-13
17 March 1951	Workington Town	Lost	0-21
23 March 1951	Swinton	Lost	10-14
24 March 1951	Whitehaven	Won	11-2
26 March 1951	St Helens	Aban	3-0
7 April 1951	St Helens	Won	17-4
14 April 1951	Barrow	Lost	10-20
16 April 1951	Leigh	Lost	5-10
21 April 1951	Bramley	Won	24-11
23 April 1951	Wigan	Won	16-2
30 April 1951	Rochdale Hornets	Won	36-2
8 May 1951	Halifax Benefit Match	Won	32-27
11 August 1951	Rochdale Hornets Law Cup	Won	18-7
18 August 1951	Bradford Northern	Won	11-7
22 August 1951	Belle Vue Rangers	Lost	2-7
25 August 1951	Keighley	Won	15-0
28 August 1951	Liverpool City	Won	26-0
1 September 1951	Rochdale Hornets	Won	8-7
4 September 1951	Rochdale Hornets	Won	21-5
8 September 1951	Wigan	Lost	3-41
10 September 1951	Whitehaven	Won	21-12
6 October 1951	Warrington	Won	20-12
13 October 1951	Liverpool City	Won	25-5
16 October 1951	Leigh	Lost	10-14
20 October 1951	Leigh	Won	15-11
27 October 1951	Salford	Won	19-5
3 November 1951	Bramley	Won	41-3
10 November 1951	Workington Town	Lost	11-21
17 November 1951	Wigan	Lost	12-13
24 November 1951	Barrow	Lost	9-16
1 December 1951	Barrow	Won	10-7
8 December 1951	Halifax	Lost	0-17
15 December 1951	Whitehaven	Lost	4-7
25 December 1951	Swinton	Won	21-5
26 December 1951	Workington Town	Won	3-0
29 December 1951	Bradford Northern	Lost	3-21
5 January 1952	Widnes	Won	24-7
12 January 1952	Salford	Draw	9-9
9 February 1952	Hull FC	Lost	6-8
16 February 1952	Hull FC	Won	24-0
23 February 1952	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	24-11
1 March 1952	Leeds	Lost	9-12
8 March 1952	Bramley	Won	12-7
22 March 1952	Leigh	Won	11-8
29 March 1952	St Helens	Won	10-6
1 April 1952	Rochdale Hornets	Won	22-8
5 April 1952	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	17-3
11 April 1952	Swinton	Won	17-5
14 April 1952	Halifax	Won	27-12
26 April 1952	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	33-3
6 May 1952	RL XIII Benefit Match	Won	18-8
16 August 1952	Rochdale Hornets Law Cup	Won	25-8
23 August 1952	Featherstone Rovers	Won	32-8
30 August 1952	Swinton	Won	25-6
3 September 1952	Swinton	Won	19-18
6 September 1952	Leeds	Won	21-10
10 September 1952	St Helens	Lost	2-6
13 September 1952	Barrow	Lost	5-13
15 September 1952	Australia	Draw	7-7
20 September 1952	Wakefield Trinity	Won	24-7
24 September 1952	Workington Town	Lost	10-13
27 September 1952	Leeds	Won	7-4
4 October 1952	Workington Town	Lost	8-11
11 October 1952	Widnes	Won	31-4
18 October 1952	Warrington	Won	28-0
25 October 1952	Warrington	Won	27-2
1 November 1952	Bramley	Won	31-4
8 November 1952	Leigh	Won	9-2
15 November 1952	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	4-15
22 November 1952	Salford	Won	32-3
6 December 1952	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	24-2
20 December 1952	Bradford Northern	Lost	9-12
25 December 1952	Swinton	Won	15-8
27 December 1952	Wigan	Won	14-5
3 January 1953	Barrow	Lost	4-7
10 January 1953	Wigan	Won	27-13
17 January 1953	Salford	Won	8-4
7 February 1953	St Helens	Lost	4-20
14 February 1953	St Helens	Draw	5-5
21 February 1953	Rochdale Hornets	Draw	7-7
28 February 1953	Whitehaven	Draw	14-14
7 March 1953	Bradford Northern	Lost	11-13
14 March 1953	Widnes	Lost	8-9
21 March 1953	Workington Town	Won	19-9
28 March 1953	Featherstone Rovers	Won	14-7
3 April 1953	Swinton	Lost	12-30
8 August 1953	Rochdale Hornets Law Cup	Lost	19-31
15 August 1953	Wigan	Won	18-7
