Oldham RLFC Heritage Trust

Ray Smith

Career: 1936-37/1947-48

Heritage No. 331

Player profile

A.R.(Ray) Smith was a scrum-half signed from Llanelli RUFC during the 1936-37 season.
A tricky and versatile scrum-half, Ray would go on to be a popular club captain and including friendly games would play over 200 matches for the Roughyeds.

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Games played 211

Includes 14 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).

Date	Opposition	Result	Score
6 February 1937	Keighley	Lost	7-13
20 February 1937	Leigh	Won	16-3
6 March 1937	Bradford Northern	Lost	10-27
26 March 1937	Swinton	Lost	2-10
27 March 1937	Rochdale Hornets	Won	24-9
29 March 1937	Batley	Lost	3-19
3 April 1937	Bradford Northern	Won	18-15
5 April 1937	Warrington	Lost	5-13
10 April 1937	Leigh	Won	11-3
12 April 1937	Wigan	Won	11-3
17 April 1937	Hunslet	Won	6-3
24 April 1937	Broughton Rangers	Lost	7-9
11 September 1937	Warrington	Lost	2-4
15 September 1937	Dewsbury	Won	29-8
18 September 1937	York	Won	33-12
20 September 1937	Wigan	Lost	0-5
25 September 1937	Barrow	Lost	10-18
2 October 1937	Broughton Rangers	Won	12-3
9 October 1937	St Helens	Lost	3-4
16 October 1937	Leigh	Won	12-0
23 October 1937	St Helens Recs	Won	22-0
30 October 1937	Halifax	Won	10-3
6 November 1937	Australia	Lost	6-10
13 November 1937	York	Draw	2-2
20 November 1937	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	9-2
27 November 1937	Broughton Rangers	Won	21-10
4 December 1937	St Helens	Won	18-5
11 December 1937	Hunslet	Lost	3-13
18 December 1937	Widnes	Lost	4-5
25 December 1937	Swinton	Won	6-3
1 January 1938	Barrow	Won	6-2
8 January 1938	St Helens Recs	Lost	0-2
29 January 1938	Liverpool Stanley	Lost	0-4
12 February 1938	Huddersfield	Won	12-6
19 February 1938	Batley	Lost	7-8
26 February 1938	Salford	Lost	5-19
5 March 1938	Widnes	Lost	11-15
12 March 1938	Dewsbury	Won	18-7
26 March 1938	Warrington	Won	11-5
2 April 1938	Leigh	Draw	5-5
5 April 1938	Rochdale Hornets	Won	10-3
9 April 1938	Wigan	Lost	10-25
11 April 1938	Liverpool Stanley	Won	15-2
15 April 1938	Swinton	Lost	3-15
16 April 1938	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	20-10
18 April 1938	Rochdale Hornets	Won	22-7
30 April 1938	Gf Hutchins International Team Benefit Match	Lost	31-41
20 August 1938	Rochdale Hornets Infirmary Cup	Won	18-8
27 August 1938	Salford	Lost	4-14
3 September 1938	Liverpool Stanley	Won	7-0
10 September 1938	Wakefield Trinity	Lost	10-19
17 September 1938	St Helens Recs	Lost	4-9
24 September 1938	Hunslet	Won	20-3
1 October 1938	Liverpool Stanley	Won	18-8
8 October 1938	Hull FC	Won	21-5
15 October 1938	Rochdale Hornets	Won	33-0
22 October 1938	St Helens Recs	Won	7-5
29 October 1938	Wigan	Lost	10-13
5 November 1938	Widnes	Won	11-7
12 November 1938	Bradford Northern	Lost	2-9
14 November 1938	Warrington	Lost	2-8
19 November 1938	Broughton Rangers	Won	10-7
26 November 1938	Hunslet	Lost	6-7
10 December 1938	Widnes	Lost	5-6
17 December 1938	Castleford	Draw	11-11
24 December 1938	Broughton Rangers	Lost	3-12
29 December 1938	Rochdale Hornets	Won	10-3
31 December 1938	Batley	Lost	9-14
2 January 1939	Batley	Won	9-4
1 April 1939	Wakefield Trinity	Won	26-10
7 April 1939	Swinton	Lost	5-14
8 April 1939	Barrow	Lost	2-5
10 April 1939	Keighley	Won	21-7
15 April 1939	St Helens	Won	15-10
22 April 1939	Hull FC	Lost	5-11
