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Charles "Charlie" Annable (birth registered January→March 1905 – death registered October→December 1957) birth registered in Alverthorpe or Hemsworth, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and 1930s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 58), and Castleford, as a scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 7, his death was registered in Wakefield district.
Contents
- County honours
- County League appearances
- County Cup Final appearances
- Club career
- Contemporaneous article extract
- Genealogical information
- References
County honours
Charlie Annable won two caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1928–29 season against Glamorgan & Monmouthshire, and during the 1929–30 season against Australia.
County League appearances
Charlie Annable played in Castleford's victory in the Yorkshire County League during the 1932–33 season.
County Cup Final appearances
Charles Annable played scrum-half/halfback in Featherstone Rovers' 0-5 defeat by Leeds in the 1928 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1928–29 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 24 November 1928.
Club career
Charles Annable made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Saturday 27 September 1924, he broke his Clavicle in November 1927 which kept him out of Featherstone Rovers' run to the Championship Final during the 1927–28 season, in 1931 he was sold to Castleford for £400 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £66,750 in 2013), he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
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] 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 (née Rhodes) was registered during January→March 1928 in Wakefield district. They had children; Sheila Annable (birth registered April→June 1936 in Wakefield district).