Charles Annable
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Charles "Charlie" Annable (born January→March 1905 in Alverthorpe
or Hemsworth
– death unknown) was a professional rugby league
footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level played for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers
, and Castleford
, playing at , i.e. number 7.
in November 1927 which kept him out of Featherstone Rovers' run to the 1927–28 Rugby Football League Championship final, in 1931 he was sold to Castleford for £400 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £78,300 in 2009).
) 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."
district.
Alverthorpe
Alverthorpe is a suburb of, and former village in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.-History:After the start of the Industrial Revolution woollen and worsted yarns were spun and woollen and worsted cloth woven in...
or Hemsworth
Hemsworth
Hemsworth is a small town and civil parish on the edge of West Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the City of Wakefield, and has a population of 13,311....
– death unknown) was a professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level played for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
, and Castleford
Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
, playing at , i.e. number 7.
County honours
Charlie Annable won two caps for Yorkshire, including in 1929 against Australia.Club career
Charlie Annable broke his ClavicleClavicle
In human anatomy, the clavicle or collar bone is a long bone of short length that serves as a strut between the scapula and the sternum. It is the only long bone in body that lies horizontally...
in November 1927 which kept him out of Featherstone Rovers' run to the 1927–28 Rugby Football League Championship final, in 1931 he was sold to Castleford for £400 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £78,300 in 2009).
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?Sic
Sic—generally inside square brackets, [sic], and occasionally parentheses, —when added just after a quote or reprinted text, indicates the passage appears exactly as in the original source...
) 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."
Genealogical information
Charlie Annable's marriage to Clara Rhodes was registered during January→March 1928 in WakefieldWakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
district.