Career Record for Featherstone
Appearances			Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
Total	Start	Sub
61	61	0	2	0	0	6

Born in Streehouse in 1892, Billy Seymour was approaching the veteran stage and had been a Featherstone player for nine years when Rovers were granted senior status in 1921. After starting at North Featherstone Intermediates, his debut for Featherstone Rovers had been in the junior leagues back in 1912. His career, like everyone’s at that time, was interrupted by the First World War. At full-back, stand-off or in the three-quarters he was a fundamental part of the tremendously successful team from 1919 to 1921 which convinced the RFL that Rovers deserved their chance in the big league. A regular try scorer and goal kicker, Seymour also shared the captaincy duties in that first season, although he did not play in the club’s first ever match. His senior debut came at centre in the fourth match, although he spent the rest of that year as first choice full-back. When Sid Denton took over that role the following year, Seymour’s appearances were limited to covering the half-back positions.

In August 1923 after playing against Rochdale at full-back on the Saturday, on Tuesday at work at Snydale Colliery Seymour suffered a horrific accident when a roof collapsed on him, leaving him with a fractured jaw, other facial injuries and internal damage. Newspaper reports described him “lying on a bed of pain in hospital”. Remarkably he was back in the first team at stand-off by Boxing Day.