FORTY years on from 1984 and the selection of a club record five Oldham players for a Great Britain Down Under tour, we are thankful to Andy Wilson, head of media at the RFL, an Oldham fan and son of Ian Wilson, secretary of Rugby Oldham, for taking this picture of two of them. Mick Worrall and Terry Flanagan at the annual Lions lunch at Wigan on Saturday.
Also chosen for the tour were scrum-half Ray Ashton, centre Des Foy and second-row forward Andy Goodway.
Talking of the RL Lions, Players Assn’ secretary Joe Warburton has numerous Lions certificates for former Oldham players, writes ROGER HALSTEAD, and any relatives of the following (with their tour years in brackets), are asked to ring Joe Warburton on 07882848340 to arrange presentations on behalf of the Lions. Oldham RLFC, the Oldham Players’ Assn, the Oldham RL Heritage Trust and RL Cares, who are also involved:
Bob Sloman (1924, 1928); Terry O’Grady (1954); Alan Davies (1957. 1958); Ken Jackson (1958); Albert Avery (1910); David Holland (1914); Alf Wood (1914, 1920), Ewan Davies (1920); Albert Brough (1924); Ernie Knapman (1924), Herman Hilton (1920).
Oldham RLFC and the Oldham Players’ Assn each had a table at the full-house Saddlreworth Rangers Burns Night, a classy function attended by more than 200 guests at the White Hart, Lydgate. Mike Ford spearheaded Oldham’s representation and was the subject of supportive words by the Saddleworth Rangers chairman Terry Flanagan,
Barrie McDermott was guest speaker. The Oldham Players’ Assn table included Terry Ogden, Tony Finan, Ray Hicks, Barry Owen, Mike Elliott and Mark Chiverall and other well-known personalities spotted on various tables included Gavin Dodd, Sean Whitehead, Shane Tupaea and Wes Rogers, as well as former soccer star Paul Scholes.
Pete Emmett was MC and top-table guests included former Super League referee, now leading RFL official Robert Hicks.
Youngsters from Saddleworth Rangers and Limehurst Lions formed a guard of honour as the Oldham and Halifax players left he Boundary Park tunnel ahead of Oldham’s 24-20 win in the 1895 Cup and, pre-match, a minute’s silence was observed in memory of former Oldham forward Collin Hawkyard.
