Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:07 pm  

All time favourite, not the best but Tony Duke.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Wed Apr 22, 2015 12:22 pm  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

A lot better I would suggest. 6 Yorkshire cup finals. Won 4 of them including 3 in successive years.

7 Challenge cup finals. Won 2 of them. I saw the draw at Wembley but missed the replay. Saw 2 others at Wembley(Rovers and Wigan) to

maintain my record of never having seen Hull win a cup final.

Yes you're right Freddie. I think its the current state of affairs that makes me feel that things aren't as good as they were. I've actually seen us win the Challenge Cup.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:47 pm  

A mention for Tony Duke one club man who raked the ball out all night and had a word with a few of the widnes team to keep them distracted He got us underway for our challenge cup victory and for me MOM
He was the first to be hoisted on the shoulders of charlie stone at the end of the game ,thats what the old guard thought of Tony that night

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:10 pm  

yep t duke was a real old fashioned hooker, i remember alan mcglone as well,

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:36 pm  

norbellini wrote:

A mention for Tony Duke one club man who raked the ball out all night and had a word with a few of the widnes team to keep them distracted He got us underway for our challenge cup victory and for me MOM
He was the first to be hoisted on the shoulders of charlie stone at the end of the game ,thats what the old guard thought of Tony that night

Very underrated player but was 8 years with us and a crap team, only his last years was picked in a good team .

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:03 am  

Armavinit wrote:

Tommy Harris for me. Part of the "Panzer Pack" plus held his own in the national side. His game at Wembley with a depleted pack (Mike Smith's debut game, must be a record) and playing on with concussion, until his legs finally gave up on him, has to seal it???????? p.s. I've never voted before, because the chioce has been so varied but, Tommy's a stand out for me. I've got the DVD of the final, if anyone's interested, Mike Smith's confrontation with Rocky Turner and ball shove in the face, is a gem.

Does the DVD show the incident where Harris was flattened and concussed in the first half? It happened almost in line with me and he got up and fell down 2-3 times before the trainer was allowed on and he was taken to the touchline for a while. I always believed it was" Rocky" Turner who hit him but have never seen anything to confirm this.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Thu Apr 23, 2015 1:17 pm  

Armavinit wrote:

Tommy Harris for me. Part of the "Panzer Pack" plus held his own in the national side. His game at Wembley with a depleted pack (Mike Smith's debut game, must be a record) and playing on with concussion, until his legs finally gave up on him, has to seal it???????? p.s. I've never voted before, because the chioce has been so varied but, Tommy's a stand out for me. I've got the DVD of the final, if anyone's interested, Mike Smith's confrontation with Rocky Turner and ball shove in the face, is a gem.

I'd be really interested in getting a copy of the DVD of that.

I knew Tommy quite well but I'm not old enough to see him play. He told me he didn't receive his Lance Todd on the day because he was taken straight to hospital because they thought he had a fractured skull; they gave it to him in 1985 against Wigan. He was given a club blazer when received his award which he subsequently let me have. He also gave me his Great Britain scarf, tour picture and load of other stuff of which I have some up on my wall.



In the games I've seen Swain, Jackson and Mike Dixon stand out. I think I have copy of the Sky game at the Boulevard where we beat Saints with Des Hasler and Jimmy Grant playing. I seem to remember a brief set to with Mike Dixon facing up to one of the Saints pack and it was a bit like Lauaki / Burrow....

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Thu Apr 23, 2015 5:11 pm  

Richard Swain is the best hooker I have seen play for Hull FC followed very closely by Lee Jackson.

Does anyone remember Mick Jenkins? I can recall him having some good games for Hull.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Thu Apr 23, 2015 7:59 pm  

Ah Tommy Harris undoubtably the best hooker there has been in my life-time so good even the queen appreciated him. Attending her first ever cup final she is reported to have said to RL Council member Bill Cunningham, “It is amazing that such a small man can be at the bottom of a pile of bodies in the scrum and then be so active a short time later”. I also think he was the first man ever (up until then) to get the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side.

Re: All time greatest Hull FC team No.9 - The Hooker : Fri Apr 24, 2015 12:23 am  

The Dentist Wilf wrote:

Ah Tommy Harris undoubtably the best hooker there has been in my life-time so good even the queen appreciated him. Attending her first ever cup final she is reported to have said to RL Council member Bill Cunningham, “It is amazing that such a small man can be at the bottom of a pile of bodies in the scrum and then be so active a short time later”. I also think he was the first man ever (up until then) to get the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side.

First man to receive the Lance Todd trophy on the losing side was Frank Whitcombe (Bradford prop) in 1948 against Wigan - Tommy was the 2nd in 1960. The LT trophy commenced being awarded in 1946.

PS.Having found a clip of the 1960 final it was Neil Fox that hit Tommy's head in a tackle not Derek Turner as I mentioned in an earlier post.