County Players 1959-1973
Lancashire SFA County Representative Honours 1959-1973
This section covers the final decades of the "old" Lancashire. In 1973-4 County boundary reorganisation meant that Lancashire became much smaller, losing districts to new and oldc ounties - Cumbria, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and even Cheshire. However, in the fifties and sixties selection was from the wider spread of associations.
Abbreviations:
A - Accrington
AuL - Ashton under Lyne
Ba - Barrow
Bl - Blackburn
Bol - Bolton
Bo- Bootle
Bp - Blackpool & District
Bu - Burnley
Bur - Bury
C&L - Chorley & Leyland
Cr - Crosby and Litherland
Cha - Chadderton
Cho - Chorley
D - Darwen
E&I - Eccles & Irlam
F - Farnworth and Worsley
Hu- Huyton
HW - Horwich and Westhoughton
K - Kirkby
L - Liverpool
L&M - Lancaster & Morecambe
M - Manchester
Mi - Middleton
N - Nelson and Colne
NLW - Newton le Willows
O - Oldham
Or - Ormskirk
P - Preston
Pen - Pendle (this district covered Ribble Valley)
Pr - Prescot
PRW - Prestwich, Radcliffe & WHitefield
R - Rossendale
Ro - Rochdale
S - Salford
SH - St Helens
So - Southport
St Stretford
Wa - Warrington
Wi - Wigan
All appearances in this period were at Under 15 level.
# indicates appearance in more than one season
| Abram (So) | 1968-69 |
| Albeson (Mi) | 1961-62 |
| Anderson (Pr) | 1961-62 |
| Andrews (Wi) | 1965-66 |
| Armson (SH) | 1965-66 |
| Armstrong (NLW) | 1961-62 |
| Alan Ashcroft (Wi) | 1960-61 ESFA |
| Ashworth (PRW) | 1972-73 |
| Aspinall (Wi) | 1964-65 |
| Avis (K) | 1968-69 |
| Philip Babij (Bu) | 1972-73 |
| Bacon (L) | 1968-69 |
| William Baker (L) | 1962-63 ESFA |
| Balm (Ba) | 1972-73 |
| Barton (Ba) | 1965-66 |
| Bennett (L) | 1963-64 |
| Bennett (L) | 1960-61 |
| Benyon (SH) | 1959-60 |
| Best (L) | 1959-60 |
| Beswick (M) | 1964-65 |
| Bethel (M) | 1959-60 |
| Betts (Bp) | 1971-72 |
| Boothby (Cho) | 1972-73 |
| Botham (M) | 1971-73 # |
| Brown (Bol) | 1968-69 |
| Bradford (Hu) | 1970-71 |
| Bradley (M) | 1972-73 |
| Bradshaw (AuL) | 1961-62 |
| Brennan (Bp) | 1959-60 |
| Briggs (Cha) | 1964-65 |
| Briggs (Cha) | 1960-61 |
| Brindle (P) | 1969-70 |
| Brindle (L) | 1964-65 |
| Brian Bromley (Bu) | 1960-61 |
| Brown (M) | 1960-61 |
| Buchanan (Ba) | 1959-60 |
| Michael Buckley (M) | 1968-69 ESFA |
| Burns (K) | 1969-70 |
| Burns (M) | 1962-63 |
| Butler (S) | 1971-72 |
| Byrne (St) | 1960-61 |
| Byron (Hu) | 1968-69 |
| Cahill (Cr) | 1970-71 |
| Calverley (A) | 1971-72 |
| Len Cantello (M) | 1966-67 ESFA |
| Carroll (M) | 1967-68 |
| Carroll (L) | 1963-64 |
| John Caslin (L) | 1968-69 |