22 August 1953	Huddersfield	Lost	20-27
26 August 1953	Bramley	Lost	9-16
29 August 1953	Leeds	Won	14-5
2 September 1953	Widnes	Lost	9-11
5 September 1953	Whitehaven	Lost	12-13
7 September 1953	Whitehaven	Won	45-6
12 September 1953	Leigh	Won	17-9
28 November 1953	Belle Vue Rangers	Lost	14-17
5 December 1953	Barrow	Lost	8-24
12 December 1953	St Helens	Lost	9-21
19 December 1953	Workington Town	Lost	10-22
25 December 1953	Swinton	Won	23-0
26 December 1953	Workington Town	Lost	0-3
2 January 1954	Hull FC	Lost	3-23
16 January 1954	Huddersfield	Won	15-4
23 January 1954	Liverpool City	Won	25-10
6 February 1954	Liverpool City	Won	15-5
13 February 1954	Liverpool City	Won	18-11
20 February 1954	Warrington	Lost	2-14
6 March 1954	Warrington	Lost	4-7
13 March 1954	Barrow	Lost	6-12
3 April 1954	Leigh Exhibition Match	Lost	13-18
28 August 1954	St Helens	Won	23-16
4 September 1954	Barrow	Won	17-12
11 September 1954	Lancs County Amateurs	Won	57-17
14 September 1954	Liverpool City	Won	28-4
18 September 1954	Batley	Won	27-3
20 September 1954	St Helens	Won	20-9
25 September 1954	Wakefield Trinity	Won	8-7
30 September 1954	Workington Town	Won	20-13
16 October 1954	Rochdale Hornets	Won	18-4
23 October 1954	Barrow	Lost	2-12
30 October 1954	Liverpool City	Won	10-3
6 November 1954	Blackpool Borough	Won	30-12
13 November 1954	Widnes	Won	9-7
20 November 1954	Whitehaven	Won	15-8
27 November 1954	Wigan	Won	9-5
11 December 1954	Whitehaven	Draw	2-2
18 December 1954	Keighley	Won	15-11
25 December 1954	Swinton	Won	8-5
28 December 1954	Salford	Won	27-0
1 January 1955	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	24-14
8 January 1955	Leigh	Won	22-10
15 January 1955	Warrington	Lost	8-12
22 January 1955	Workington Town	Lost	5-13
29 January 1955	Rochdale Hornets	Won	11-9
5 February 1955	Barrow	Won	11-5
12 February 1955	Wigan	Won	5-2
19 February 1955	St Helens	Won	9-2
5 March 1955	Leigh	Lost	3-5
12 March 1955	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	34-8
19 March 1955	Widnes	Won	36-2
26 March 1955	Warrington	Lost	4-18
2 April 1955	Wigan	Won	26-0
8 April 1955	Swinton	Won	17-9
9 April 1955	Hull FC	Won	18-11
11 April 1955	Keighley	Won	23-3
16 April 1955	Leigh	Draw	15-15
18 April 1955	Hull FC	Lost	5-18
23 April 1955	Leeds	Won	25-6
14 May 1955	Warrington	Lost	3-7
21 May 1955	Halifax Benefit Match	Draw	29-29
13 August 1955	Rochdale Hornets Law Cup	Lost	17-23
20 August 1955	Keighley Friendly	Won	35-14
27 August 1955	Blackpool Borough	Won	18-8
30 August 1955	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	4-12
3 September 1955	Hunslet	Lost	8-15
7 September 1955	Leigh	Lost	11-13
10 September 1955	Leeds	Lost	15-22
17 September 1955	Warrington	Won	18-3
24 September 1955	York	Lost	10-16
1 October 1955	Featherstone Rovers	Won	25-6
8 October 1955	Hunslet	Won	26-11
15 October 1955	Barrow	Won	18-16
22 October 1955	Warrington	Lost	13-15
29 October 1955	New Zealand	Lost	13-15
5 November 1955	Leigh	Won	30-21
19 November 1955	Wigan	Won	48-23
26 November 1955	Widnes	Won	24-5
3 December 1955	Liverpool City	Won	26-16
10 December 1955	Salford	Won	24-0
17 December 1955	Salford	Won	27-14
24 December 1955	St Helens	Lost	7-18
27 December 1955	Blackpool Borough	Lost	5-9
31 December 1955	Whitehaven	Won	34-10
2 January 1956	Workington Town	Lost	4-18

Harry Ogden

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Games played 451