List Of Leigh Centurions Players

The Leigh Centurions (known as just Leigh until the completion of the 1994–95 Rugby Football League season) are an English rugby league club. Leigh began Rugby Football Union competition in 1878, and in 1895 became a founding member of the Rugby Football League (originally the Northern Rugby Football Union) that broke away from the Rugby Football Union.

From that first 1895 season under rugby league rules, through to the end of competition in the 2018 RFL Championship season, Leigh has had 1,469 players, excluding non-playing substitutes, take the field during a competitive first-class match. This includes matches that were subsequently abandoned, expunged or re-played, but excludes friendlies.

These Leigh rugby league players have been allocated a sequential heritage number, in order of their appearance, by the Leigh Centurions. Latham, Michael; Hulme, Mike 1 August 1990). ''Leigh Rugby League Football Club''. Mike R.L.Publications. Latham, Michael (1 September 1994). ''Leigh Rugby League Club: A Comprehensive Record, 1895-1994''. Mike R.L.Publications. Sale, Tommy; Hampson, Andy 31 March 2010). ''Mr Rugby Leigh: The Tommy Sale Story''. Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd. Latham, Michael (30 January 2017). ''Leigh Centurions Yearbook 2016-17: The Road to Super League''. Scratching Shed Publishing Ltd.

List

In the following table:
* The individual columns may not reflect the exact type of scoring, due to rule changes over the years, though "Total Points" is correct:
** The table does account for the points associated with kicking-related scoring (goals), during the first two seasons (1895–96, 1896–97) of Northern Rugby Football Union's existence, when conversions were worth 2-points, penalty goals 3-points and drop goals 4-points.
** From 1897–98 to 1972-73, all goals earned 2-points, so drop-goals were not always tracked separately from other goals for the purposes of "Drop Goals" column on this list.
* While the "Début" and "Last Match" dates are accurate, and reflect a player's first and last time with Leigh, a player may have played with another high-level rugby league team before, during or after the period of those two dates.
* Available (incomplete) information is shown indicating players selected to play on national, international (Other Nationalities, British Empire XIII) or regional teams.