| Cavendish (Or) | 1963-64 |
| Charlton (Cr) | 1965-66 |
| Clarke (N) | 1972-73 |
| Cock (Bu) | 1970-71 |
| Cocks (Or) | 1965-66 |
| Connaughton (Wi) | 1964-65 |
| Cooper (HW) | 1969-70 |
| George Coppock (Bu) | 1966-67 |
| Michael Corcoran (Or) | 1971-72 |
| Coxon (L) | 1960-61 |
| Coyne (M) | 1971-72 |
| Cruickshank (K) | 1966-67 |
| Michael Cryer (Bu) | 1968-69 |
| Curran (M) | 1962-63 |
| Curtis (Bp) | 1969-70 |
| Curtis (M) | 1967-68 |
| Eric Curwen (Bp) | 1962-63 ESFA c |
| Darwen (AuL) | 1963-64 |
| Davies (Bo) | 1971-72 |
| Dilworth (P) | 1971-72 |
| Dooney (Wi) | 1965-66 |
| Doran (Cr) | 1965-66 |
| Douglas (Bp) | 1966-67 |
| Alan Dugdale (K) | 1967-68 |
| Ken Dugdale (K) | 1965-66 |
| Dumcan (Wi) | 1962-63 |
| Dunn (M) | 1971-72 |
| Edwards (F) | 1972-73 |
| Edwards (F) | 1969-70 |
| Elliott (Ba) | 1968-69 |
| Ellis (Bl) | 1966-67 |
| Emmerson (M) | 1962-63 |
| Evans (Ba) | 1967-68 |
| Roy Evans (Bo) | 1963-64 ESFA |
| Fairclough (St) | 1969-70 |
| Fairclough (Cr) | 1963-64 |
| David Farrar (M) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| John Ferguson (L) | 1969-70 |
| Finn (M) | 1968-69 |
| Fletcher (M) | 1968-69 |
| Paul Fletcher (Bol) | 1965-66 |
| Flexon (Hu) | 1964-65 |
| Flood (L) | 1967-68 |
| Foy (P) | 1960-61 |
| Frimston (Sa) | 1961-62 |
| Gannon (M) | 1969-70 |
| Gardner (Cho) | 1972-73 |
| Gick (L) | 1963-64 |
| David Gill (M) | 1963-64 |
| Ian Gillibrand (Bl) | 1963-64 |
| Glennon (M) | 1964-65 |
| Gerry Glover (L) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| Ronald Goodlass (L) | 1968-69 ESFA |
| Gordon (St) | 1970-71 |
| Gordon (L) | 1968-69 |
| Goulden (Sa) | 1959-60 |
| David Grant (L) | 1962-63 ESFA |
| Grayson (M) | 1959-60 |
| Greenhalgh (AuL) | 1968-69 |
| Gregson (K) | 1968-69 |
| Gresty (Bol) | 1961-62 |
| David Griffiths (Bo) | 1972-73 |
| Griffiths (L) | 1959-60 |
| Grimshaw (M) | 1972-73 |
| Hallahan (F) | 1969-71 # |
| Anthony Hallam (Mi) | 1965-66 ESFA |
| Hamill (Cr) | ESFA u18 (1967-68) |
| Geoffrey Harcombe (L) | 1960-61 ESFA |
| Edward Harrop (M) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| Harwood (Bl) | 1963-64 |
| Hatton (M) | 1965-66 |
| Ian Hendrick (P) | 1959-60 |
| Henry (Mi) | 1967-68 |
| Henshaw (M) | 1963-64 |
| Raymond Hewitt (M) | 1959-60 |
| Heyes (F) | 1964-65 |
| Higgins (Bl) | 1971-72 |
| Higgins (Wa) | 1960-61 |
| Alan Hignett (L) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| Hoare (L) | 1969-70 |
| Hobart (Hu) | 1969-70 |
| Hodgkins (Sa) | 1960-61 |
| Hogan (St) | 1970-71 |
| David Holden (Bl) | 1962-3 |
| Holden (SH) | 1959-60 |
