John Willie Chester

Rugby league player

John Willie Chester

Personal information

Full name

John Willie Chester

Playing information

Position

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1908–15	Warrington	153	24	1	0	74
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
≥Sep 1908–≤Apr 15	Lancashire	2

As of 13 December 2016

John Willie Chester was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at club level for Warrington (Heritage № 149), as a forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.

Playing career

Challenge Cup Final appearances

John Willie Chester played in Warrington's 5-9 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1913 Challenge Cup Final during the 1912–13 season at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds, in front of a crowd of 22,754.

Notable tour matches

John Willie Chester played as a forward, i.e. number 13, in Warrington's 10-3 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain tour match during the 1908–09 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington, Saturday 14 November 1908, in front of a crowd of 5,000, due to the strikes in the cotton mills, the attendance was badly affected, the loss of earnings meant that some fans could not afford to watch the first tour by the Australian rugby league team.^[1]

Club career

John Willie Chester made his début for Warrington on 19 September 1908, and he played his last match for Warrington on 5 April 1915.^[2]

References

^ "100 years since Wire took on the Aussies for the first time". warringtonwolves.com. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk". wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2016.