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Thomas Smales - Wikipedia

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Tommy Smales

Personal information

Full name

Thomas Smales

Born

19 December 1934^[1]
Glasshoughton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England

Died

26 October 2017 (aged 82)
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Playing information

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Weight

11 st 7 lb (73 kg)

Position

Scrum-half

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1952–55	Featherstone Rovers	35	13	0	0	39
1955–58	Huddersfield	295	111	1		335
1958–60	Castleford	4	0	0	0	0
1960–63	Huddersfield
1964–67	Bradford Northern	61	13	0		39
1967	North Sydney	9	0	0		0
1967–68	Wakefield Trinity	5	0	0		0
	Total	409	137	1	0	413
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1962	England	1	0	0	0	0
1962–65	Great Britain	8	2	0	0	6

Coaching information

Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1969–70	Castleford	67	46	2	19	69
1976	Featherstone Rovers	16	11	1	4	69
1978–79	Featherstone Rovers	22	6	1	15	27
	Total	105	63	4	38	60

Source: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Thomas "Tommy" Smales (19 December 1934 – 26 October 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and coached in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Castleford, Huddersfield (captain), Bradford Northern, North Sydney Bears and Wakefield Trinity as a scrum-half, and coached at club level for Castleford and Featherstone Rovers (two spells).^[5]^[6]

Background

Tommy Smales's birth was registered in Pontefract, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, he was the landlord of the Traveller's Rest public house, Pontefract Road, Featherstone for 35-years, from 1969 until 2004,^[7] and he died aged 82 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.^[8]

Playing career

Club career

Tommy Smales made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 23 August 1952.^[9]

Championship final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half, and was captain in Huddersfield's 14-5 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the Championship Final during the 1961–62 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 19 May 1962.^[10]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half, and was captain in Huddersfield's 6-12 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final during the 1961–62 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 12 May 1962, in front of a crowd of 81,263.^[11]

County Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales played scrum-half, and scored a try in Huddersfield's 15-8 victory over York in the 1957–58 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1957–58 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 19 October 1957,^[12] played scrum-half in the 10-16 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1960–61 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1960–61 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 29 October 1960, and played scrum-half in Bradford Northern's 17-8 victory over Hunslet in the 1965–66 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 16 October 1965.

International honours

Tommy Smales won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France,^[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France, in 1963 against France, and Australia, in 1964 against France (2 matches), and while at Bradford Northern in 1965 against New Zealand (3 matches).^[4]

Coaching career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Tommy Smales was the coach in Castleford's 7-2 victory over Wigan in the 1969–70 Challenge Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1970, in front of a crowd of 95,255.^[13]

Club career

Tommy Smales was the coach of Castleford, his first game in charge was on Sunday 3 August 1969, and his last game in charge was on Saturday 28 November 1970.^[6]

Genealogical information

Tommy Smales was the uncle of the rugby league footballer; Dale Fennell.

Note

Somewhat confusingly, Tommy Smales played in the same era as the unrelated Wigan, Barrow and Featherstone Rovers loose forward of the 1950s and 1960s, Thomas "Tommy" Smales.

References

^ Gronow, David (2008). Huddersfield Rugby League Football Club: 100 Greats. The History Press. pp. 104–5. ISBN 978-0-7524-4584-7.
^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Coach Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "'Rugby pub' is likely to re-start business". Yorkshire Evening Post. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
^ "Former rugby coach and player passes away". Pontefractandcastlefordexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport – Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
^ Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-57]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
^ Briggs, Cyril & Edwards, Barry (12 May 1962). The Rugby League Challenge Cup Competition - Final Tie - Huddersfield v Wakefield Trinity - Match Programme. Wembley Stadium Ltd. ISBN n/a
^ "Programme 'Yorkshire County Rugby League - Challenge Cup Final - 1957 - Huddersfield v. York'" (PDF). huddersfieldrlheritage.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^ "Sat 9th May 1970 – Challenge Cup – Neutral Ground – 95,255". Thecastlefordtigers. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

