Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Herbert Ellis

Career: 1896-97/1905-06

Heritage No. 38

Player profile

A native of Ravensthorpe, near Dewsbury, Herbert played his early rugby for the local village team before joining one of the Northern Union founder members Liversedge F.C.

A fine forward, Herbert made his Oldham debut on January 23rd 1897 and remained a major presence amongst the Roughyeds pack for the next eight years including the Challenge Cup final victory of 1899 against Hunslet.

In later life he was a successful bookmaker.

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Games played 261

Includes 28 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
23 January 1897	Rochdale Hornets	Won	6-4
30 January 1897	Stockport	Won	5-0
6 February 1897	Widnes	Won	9-6
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
6 March 1897	St Helens Recs Friendly	Lost	0-6
13 March 1897	Tyldesley	Won	3-0
3 April 1897	Broughton Rangers Friendly	Lost	0-3
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
6 September 1897	Crompton Friendly	Won	12-0
25 September 1897	Salford	Won	16-6
16 October 1897	Bradford Friendly	Won	12-8
23 October 1897	Wigan	Won	9-0
30 October 1897	Morecambe	Won	33-4
6 November 1897	Widnes	Won	3-0
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
18 December 1897	Leigh	Won	3-2
27 December 1897	Broughton Rangers	Draw	3-3
1 January 1898	Tyldesley	Won	20-0
3 January 1898	Manningham Friendly	Won	13-3
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 March 1898	Bradford Friendly	Lost	10-11
19 March 1898	Runcorn	Won	11-0
26 March 1898	Batley	Lost	0-3
11 April 1898	Broughton Rangers	Won	8-0
16 April 1898	Tyldesley	Won	28-5
19 April 1898	Manningham Friendly	Won	11-7
25 April 1898	Halifax Friendly	Won	7-3
30 April 1898	Rest Of Lancs	Draw	8-8
8 October 1898	Broughton Rangers	Lost	3-8
15 October 1898	Workington Friendly	Won	11-0
22 October 1898	Salford	Lost	3-6
29 October 1898	Swinton	Won	3-0
5 November 1898	Seaton Friendly	Won	13-8
12 November 1898	Rochdale Hornets	Won	9-0
19 November 1898	Warrington	Won	35-0
10 December 1898	Widnes	Won	14-0
17 December 1898	Wigan	Won	14-0
24 December 1898	Stockport	Won	29-0
26 December 1898	Rochdale Hornets	Won	22-0
31 December 1898	Broughton Rangers	Won	8-0
7 January 1899	Morecambe	Won	27-0
14 January 1899	Tyldesley	Won	33-2
21 January 1899	Leigh	Won	3-0
28 January 1899	St Helens	Won	16-0
4 February 1899	Swinton	Won	12-0
11 February 1899	Stockport	Won	24-0
18 February 1899	Salford	Won	14-0
25 February 1899	Widnes	Lost	0-2
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
2 September 1899	Morecambe Friendly	Won	29-3
9 September 1899	Millom	Won	13-5
16 September 1899	Tyldesley	Won	27-0
23 September 1899	Runcorn	Lost	2-3
25 September 1899	Stockport	Won	6-0
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
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
3 February 1900	Swinton	Won	17-2
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
15 September 1900	Wigan	Won	34-0
22 September 1900	Barrow	Won	8-2
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
1 January 1901	Halifax Friendly	Won	16-4
5 January 1901	Widnes	Won	18-2
12 January 1901	Swinton	Lost	5-7
19 January 1901	Stockport	Won	18-6
26 January 1901	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-3
19 February 1901	Warrington	Won	14-0
23 February 1901	Runcorn	Won	11-3
25 February 1901	Swinton	Draw	3-3
8 April 1901	Millom	Won	3-0
7 September 1901	Leigh	Won	5-2
14 September 1901	Batley	Won	18-3
21 September 1901	Huddersfield	Won	13-0
28 September 1901	Bradford	Won	8-0
5 October 1901	Brighouse Rangers	Won	29-2
12 October 1901	Runcorn	Won	5-3
19 October 1901	Warrington	Lost	5-15
26 October 1901	South Shields Friendly	Won	43-0
2 November 1901	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	6-10
9 November 1901	Hull FC	Lost	2-8
23 November 1901	Huddersfield	Won	19-8
28 January 1902	Halifax	Lost	3-10
11 February 1902	Brighouse Rangers	Won	23-2
15 February 1902	Batley	Draw	8-8
22 February 1902	Bradford	Lost	0-5
25 February 1902	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-8
1 March 1902	Swinton	Lost	2-24
29 March 1902	St Helens Friendly	Won	26-2
31 March 1902	Stockport	Lost	2-4
14 April 1902	Hunslet	Lost	6-9
6 September 1902	Hull FC	Won	10-3
20 September 1902	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-13
