Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Robert Edwards

Career: 1895-96/1898-99

Heritage No. 4

Player profile

A strong and mobile forward, Bob joined Oldham from the Tudhoe club in county Durham in time for the start of the 1895-96 season.

A consistent performer in the early days of the Northern Union he was soon capped by his adopted Lancashire.

Photos 1

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Games played 114

Includes 17 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
14 September 1895	Hunslet	Lost	8-16
21 September 1895	Tyldesley	Lost	3-11
23 September 1895	Huddersfield	Won	16-5
28 September 1895	Halifax	Lost	0-10
5 October 1895	Batley	Won	11-0
7 October 1895	Wakefield Trinity	Won	17-0
12 October 1895	Hull FC	Won	15-8
19 October 1895	Bradford	Lost	3-5
26 October 1895	Widnes	Won	13-0
2 November 1895	Manningham	Won	10-0
9 November 1895	Leigh	Lost	0-6
16 November 1895	Stockport	Won	3-0
23 November 1895	Warrington	Won	6-0
30 November 1895	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-8
10 December 1895	Liversedge	Won	11-8
14 December 1895	St Helens	Draw	0-0
21 December 1895	Wigan	Won	20-0
26 December 1895	Leeds	Won	6-0
1 January 1896	Brighouse Rangers	Lost	6-9
4 January 1896	Runcorn	Won	17-0
18 January 1896	Hunslet	Won	17-4
25 January 1896	Tyldesley	Lost	5-9
1 February 1896	Halifax	Won	13-0
8 February 1896	Batley	Lost	3-4
15 February 1896	Widnes	Won	21-0
18 February 1896	Bradford	Won	7-5
22 February 1896	Hull FC	Won	8-5
7 March 1896	Manningham	Lost	4-7
14 March 1896	Stockport	Lost	6-8
21 March 1896	Rochdale Hornets	Won	16-3
3 April 1896	Wigan	Lost	5-18
4 April 1896	Brighouse Rangers	Lost	5-11
6 April 1896	Liversedge	Won	18-3
11 April 1896	Runcorn	Won	14-0
13 April 1896	Leigh	Won	23-4
18 April 1896	St Helens	Won	5-3
5 September 1896	Manningham Friendly	Won	7-6
12 September 1896	Salford	Won	9-0
19 September 1896	Tyldesley	Won	3-0
26 September 1896	Swinton	Won	6-3
28 September 1896	Halifax Friendly	Lost	3-16
3 October 1896	St Helens	Won	11-0
7 November 1896	Morecambe	Won	22-3
14 November 1896	Rochdale Hornets	Won	3-0
28 November 1896	Runcorn	Won	5-0
12 December 1896	Leigh	Lost	0-6
1 January 1897	St Helens	Won	17-5
16 January 1897	Morecambe	Won	28-0
20 February 1897	Warrington	Won	3-0
6 March 1897	St Helens Recs Friendly	Lost	0-6
20 March 1897	Bradford	Lost	3-7
27 March 1897	Broughton Rangers Friendly	Draw	0-0
3 April 1897	Broughton Rangers Friendly	Lost	0-3
10 April 1897	Manningham Friendly	Won	18-0
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
18 September 1897	Runcorn	Won	10-0
25 September 1897	Salford	Won	16-6
2 October 1897	Swinton	Lost	5-13
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
27 November 1897	St Helens	Won	6-4
4 December 1897	Halifax Friendly	Lost	5-8
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
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
5 March 1898	Halifax	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
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
3 September 1898	Morecambe	Won	9-2
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
22 October 1898	Salford	Lost	3-6
5 November 1898	Seaton Friendly	Won	13-8
12 November 1898	Rochdale Hornets	Won	9-0
19 November 1898	Warrington	Won	35-0
26 November 1898	Leigh	Lost	3-7
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
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
3 April 1899	Huddersfield Friendly	Lost	0-2
30 September 1899	Seaton Friendly	Won	17-2

Robert Edwards

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 114