Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Born
- Sunday, 14th May, 1944
- Current Age
- 79 years and 310 days
- Place Of Birth
- Widnes, Cheshire, England
Awards & Accolades
- Lance Todd Trophy
- 1978
- Man Of Steel Award
- 1978
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Tour Matches | Great Britain | 42 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 64.29% | List | |||
Test Series | 18 | - | - | - | - | 8 | 10 | 0 | 44.44% | List | ||||
World Cup | 14 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 64.29% | List | ||||
The Ashes | 11 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27.27% | List | ||||
European Championship | 4 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | England | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 42.86% | List | |||
World Club Challenge | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Lancashire Cup | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
English Championship | 22 | - | - | - | - | 14 | 8 | 0 | 63.64% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | St Helens | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
Regal Trophy | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
Challenge Cup | 6 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 2 | 0 | 66.67% | List | ||||
UK Second Division | 44 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 61.36% | List | ||||
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Test Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Great Britain | 1971-74, 1977-79 | 29 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 58.62% | List | |||
England | 1975, 1977-78 | 11 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 63.64% | List | |||
Overall | 1971-1979 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 24 | 13 | 3 | 60.00% | List | |||
International Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Great Britain | 1971-1974 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
World Cup Matches - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
Great Britain | 1971-1977 | 7 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 71.43% | List | |||
England | 1975 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | 2 | 57.14% | List | |||
Overall | 1972-1977 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 64.29% | List | |||
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English Career - By Year | ||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St Helens | 1976 | ? | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
St Helens | 1980/81 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 7 | 0 | 69.57% | List | |||
Cardiff | 1981/82 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 46.15% | List | |||
Salford | 1982/83 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
Salford | 1983/84 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% | List | |||
English Career - By Team | ||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
St Helens | 1976, 1980 | 24 | - | - | - | - | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
Cardiff | 1981 | 26 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 46.15% | List | |||
Salford | 1982-83 | 33 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 63.64% | List | |||
Overall | 1976-1984 | ? | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates, Tim Costello, AJ Lucantonio
Sources:
Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1981-82, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1984-85, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1982-83, Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1983-84, Newspapers
Your Say
26/01/2011
George Nickolls started his playing days for Widnes and was a member of the 1972 World Cup winning team before moving to St Helens in late 1972.
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