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John Holmes

  • Playing Career

Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Friday, 21st March, 1952
Died
Saturday, 26th September, 2009 (Aged 57 years and 189 days)
Place Of Birth
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

World Cup
1972
European Championship
1977/1978
Test Series
New Zealand vs Great Britain 1979
Regal Trophy
1983/1984
Yorkshire Cup
1980/1981

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   Comp Wins App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Tour Matches Great Britain - 30 3 4   2 19 17 13 1 56.67% List
Test Series 1 11 - 2   2 6 4 7 0 36.36% List
World Cup 1 11 6 10   - 38 8 2 1 72.73% List
Tour Matches England - 2 1 -   - 3 2 0 0 100.00% List
European Championship 1 3 1 -   - 3 1 2 0 33.33% List
The Ashes - 7 - -   - - 1 6 0 14.29% List
English Championship - 148 34 1   7 124 88 55 5 59.46% List
Tour Matches Leeds Rhinos - 4 - -   - - 0 4 0 0.00% List
Yorkshire Cup 1 12 2 -   - 7 7 5 0 58.33% List
Regal Trophy 1 18 3 -   2 13 14 4 0 77.78% List
Challenge Cup - 16 1 -   2 6 10 5 1 62.50% List
Premiership Trophy - 5 - -   - - 2 3 0 40.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1971-72, 1977-79, 1982   20 3 20   2 51 10 9 1 50.00% List
England 1975, 1977-78   7 5 -   - 15 5 2 0 71.43% List
Overall1971-1982   27 8 20   2 66 15 11 1 55.56% List

International Matches - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Great Britain 1971-1979   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 10   - 26 4 2 1 57.14% List
England 1975   4 4 -   - 12 4 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1972-1977   11 6 10   0 38 8 2 1 72.73% List


Club Career

English Career - By Year

Team Season   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1980/81   28 5 1   2 19 14 14 0 50.00% List
Leeds 1981/82   36 12 -   5 41 22 13 1 61.11% List
Leeds 1982/83   36 6 -   1 19 24 10 2 66.67% List
Leeds 1983/84   35 12 -   - 48 23 10 2 65.71% List
Leeds 1984/85   28 1 -   1 5 19 8 1 67.86% List
Leeds 1986/87   30 3 -   2 14 15 15 0 50.00% List
Leeds 1987/88   5 1 -   - 4 3 2 0 60.00% List
Leeds 1989/90   1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List

English Career - By Team

Team Years   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Leeds 1980-84, 1986-87, 1989   199 40 1   11 150 121 72 6 60.80% List

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Max Turner, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates

Sources: Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook (1981-82 to 1999), Irvin Saxton's Record Keepers' Club