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| Aside from Sterling whom I think is the stand out talent wise by far we've being a bit sp for top top scrums halves.
Billy Anderson 216 games, 16 tries.
At only 5ft 6 and 11 stone he was considered to be a hard, wily bundle of energy, your typical 'old fashioned' scrum half.
Took us to 4, yes that's right 4 CC finals, 1907/08, 08/09, 09/10 (all losing) and then finally winning the big one in 1913/14. Missed out on rep honours despite shining in the trials for the 1910 tour down under. Playing 6 seasons over two stints with us & a couple of seasons at Batly he had just one game after the war.
Eddie Caswell, 401 app, 98 tries, 5 goals. One of the very few in the '400' club. Formed a great partnership with Stan Whittey in the 20s as well as playing off half for a fair few of his games.
he was another robust, speedy and crafty half that helped the great 2nd rower Bob Taylor to run in plenty of his tries as well as amass almost a century for himself. Missed out on international duty due to the likes of the great Jonty Parkin but rep'd for Wales 3 times. Won the championship in 20/21, Yorkshire Cup in 23/24 along with 2 CC final losses and 2 yorks cup final losses.
Tommy Finn, 375 apps, 132 tries, 1 goal. Originally spending 4 seasons at St.Helens with only 8 appearances his 11 seasons co-incided with one of Hull's greatest ever periods from the mid 50s to the mid 60s. Though not considered a 'great' he formed a brilliant partnership with JW and worked his magic especially down the blind side and ensured our 'Panzer' pack did its job. A prolific try scorer & brilliant support player scored the vital winning try in the 1956 championship final at Maine Rd and our only try in the defeat by Wigan in the '59 CC final. No rep honours but won 2 Championship medals and 1 losers, 2 losing CC medals and 2 losing Yorkshire cup medals
Honourable mentions to Chris Davidson and Kenny Foulkes, two top club men.
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| In a break from tradition i would like to argue for the inclusion of tommy finn. signed in 1954 finn played 375 times for hull scoring 132 tries and won 2 championships, also appearing in 4 major finals. was a key member of the late 50s to early 60s team. i was very close to putting him straight in but felt the overall vibe of the thread was the 5 players above. question is who to leave out?
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| Only watched since 1980, but it's Sterling, Sterling, Sterling for me.
Feel sorry for those stalwarts from the early years, no-one to stand their corner. We'll never know the true reality, that's a bit sad really .
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| Absolutely loved Tony Dean .
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| Quote: B0NES "Absolutely loved Tony Dean .'"
God, me too. And Harkin! Rigid fairness from King Arthur!
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| Tough one but Chris Davidson deserves another look, more games for Hull than Dean & Harkin added together and good enough to play for Yorkshire, which is about the level they were at (I liked both Dean & Harkin BTW). Do you go for the better quality of Sterling or Entat despite their short Hull careers or the longer service of the good but not great? Caswell I obviously know nothing much about but 3 Wales appearances suggest a Dean, Harkin, Davidson standard of player.
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