Nat Silcock, Jr.

Not to be confused with his father Nat Silcock, Snr.

Nathan Douglas Silcock (born 27 November 1927 in Widnes, Lancashire, died 27 July 1992 in Penketh, Cheshire) was an English professional rugby league footballer. A Great Britain international representative representative Second-row, He stood around 6 ft 1’. Silcock played well over 100 matches for the St Helens club and almost as many for the Warrington Wolves before moving to Australia.

Nat D Silcock born Widnes 1927, son of the Widnes legend Nat Silcock, Snr. Signed for Wigan in 1946 and played there for 9 years before being transferred to St Helens in 1955 where he stayed till 1958 when he was transferred to Warrington. Played on a number of cup winning sides for Wigan and St Helens and was also on the 1954 G.B touring side.

In 1961 he moved into a player coaching position for Newcastle Souths taking them to their divisional final after a season and a half in charge going on to win in the following year . He then moved to Sydney to coach Eastern Suburbs for only one season.

International honours

Nat Silcock also represented Great Britain while at Wigan between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).^[1]

A list of his representative games 
 Great Britain tests    - 3
 England Internationals - 4
 England XIII           - 1
 Lancashire             - 7
 Tour Trial             - 1
 Other matches on tour  - 16
 Newcastle              - 1  ( N.S.W county divisional championship )

Full Career
 Wigan                  - 195
 St Helens              - 138
 Warrington             - 111
 South Newcastle        -  ?  ( Due to records being destroyed in flooding in June 2007 unable to get full details , but was player coach for 2 and a half seasons )                  
 Sydney Eastern Suburbs - 13   ( now known as the Roosters )
 
A list of Competitions won with clubs he played for 
 League Championship  - 1949/50 , 1951/52 (Wigan) 
 Challenge Cup        - 1950/51 (Wigan) , 1955/56 (St Helens).
 Lancashire County Cup- 1948/49 1950/51 1951/52 (Wigan) , 1959/60 (Warrington) runners up 1953/54 (Wigan) , 1956/57 (St Helens).
 Lancashire League Championship - 1949/50 1951/52 (Wigan) , runners up 1948/49 (Wigan) 1955/56 (St Helens).
 Newcastle League Champions - 1963 , runners up 1962 (South Newcastle Leagues Club).        
 
In 2010 Nat Silcock Jr was named in South Newcastle Rugby League Club's team of the century ( all time ) in the second row position .

References

1. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0954835530

• The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players (Alan Whiticker and Glen Hudson)

External links

• Saints slaughter Kangaroos
• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org

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Name	Silcock, Nat
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Date of birth	27 November 1927
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Date of death	27 July 1992
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