| Gary Hoolikin (Mi) | 1972-73 |
| Hopkinson (Cha) | 1972-73 |
| Hornby (L) | 1971-72 |
| Horrocks (Bol) | 1969-70 |
| Horrocks (Wi) | 1965-66 |
| Howard (M) | 1962-63 |
| Hudson (M) | 1965-66 |
| Hughes (Wa) | 1972-73 |
| Hughes (K) | 1969-70 |
| Hulley AuL) | 1959-60 |
| Hunt (M) | 1969-70 |
| David Hunter (M) | 1963-64 |
| John Hurst (Bp) | 1960-62 # ESFA |
| Hutchinson (Bol) | 1969-70 |
| Illingworth (Ba) | 1967-68 |
| Innes (K) | 1964-65 |
| Phil Isherwood (B&D) | 1966-67 |
| Jeffreys (M) | 1965-66 |
| Jockins (K) | 1962-63 |
| Johnson (Ba) | 1966-67 |
| Paul Johnstone (L) | 1968-69 ESFA |
| Johnstone (Pr) | 1963-64 |
| George Jones (L) | 1966-67 ESFA |
| Jones (NLW) | 1961-62 |
| Jones (St) | 1960-61 |
| Joyson (M) | 1960-61 |
| Jump (PRW) | 1966-67 |
| Kay (F) | 1964-65 |
| Kearney (L) | 1966-67 |
| Kelly (Hu) | 1972-73 |
| Ian Kendall (Bl) | 1962-63 |
| Kennedy (Ba) | 1962-63 |
| Kenny (L) | 1970-71 |
| Kenworthy (L) | 1962-63 |
| William Kenny (L) | 1966-67 ESFA |
| Roger Kenyon (Bp) | 1963-64 |
| Kewley (K) | 1969-70 |
| Killen (Cr) | 1963-64 |
| Albert Kinsey (L) | 1960-61 ESFA |
| Koo (L) | 1965-66 |
| Lang (S) | 1964-65 |
| Larner (Wi) | 1970-71 |
| Peter Lawlor (L) | 1972-73 |
| Lee (P) | 1959-60 |
| Leigh (Sa) | 1961-62 |
| Lennard (M) | 1959-60 |
| Larry Leonard (Bo) | 1972-73 |
| Lewis (F) | 1965-66 |
| Peter Livesey (Bl) | 1962-63 |
| Lloyd (L) | 1965-66 |
| Ian Lowey (M) | 1972-73 |
| Loyden (Cr) | 1960-61 |
| Lucas (M) | 1961-62 |
| McAlle (Hu) | 1964-65 |
| McAllinden (Sa) | 1960-61 |
| Don McAllister (PRW) | 1967-68 |
| Derek McClatchley (Hu) | 1970-71 |
| Grant McCulloch (L) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| McGuire (Bp) | 1967-68 |
| John McLoughlin (K) | 1966-67 |
| McMahon (Mi) | 1969-70 |
| McMahon (M) | 1964-65 |
| McMurdo (M) | 1966-67 |
| McNamara (L) | 1968-70 # |
| Madine (L) | 1971-72 |
| Adrian Maher (L) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| Mannion (M) | 1970-71 |
| Marsh (K) | 1963-64 |
| Cliff Marshall (L) | 1969-71 # |
| Marshall (L) | 1961-62 |
| Alvin Martin (Bo) | 1972-73 |
| Metcalfe (L&M) | 1968-69 |
| Stuart Metcalfe (B&D) | 1965-66 |
| Miller (F) | 1961-62 |
| Milner (M) | 1967-68 |
| Mitchell (Hu) | 1969-70 |
| Alan Mitchell (L) | 1965-66 ESFA |
| Moore (Bp) | 1970-71 |
| Moore (L) | 1960-61 |
| Moran (L) | 1967-68 |
| Morris (Wi) | 1960-61 |
| Moseley (St) | 1968-69 |
| Moss (Mi) | 1963-64 |
| Mulhearn (L) | 1960-61 |
| Murphy (Hu) | 1970-71 |
| Myers (SH) | 1964-65 |
| Newberry (Bur) | 1971-72 |
| Nicklin (F) | 1967-68 ESFA |