Players earning international caps while at Leigh

* Trevor Allan won caps for ''Other Nationalities'' while at Leigh circa-1952 ?-caps won caps for ''British Empire XIII'' while at Leigh circa-1952 ?-caps
* Kevin Ashcroft won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1968 Australia France, 1969 France, 1970 France, New Zealand, 1974 New Zealand (sub) (World Cup 1968 1-cap, 1970 2-caps)
* Benjamin John "Jackie" Bowen won caps for ''Wales'' while at Wigan, and Leigh 1945–48 2-caps
* Jeffrey "Jeff" Burke (#12) won caps for ''Other Nationalities'' while at Leigh circa-1951 ?-caps
* Joseph "Joe" Cartwright won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1921 Wales, Other Nationalities, Australia, 1922 Wales, 1923 Wales (2 matches), and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1920 Australia, New Zealand (3 matches), 1921–22 Australia (3 matches)
* David Chisnall won caps for ''England'' while at Warrington 1975 Wales (sub), France, Wales, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1970 Australia, New Zealand (World Cup 1970 1-cap)
* Thomas "Tom" Clarkson won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1921 Australia, 1922 Wales, 1923 Wales
* Thomas "Tom" Coop, won a cap for ''England (RU)'' while at Leigh in 1892 against Scotland
* Joseph "Joe" Darwell won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh in 1922 against Wales, and in 1923 against Wales (2 matches), and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1924 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches)
* Malcolm Davies won caps for ''Wales'' while at Leigh, and Bradford Northern 1953–1959 2-caps
* Steve Donlan won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1984 Wales, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1984 New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
* Desmond "Des" Drummond won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1980 Wales, France, 1981 France, Wales, 1984 Wales, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1980 New Zealand (2 matches), 1981 France (2 matches), 1982 Australia (3 matches), 1983 France (2 matches), 1984 France, Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), Papua New Guinea, 1985 New Zealand (3 matches), 1986 France (2 matches), while at Warrington 1987 Papua New Guinea, 1988 France
* Joe Egan won caps for ''England'' while at Wigan 1943 Wales, 1944 Wales, 1945 Wales (2 matches), 1946 France (2 matches), Wales (2 matches), 1947 France (2 matches), Wales (2 matches), 1948 France (2 matches), Wales, 1949 Wales, France, Other Nationalities, 1950 Wales, while at Leigh Wales, France, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Wigan 1946 Australia (3 matches), 1947 New Zealand (3 matches), 1948 Australia (3 matches), 1950 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches)
* Wyndham Emery won a cap for ''Wales'' while at Leigh 1922 1-cap
* Stuart Ferguson won a cap for ''Wales'' while at Leigh 1970 1-cap 2-goals 4-points
* Peter Foster won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1955 against New Zealand (3 matches), and also represented ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match)
* Frederick "Fred" Harris won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1934 Australia, while at Leeds 1937 France
* Adam Hughes won caps for ''Wales'' while at Widnes Vikings, Leigh, and Oldham R.L.F.C. 2002–2007 13(11?)-caps 9-tries 3-goals 42-points
* Christopher "Chris" Johnson won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1985 against France
* Clive Jones won caps for ''Wales'' while at Leigh in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and France (World Cup 1975 2-caps)
* Edward "Ted" Kerwick won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1949 Other Nationalities
* Frank Kitchen won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh (World Cup 1954 2-caps, 3-tries)
* James "Jimmy" Ledgard won caps for ''England'' while at Dewsbury 1947 France (2 matches), Wales, while at Leigh 1948 Wales, 1949 France, Other Nationalities, 1951 Wales, France, 1952 Other Nationalities (2 matches), Wales, 1953 Wales, 1955 Other Nationalities, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Dewsbury 1947 New Zealand (2 matches), while at Leigh 1948 Australia, 1950 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand, 1951 New Zealand, 1954 France (2 matches), Australia, New Zealand (World Cup 1954 4-caps, 1-try, 13-goals)
* Gordon Lewis won a cap for ''Wales'' while at Leigh in 1970 against England, and won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1965 against New Zealand
* Tauʻalupe Liku won caps for ''Tonga'' while at Leigh 1995 ?-caps
* Michael "Mick" Martyn won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1958 against Australia, and in 1959 against Australia
* Walter Mooney won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1924 against New Zealand (2 matches)
* Tony Heaton won 3 caps for ''Scotland'', The first 2 were as a Student in the 1995 Emerging Nations World Cup and the 3rd while at Leigh in 1996 against Ireland
* Mark Moran won caps for ''Wales'' while at Leigh 1992 2-caps (sub)
* Christopher "Chris" Morley won caps for ''Wales'' while at St. Helens in 1996 against France (sub), and England, while at Salford City Reds in 1999 against Ireland, and Scotland, while at Sheffield Eagles in 2000 against South Africa (sub), while at Leigh in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup against Lebanon (sub), New Zealand, Papua New Guinea (sub), and Australia, while at Oldham R.L.F.C. in 2001 against England, while at Halifax in 2003 against Russia, and Australia, while at Swinton Lions in 2006 against Scotland, 1996–2006 13(14?)-caps + 4-caps (sub) 1(2?)-try 4(8?)-points
* Alex Murphy (Warrington) won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1969 Wales, France, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at St. Helens 1958 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, 1959 France (2 matches), Australia, 1960 New Zealand, France, Australia, France, 1961 France, New Zealand (3 matches), 1962 France, Australia (3 matches), 1963 Australia (2 matches), 1964 France, 1965 France, New Zealand, 1966 France (2 matches), while at Warrington 1971 New Zealand (World Cup 1960 3-caps, 1-try)
* Stanley "Stan" Owen won a cap for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1958 against France, and represented ''Wales'' while at Leigh in 1955 against France, and in 1963 against France
* Charles "Charlie" Pawsey won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1951 Wales, 1952 Other Nationalities (2 matches), Wales, 1953 France (2 matches), Wales, Other Nationalities, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1952 Australia (3 matches), 1954 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches)
* Gareth Price won caps for ''Wales'' while at St. Helens, Leigh, Rochdale Hornets, and Celtic Crusaders 1999–present 2(9, 10?)-caps + 9-caps (sub) 1-try 4-points
* Rob Roberts won caps for ''Wales'' while at Huddersfield Giants, unattached, Leigh, and Oldham R.L.F.C. 2002–present 6(7, 8?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points
* William "Bill" Robinson won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1963 against France, and Australia
* Dick Silcock won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1906 Other Nationalities, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Wigan 1909 Australia
* Raymond "Ray" Tabern won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1982 against France
* Joseph "Joe" Walsh won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh in 1971 against New Zealand
* Ian Watson won caps for ''Wales'' while at Salford City Reds, Swinton Lions, Widnes Vikings, Rochdale Hornets, Oldham R.L.F.C., and Leigh 1996–present 19(17?)-caps + 3-caps (sub) 3(4?)-tries 1-goal 14(18?)-points
* David "Dave" Whittle won caps for ''Wales'' while at Leigh 2000–2002 5(6?)-caps + 1-cap (sub)
* William "Billy" Winstanley won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1910 Wales, while at Wigan 1911 Wales, Australia, 1912 Wales, and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1910 Australia, New Zealand, while at Wigan 1911–12 Australia (3 matches)
* John Wood won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1982 France
* John Woods won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1979 Wales (sub), France, 1980 Wales (sub), France, 1981 France, Wales, Wales (sub), and won caps for ''Great Britain'' while at Leigh 1979 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, 1980 New Zealand, 1981 France (2 matches), 1982 Australia, Australia, 1983 France, while at Warrington 1987 Papua New Guinea
* Albert Worrall won caps for ''England'' while at Leigh 1934 Australia

