Career Record for Featherstone
Appearances			Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
Total	Start	Sub
209	209	0	2	0	0	6

There can be no apology for concentrating on the remarkable record of appearances held by Percy Morris, which is unparalleled ln the history of the club. He was signed from Knottingley Juniors and made his senior debut in the opening game of the 1929/30 season v Wakefield (away) on 31 August 1929. In a remarkable record of consistency, he then played in all 39 matches that season and all 43 in the next season; his consecutive run was only brought to a halt on 88 matches in the following season when he had to miss the game at Batley on 17 October 1931 because he was playing for Yorkshire. He then went on to play in 32 of the remaining 33 fixtures of that season, and the first six of 1932/33 before being sent off at Halifax on 24 September and being suspended for four matches.

Ironically, during that period of suspension, he played for Yorkshire against Cumberland and was transferred to Halifax.  He had therefore played in 126 of 128 games played by the club from 1929 to 1932. His transfer was yet another of the survival transfers which the Rovers had to make in the 1930s, but he did return from Halifax in 1934. He made his second debut v Batley (away) on 2 December 1934 and immediately resumed his remarkable record playing in all 20 of Rovers remaining fixtures in 1934/35; all 41 matches in 1935/36; and after a consecutive run of 66 matches, made 22 out of 25 appearances in 1936/37. His last game was at home to St Helens on 23 January 1937. It meant that, in his second spell, he had played 83 out of 86 games, making a combined total of 209 appearances out of 214 games.

It is not incidental that Morris was also an excellent hooker who made three appearances for Yorkshire between 1931 and 1932. His sum total of two tries for the Rovers was achieved in one season, 1930/31, at home to Bradford and St Helens, but no doubt he was concentrating on all those appearances - some record!

 

Biography by Ron Bailey