27 September 1902	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	7-2
4 October 1902	Hunslet	Won	26-0
11 October 1902	Wigan	Lost	0-2
18 October 1902	Widnes	Won	18-5
25 October 1902	Bradford	Lost	0-7
1 November 1902	Huddersfield	Won	6-0
8 November 1902	Warrington	Lost	2-3
15 November 1902	Brighouse Rangers	Won	5-0
13 December 1902	Salford	Lost	0-2
20 December 1902	Halifax	Won	11-0
25 December 1902	Swinton	Lost	4-5
27 December 1902	Leigh	Won	3-0
1 January 1903	Widnes	Won	6-2
3 January 1903	Hull FC	Won	5-0
17 January 1903	Broughton Rangers	Won	5-0
24 January 1903	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	19-2
31 January 1903	Hunslet	Lost	6-7
3 February 1903	Batley	Lost	0-2
14 February 1903	Broughton Rangers	Won	2-0
21 February 1903	Wigan	Won	4-0
28 February 1903	Huddersfield	Lost	0-6
7 March 1903	Bradford	Won	2-0
10 March 1903	Bradford	Lost	3-5
14 March 1903	Brighouse Rangers	Won	5-0
18 March 1903	Runcorn	Lost	0-11
21 March 1903	Hunslet	Won	8-0
24 March 1903	Warrington	Won	5-0
28 March 1903	Runcorn	Won	3-0
31 March 1903	St Helens	Won	13-4
4 April 1903	Salford	Draw	0-0
8 April 1903	Salford	Lost	0-8
11 April 1903	Salford	Lost	0-3
13 April 1903	Swinton	Won	5-2
14 April 1903	Batley	Won	16-0
5 September 1903	Hull FC	Won	19-5
12 September 1903	Halifax	Won	5-0
19 September 1903	Huddersfield	Won	2-0
26 September 1903	Bradford	Lost	3-5
3 October 1903	Wigan	Won	14-2
10 October 1903	Leeds	Lost	0-3
17 October 1903	Runcorn	Won	9-0
24 October 1903	Salford	Won	8-2
31 October 1903	Leigh	Won	27-6
7 November 1903	Warrington	Won	3-0
14 November 1903	Batley	Draw	0-0
21 November 1903	Keighley	Won	10-2
28 November 1903	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-3
5 December 1903	Hunslet	Won	6-0
12 December 1903	Widnes	Lost	8-9
16 January 1904	Huddersfield	Won	5-0
6 February 1904	Leeds	Draw	2-2
13 February 1904	Runcorn	Lost	3-7
20 February 1904	Salford	Lost	0-2
27 February 1904	Leigh	Draw	0-0
5 March 1904	Warrington	Won	10-6
12 March 1904	Batley	Lost	0-5
19 March 1904	Swinton Friendly	Won	27-2
26 March 1904	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-13
4 April 1904	Swinton	Won	11-2
9 April 1904	Widnes	Lost	0-10
12 April 1904	Keighley	Won	15-3
19 April 1904	Hunslet	Won	3-2
23 April 1904	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	10-7
3 September 1904	St Helens	Won	10-4
10 September 1904	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	5-2
10 September 1904	Widnes	Won	19-5
17 September 1904	Batley	Won	17-4
24 September 1904	Hunslet	Lost	0-6
8 October 1904	Salford	Lost	3-10
15 October 1904	Warrington	Won	8-6
22 October 1904	Wakefield Trinity	Won	5-2
29 October 1904	Leigh	Won	6-5
5 November 1904	Halifax	Won	14-2
19 November 1904	Bradford	Won	5-0
26 November 1904	Leeds	Lost	2-8
3 December 1904	Runcorn	Won	6-0
10 December 1904	Broughton Rangers	Lost	6-8
17 December 1904	Wigan	Won	10-3
2 January 1905	Halifax	Lost	3-5
7 January 1905	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	11-0
14 January 1905	Batley	Won	11-0
21 January 1905	Hunslet	Won	20-5
4 February 1905	Salford	Draw	0-0
11 February 1905	Warrington	Won	10-7
18 February 1905	Wakefield Trinity	Won	8-0
25 February 1905	Leigh	Won	13-6
4 March 1905	Normanton	Won	16-3
11 March 1905	Hull FC	Won	3-0
18 March 1905	Batley	Won	14-10
20 March 1905	Bradford	Won	8-5
25 March 1905	Leeds	Won	10-9
1 April 1905	Bradford	Draw	0-0
5 April 1905	Bradford	Lost	5-8
8 April 1905	Broughton Rangers	Lost	0-17
15 April 1905	Wigan	Lost	2-20
22 April 1905	Runcorn	Won	16-6
24 April 1905	Hull FC	Won	23-0
1 September 1905	Millom	Won	9-2
2 September 1905	Morecambe	Won	27-7
9 September 1905	Warrington	Lost	0-2
16 September 1905	Wigan	Won	10-7
20 September 1905	Runcorn	Draw	0-0
28 October 1905	Salford	Won	10-0
2 December 1905	St Helens	Won	15-7
9 December 1905	Hull FC	Won	2-0
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
1 January 1906	Hull FC	Won	16-5
2 January 1906	Runcorn	Won	8-2
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
10 March 1906	Bradford	Won	15-0
17 March 1906	Halifax	Lost	2-5
24 March 1906	Halifax	Won	31-3
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
19 April 1906	Chadderton Friendly	Won	29-6
21 April 1906	Barrow	Won	10-4
26 April 1906	Widnes	Lost	3-5
28 April 1906	Dewsbury	Lost	4-5

Herbert Ellis

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 261