v t e Castleford squad – 1969–70 Challenge Cup Final winners
1 Derek Edwards 2 Trevor Briggs 3 Tony Thomas 4 Ian Stenton 5 Alan Lowndes 6 Alan Hardisty (c) 7 Keith Hepworth 8 Dennis Hartley 9 Clive Dickinson 10 Mick Redfearn 11 Bill Kirkbride 12 Brian Lockwood 13 Mal Reilly 14 Danny Hargrave (substitute) 15 Steve Norton (unused substitute) Coach: Thomas Smales

v t e Huddersfield Giants Hall of Fame Inductees
Harry Lodge Milford Sutcliffe Harold Wagstaff Douglas Clark Albert Rosenfeld Ben Gronow Len Bowkett Ray Markham Alex Fiddes Russell Pepperell Jeff Bawden Lionel Cooper Johnny Hunter Pat Devery Dave Valentine Frank Dyson Peter Ramsden Ted Slevin Thomas "Tommy" Smales Don Close Ken Senior

v t e Bradford Bulls Millennium Masters
1 Keith Mumby 2 Eric Batten 3 Ernest Ward 4 Paul Newlove 5 Jack McLean 6 Willie Davies 7 Thomas Smales 8 Frank Whitcombe 9 James Lowes 10 Jimmy Thompson 11 Trevor Foster 12 Jeff Grayshon 13 Ellery Hanley 14 Karl Fairbank 15 Henry Paul 16 Robbie Paul 17 Ken Traill

Castleford Tigers coaches

William Rhodes (1926–28)
Jim Bacon (1928–29)
Dick Silcock (1929–30)
Billy Clements (1930–32)
William Rhodes (1932–51)
Jack Kitching (1951–52)
William Rhodes (1952–53)
Ernest Ward (1953–56)
Len Garbett (1956–57)
William Rhodes (1957–58)
Harry Street (1958–64)
George Clinton (1965–68)
Derek Turner (1968–69)
Tommy Smales (1969–70)
Alan Hardisty (1970–71)
Harry Poole (1971–72)
John Sheridan (1972–73)
Dave Cox (1973–74)
Mal Reilly (1974–87)
David Sampson (1987–88)
Darryl Van de Velde (1988–93)
John Joyner (1993–97)
Mick Morgan (interim, 1997)
Stuart Raper (1997–2001)
Graham Steadman (2001–04)
Gary Mercer (2004)
Dave Woods (2005)
Terry Matterson (2006–11)
Ian Millward (2012–13)
Danny Orr (interim, 2013)
Daryl Powell (2013–21)
Lee Radford (2022–23)
Andy Last (2023)
Danny Ward (2023)
Craig Lingard (2024)
Danny McGuire (2025–)

Featherstone Rovers coaches

Aubrey Casewell (1944-45)
Bill Sherwood (1945–47)
Stan Smith (1947–48)
Bill Sherwood (1948–51)
Eric Batten (1951–56)
Bill Hudson (1956–57)
Harold Moxon (1957–63)
Johnny Malpass (1963–66)
Laurie Gant (1966–70)
Peter Fox (1971–74)
Tommy Smales (1974)
Keith Goulding (1974–76)
Tommy Smales (1976)
Keith Cotton (1976–77)
Keith Goulding (1977–78)
Terry Clawson (1978)
Tommy Smales (1978–79)
Paul Daley (1979–81)
Vince Farrar (1981–82)
Allan Agar (1982–85)
George Pieniazek (1985–86)
Paul Daley (1986–87)
Peter Fox (1987–91)
Allan Agar (1991–92)
Steve Martin (1992–94)
David Ward (1994–97)
Steve Simms (1997–98)
Kevin Hobbs (1998–99)
Peter Roe (1999–2001)
Ian Fairhurst (2001–02)
Andy Kelly (2002–03)
Gary Price (2004–05)
David Hobbs (2005–08)
Daryl Powell (2008–13)
John Bastian (2013–14)
Andy Hay (2014–15)
Jon Sharp (2015–17)
John Duffy (2017–18)
Ryan Carr (2018–19)
James Webster (2019–21)
Brian McDermott (2021–22)
Sean Long (2023)
James Ford (2023–)