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 Leopards.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.