11 November 1939	Leigh	Lost	11-22
18 November 1939	St Helens	Won	7-3
25 November 1939	Widnes	Lost	0-8
16 December 1939	Broughton Rangers	Won	18-0
26 December 1939	Liverpool Stanley	Draw	5-5
24 February 1940	Wigan	Lost	5-16
2 March 1940	Rochdale Hornets	Lost	5-15
16 March 1940	Warrington	Won	18-2
22 March 1940	Swinton	Lost	5-9
23 March 1940	Rochdale Hornets	Won	15-11
25 March 1940	Warrington	Lost	11-46
30 March 1940	Halifax Friendly	Lost	9-30
6 April 1940	Wigan Friendly	Won	29-24
13 April 1940	Hunslet Friendly	Won	26-7
20 April 1940	Warrington Friendly	Lost	11-14
27 April 1940	Salford Friendly	Won	7-4
4 May 1940	St Helens	Lost	5-12
11 May 1940	Widnes	Won	19-3
18 May 1940	Leeds Friendly	Won	37-11
25 May 1940	Halifax Friendly	Won	16-9
1 June 1940	Huddersfield Friendly	Lost	16-20
26 October 1940	Broughton Rangers	Won	13-10
30 November 1940	Salford	Lost	2-3
7 December 1940	Liverpool Stanley	Won	18-13
14 December 1940	St Helens	Lost	2-19
21 December 1940	Leigh	Won	37-24
25 December 1940	Swinton	Lost	5-16
28 December 1940	Warrington	Lost	2-19
15 November 1941	Bradford Northern	Won	9-5
3 January 1942	Dewsbury	Lost	7-8
25 April 1942	Castleford	Won	14-3
2 May 1942	Castleford	Won	10-0
9 May 1942	Hunslet	Won	29-0
30 May 1942	Leeds	Lost	3-12
26 September 1942	Bradford Northern	Lost	9-10
3 April 1943	St Helens	Won	20-5
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
25 August 1945	Bramley	Won	8-7
1 September 1945	Bradford Northern	Lost	0-22
11 September 1945	Bramley	Won	12-0
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
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
15 December 1945	Huddersfield	Lost	6-11
22 December 1945	Rochdale Hornets	Won	13-2
29 December 1945	Barrow	Won	16-12
1 January 1946	Wigan	Lost	8-9
5 January 1946	Barrow	Lost	2-37
12 January 1946	Liverpool Stanley	Won	7-4
26 January 1946	Huddersfield	Lost	0-20
2 February 1946	Wigan	Lost	0-13
9 February 1946	Salford	Lost	3-8
16 February 1946	Salford	Lost	2-3
19 October 1946	Dewsbury	Lost	3-8
2 November 1946	St Helens	Lost	3-7
25 December 1946	Swinton	Won	14-0
26 December 1946	Salford	Won	14-5
28 December 1946	Featherstone Rovers	Won	23-0
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
22 March 1947	Salford	Won	16-6
29 March 1947	Hull FC	Won	8-2
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
23 August 1947	Warrington	Won	14-3
30 August 1947	Liverpool Stanley	Won	26-3
2 September 1947	Liverpool Stanley	Won	16-3
6 September 1947	Hunslet	Won	10-3
13 September 1947	St Helens	Lost	2-16
15 September 1947	Salford	Won	26-0
20 September 1947	Widnes	Won	13-5
23 September 1947	Workington Town	Lost	3-13
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
8 November 1947	Widnes	Lost	5-14
15 November 1947	Workington Town	Won	17-5
22 November 1947	Castleford	Won	7-3
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
7 February 1948	Hull Kingston Rovers	Lost	5-12
14 February 1948	Hull Kingston Rovers	Won	22-4
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
26 March 1948	Swinton	Lost	13-17
27 March 1948	Rochdale Hornets	Won	3-2
29 March 1948	Hunslet	Won	10-6
3 April 1948	Belle Vue Rangers	Won	10-4
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
27 April 1948	Empire XIII Benefit Match	Lost	24-33

Ray Smith

Player profile

Career statistics

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Games played 211