Quote: Highbury Rhino "Of course I had forgotten that a 'past his prime one legged' Ellery Hanley had managed this feat! I seem to remember Hanley playing at 13 for most of his Leeds days. IIRC Bob Haigh credited Ray Batten with his record at the time saying all he had to do was follow Batten around and he was bound to score.'"
Different class but you try telling the youngsters today they won't believe you .... they won't.
Quote: Highbury Rhino "BTW I wonder what Ray Batten (one of my 20 or so favourite players of all time) is doing these days'"
Sorry no idea. Last time I saw him was at John Holmes' minute silence befor the Les Catalans game. Looked just the same, from a distance.
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Quote: Highbury Rhino "And for my next question, how many games did Ellery end up playing for Leeds? It all went by in a bit of a blur. I remember 2 seasons fairly well, but I were but a nipper in them days , and they all merge together a bit.'"
Ellery Hanley at Leeds:
League - App 88 + 1, Tries 79, Goals 1, Drop Goals 1, Points 319
Premiership - App 3, Tries 0, Goals 0, Drop Goals 0, Points 0
Challenge Cup - App 14, Tries 19, Goals 0, Drop Goals 0, Points 76
JP/RT - App 6, Tries 6, Goals 0, Drop Goals 0, Points 24
Yorkshire Cup - App 2, Tries 2, Goals 0, Drop Goals 0, Points 8
Total - App 113 + 1, Tries 106, Goals 1, Drop Goals 1, Points 427
