Charles Annable

Charles "Charlie" Stuart Annable (30 November 1904 – 1957[2]) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, and Castleford, as a scrum-half.[3][4][5][6][7]

Charles Annable
Ogden's Cigarette card featuring Charles Annable
Personal information
Full nameCharles Annable
Born30 November 1904
Hemsworth, Yorkshire,[1]
Died1957 (aged 52)
Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight10 st 11 lb (68 kg)
PositionScrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1924–31 Featherstone Rovers 196 29 2 0 91
1931–33 Castleford 30 1 0 0 3
Total 226 30 2 0 94
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1929–≥29 Yorkshire 2

Personal life

Charlie Annable was born in Hemsworth, Yorkshire, to Charles, a coal miner, and Jane Annable.[8][1][9] He married Clara Rhodes on 4 February 1928.[10] In 1939, he was working as a bus driver in Stanley, Yorkshire.[11] He died in Yorkshire, aged 52.[12]

Playing career

County honours

Charlie Annable won two caps for Yorkshire while at the Featherstone Rovers; during the 1928–29 season against Glamorgan and Monmouthshire, and during the 1929–30 season against Australia.

County League appearances

Charlie Annable played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire League during the 1932–33 season.

County Cup Final appearances

Charles Annable played scrum-half in the Featherstone Rovers' 0-5 defeat by Leeds in the 1928 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1928–29 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 24 November 1928.

Club career

Charles Annable made his début for the Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 27 September 1924,[13] he broke his clavicle in November 1927 which kept him out of Featherstone Rovers' run to the Championship Final during the 1927–28 season, in 1931 he was sold to Castleford for £400 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £66,750 in 2013),[14] he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.

Contemporaneous article extract

"C. Annable' Featherstone Rovers (Northern Rugby League.) "C. Annable has demonstrated to his club the value of local talent. He was born in Alverthorpe [sic] in Yorkshire, and as a youth he has time for development. He is an unorthodox worker of the scrum, for he is not merely content to get the ball but he kicks to touch to advantage, and at other times bursts round to receive a reverse pass. Though on the small side everything points to his receiving county honours."[15]


References
  1. 1911 England Census
  2. "Death details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. Bailey, Ron (1956). "The Official History of Featherstone Rovers R.L.F.C.". Wakefield Express. ASIN: B00O1TLDPC
  4. "Yesterday's Man". rugbyleague.org. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. David Smart & Andrew Howard (1 July 2000). Images of Sport - Castleford Rugby League - A Twentieth Century History. The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0752418957
  6. "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  7. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1910
  9. "Featherstone Rovers". Athletic News. 12 August 1929.
  10. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1813–1935
  11. 1939 England and Wales Register
  12. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  13. Bailey, Ron (20 September 2001). Images of Sport - Featherstone Rovers Rugby League Football Club. The History Press. ISBN 0752422952
  14. "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  15. Ogden's (circa-1926). Famous Rugby Players (Card 24 of 50). Ogden's. ISBN n/a
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