Lovely bloke ,seen him a few years back outside a bar in Cardiff at magic weekend he seemed made up to be recognised in his Warrington colours that day . R.I.P Chissy

Chiz most times looked as if he'd just left the pub after a good session and found himself on a rugby pitch but looks can be deceptive. He had great stamina and when those around him built like Adonis were dropping like flies in the last 15 minutes Chiz would just going keep on and on. A big rival of his was brother Eric both on and off the pitch...They were having one of their usual battles at home one day and Eric was chasing Dave all all round the house...Eric fell over the furniture and broke his arm leaving him out of the Saints team for some weeks...He was a great character. RIP

RIP Big Fella Loved watching him at Wilderspool...

sad loss...any one remember the try he scored (think it was bradford at home ) when he sold about 3 dummies to score at the railway end..r.i.p big fellow

Good old fashioned ball-handling prop.

A sad day, indeed.

Thanks big fella

Very sad indeed. That's another of the great 1974 side gone.

I remember him chipping over at Wigan in the cup I think. It hit the woodwork and bounced back into his hands for him to charge over.

RIP

R.I.P. Still fondly remember the try against bradford.

1975 Challenge Cup quarter final

I was going to post about that one earlier, I was at Central Park with a girlfriend from Ince as a neutral but supporting the Wire, Dave was a top player, collected the ball about 15 yards out, with tge pies expecting a straight charge for the line, instead he chipped over and caught the rebound ,he was quick as over a short dustance

He played many great games at Leigh, RIP big lad

Great player with an amazing sidestep which he displayed once or twice in the 1974 cup final. We used to reckon his technique was to swing his ( not inconsiderable ) ale gut in one direction and then dart off in the other. Fooled 'em every time. A sad loss so young and it was a nice coincidence that we'd been discussing the Fev final just this last week. R.I.P.

R.I.P.

A great player from a different era. A childhood hero of mine.
The 1974 team was outstanding and won virtually everything they played in.

RIP

R.I.P. Chissy. Thanks for the memories.

Chissy scored best try I ever saw. It was in his final season 81-82 v's Bradford northern. I was ball boy that day and in privileged position to run the touchline following chissy as he set off from the Fletcher end 20. He ran a 3/4 line up along the snookers club stand. He delivered an outrageous dummie kick that a defender took, so he broke to the halfway line, where he did the same dummy kick again, the fullback took it.
chissy then with the line broke, headed straight towards the railway end tryline. The fullback turned and gave chase.
The fb finally caught him and tackled him around the legs. Chissy just had enough pace to make it to the line and get the ball down. What a try! Only the fullback, the ref, roger o'mahoney and Myself as the ball boy kept up with him.
There is a picture on the wall, within the stands the hj, where he is getting back up to his feet after scoring that try, you can see the fullback on the floor and roger o'mahoney celebrating chissys try.

That try will forever stay in my thoughts. I was also privileged to tell the great man everytime i met him, that. I remembered that try and it was the best i ever saw. He was always so humbled by that.