| Michael O'Halloran (L) | 1972-73 |
| O'Neil (SH) | 1967-68 ESFA |
| O'Neill (Bl) | 1968-69 |
| Ogilvie (Ba) | 1972-73 |
| Olinyk (Bol) | 1968-69 |
| Oliver (L) | 1971-72 |
| Oliver (St) | 1969-70 |
| Oliviero (Bu) | 1972-73 |
| Leslie Ormond (M) | 1967-68 ESFA |
| Orritt (K) | ESFA u18 (1967-68) |
| Osborne (K) | 1968-69 |
| Otty (L) | 1963-64 |
| Parkinson (P) | 1970-71 |
| John Pearson (Wi) | 1961-62 ESFA |
| Graham Pearson (Wi) | 1959-60 |
| Phillips (F) | 1963-64 |
| Frank Pimblett Hu) | 1971-72 |
| Postlethwaite (Bp) | 1964-65 |
| Preston (Bu) | 1963-64 |
| Prince (St) | 1969-70 |
| Ray Pritchard (K) | 1968-69 ESFA |
| Ken Pritchard (L) | 1968-69 |
| Prophet (M) | 1969-70 |
| Ratcliffe (A) | 1966-67 |
| Rathmill (Mi) | 1965-66 |
| Reynolds (He) | 1967-68 |
| Riley (N) | 1965-66 |
| Riley (Bu) | 1959-60 |
| Robert Roach (L) | 1962-63 ESFA |
| Roberts (L) | 1964-65 |
| Roberts (L) | 1960-61 |
| Robinson (Hu) | 1966-67 |
| Robinson (Bp) | 1959-60 |
| William Rodaway (L) | 1969-70 |
| Rooney (L) | 1961-62 |
| Ross (AuL) | 1971-72 |
| Joe Royle (L) | 1963-64 |
| Rumjahn (Or) | 1970-71 |
| Rushton (St) | 1965-67 # |
| Rushton (Bp) | 1962-63 |
| Ryan (Bu) | 1971-72 |
| Rylands (L) | 1967-68 |
| Sandiford (Cho) | 1960-61 |
| Scott (K) | 1967-68 |
| Stephen Seargeant (L) | 1965-66 ESFA |
| Shellicker (Bp) | 1960-61 |
| Shield (F) | 1962-63 |
| Smith (St) | 1971-72 |
| Smith (St) | 1964-65 |
| Paul Smith (M) | 1967-69 # ESFA |
| Smith (M) | 1966-67 |
| Smith (M) | 1964-65 |
| John Smith (L) | 1967-68 ESFA |
| Smith (L) | 1959-60 |
| Snasdell (Bp) | 1963-64 |
| Strachan (Bp) | 1962-63 |
| Stretch (L&M) | 1959-60 |
| Stringer (M) | 1968-69 |
| Arthur (Archie) Styles (L) | 1964-65 ESFA |
| Sutcliffe (M) | 1971-72 |
| Swede (L) | 1970-71 |
| Sykes (Mi) | 1968-69 |
| Taylor (Bp) | 1971-72 |
| Gordon Taylor (AuL) | 1959-60 |
| Telfer (Hu) | 1969-70 |
| Thomas (St) | 1961-62 |
| Thompson (Bol) | 1969-70 |
| Thompson (Bur) | 1961-62 |
| Tomlinson (Bl) | 1960-61 |
| Tony Towers (M) | 1966-67 ESFA |
| Tranter (M) | 1959-60 |
| Uttley (Sa) | 1959-60 |
| Walker (Cha) | 1966-67 |
| Walsh (SH) | 1960-61 |
| Walton (P) | 1959-60 |
| Ward (K) | 1969-70 |
| Wardrop (S) | 1970-71 |
| Webster (L) | 1959-60 |
| Welsby (SH) | 1967-68 |
| Whalley (A) | 1966-67 |
| Whelan (K) | 1962-63 |
| Alan Whittle (L) | 1964-65 ESFA |
| Williams (AuL) | 1966-67 |
| Jos Wojciechowicz (L&M) | 1964-65 |
| Wood (M) | 1960-61 |
| Woods (M) | 1964-65 |
| Worthington (M) | 1971-72 |
| Wright (So) | 1964-65 |
| Tommy Wright (L) | 1959-60 |
| Wrigley (A) | 1964-65 |
| Young (M) | 1967-68 |