Other notable players

These players have either; received a testimonial match, are "Hall of Fame" inductees, played during Leigh Centurions' Super League season, or were international representatives before, or after, their time at Leigh.

* Albert Ashton circa-1940 (Father of Brian Ashton)
* Ken Baxter
* Owen 'Ozzy' Bevan (brother of Brian Bevan)
* Mick Bolewski, the first player from the Australian state of Queensland to sign with a British club.
* Mathew Bottom circa-2005
* Edward "Ted" Brophy circa-1962
* Liam Coleman circa-2005
* Mick Collins 408-games 1970–71 Challenge Cup winner
* Benjamin "Ben" Cooper circa-2005
* Jason Duffy circa-2005
* John Duffy circa-2005
* Dominic Feau'nati circa-2005
* Jason Ferris circa-2005
* Dai Fitzgerald
* Darren Fleary circa-2005
* Carl Forber circa-2005
* Michael "Mike" Govin circa-2005
* Danny Halliwell circa-2005
* Kevin Henderson circa-2005
* Christopher "Chris" Hill circa-2005
* Michael "Mick" Hogan (#1)
* Rob Jackson circa-2005
* Chris Jones circa-2005
* Philip "Phil" Jones circa-2005
* Jason Kent circa-2005
* James King circa-2005
* Ian Knott circa-2005
* Mark Leafa circa-2005
* Steve McCurrie circa-2005
* Keiron Maddocks circa-2005
* Stephen "Steve" Maden circa-2005
* Richard Marshall circa-2005
* Robert Mears circa-2005
* Fui Fui Moi Moi
* Richard Moore circa-2005
* Rex Mossop 1952–55
* Nicholas "Nick" Owen circa-2005
* McDonald Bailey 1953
* Bev Risman circa-1963/64
* Paul Rowley circa-2005
* Rob Smyth circa-2005
* Michael "Mick" Stacey (Testimonial match 1982)
* Craig Stapleton circa-2005
* Warren Stevens circa-2005
* Matthew "Matt" Sturm circa-2005
* James "Jimmy" Taylor circa-2005
* Rod Tickle 114-Tries
* Neil Turley circa-2005
* Colin Tyrer circa-1965
* Oliver Wilkes circa-2005
* John Wilshere circa-2005

References

Leigh Centurions