BadlyOverdrawnBoy Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Another legend no longer with us. http://www.swintonlionsrlfc.com/news/389 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 I spotted that on Twitter. Well before my time, but a man with a distinguished career. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 For those who never saw him play, think Jonathan Davies playing style plus fearless last-man "proper" tackling plus great place kicking. Great balance with the ball in his hand, dancing, skipping, weaving runs from fullback, flying tackles as llast lind of defence. A delight to watch. Looking for something like a leaf blower....but for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owfener Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 RIP Kenny. A real gentleman. A true great and natural, who started his career as a brilliant scrum half..... ending it there, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxford Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Although I am elsewhere now when losing someone like Ken Gowers I'll always come back because players like him and the Swinton sides make my memories sing. RIP Ken thanks for everything. 2 warning points Non-Political Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Warrior Dragon Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 I recall the Swinton side of the early 'sixties being a very fine one. I remember Gowers being at fullback then; I didn't realise he had played at no 7 (so thanks for pointing that out, owfener) Having said that, I do remember his being beaten for pace by Trevor Lake, Wigan's Rhodesian winger, in a cup semi-final at St Helens. Lake cut in from the wing and, running diagonally for the goal line, outpaced Gowers who, I suspect, had been forced too close to the touchline by a colleague's defensive error. I think that was the year that Wigan went on to beat Hunslet at Wembley. RIP, Ken - a great player in a great team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 RIP Ken Gowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnh1 Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Brilliant player. As a Salford fan, I always insisted that my dad took me to Station Road on alternate weekends to watch that great Swinton side. He was the star player in that team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
town blue Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Ken Gowers a name that always stands out from my childhood in the 60's, following Workington Town - literally kicked us out of a key cup or league game in front of a near capacity crowd at Derwent Park. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadlyOverdrawnBoy Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Also an accomplished league cricketer. His grandson must have inherited something from him, he's John Simpson, the Middlesex wicketkeeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Remember Gowers in that fabulous 60s team. Those 3 CC ties against the Chemics in 1964. A great three quarter line in front of him too - Speed/Fleet/Buckley/Stopford. Saw an exceptional league game at Knowsley Road v Saints when I think Stopford claimed a hat trick of tries opposite Van Vollenhoven. Later at Wilderspool the Wire pairing of Greenough-Edwards in a Championship Semi saw off the Lions with the mighty Bev in his pomp out scoring Stopford. Back to Gowers - a class act. A sad weekend for us losing him and the wonderful Springbok. "It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires" - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933 "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzzz65 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 18 hours ago, johnh1 said: Brilliant player. As a Salford fan, I always insisted that my dad took me to Station Road on alternate weekends to watch that great Swinton side. He was the star player in that team. My brother and I were Salford fans but we also went to Swinton when Salford were playing too far away for early teens to go. In those days Swinton used to be far better than Salford and Gowers was the main reason although Blan, Stopford,Williams played big parts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 And Alan Buckley. Looking for something like a leaf blower....but for people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Kirkholt Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Ken and Walter were father and son GB Lions as well ! RIP Looks like it wer' organised by't Pennine League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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