Thomas Wainman joined Oldham from the Heyside club in November 1914. No doubt the Watersheddings’ officials remembered him having played well for a team made up from the pick of the local amateur league against Oldham ‘A’ on September 5th of that year. A forward with a fair turn of speed, he got into the senior team for the start of the 1915-16 season and played in 22 first team matches for the Roughyeds before joining the forces.
He was killed in action on November 18th 1916 serving with the Manchester Regiment, aged 28. The action he was engaged in was on the last day of The Battle of the Somme. Tom is remembered on the Thiepval War Memorial and The Oldham War Memorial.
Full debut
Career
Heritage number
5165
Career statistics
22 appearances in friendlies and other non-competitive games, between September 1915 and March 1916.
These games don't count towards career statistics, so there are no totals to show. The full list is below.
Games played
22
Includes 22 games that don't count towards the career statistics above (friendlies and similar).
Player profile
Thomas Wainman joined Oldham from the Heyside club in November 1914. No doubt the Watersheddings’ officials remembered him having played well for a team made up from the pick of the local amateur league against Oldham ‘A’ on September 5th of that year.
A forward with a fair turn of speed, he got into the senior team for the start of the 1915-16 season and played in 22 first team matches for the Roughyeds before joining the forces.
He was killed in action on November 18th 1916 serving with the Manchester Regiment, aged 28. The action he was engaged in was on the last day of The Battle of the Somme.
Tom is remembered on the Thiepval War Memorial and The Oldham War Memorial.