Wigan Album

Lewis Bradley played 124 games for Wigan from 1911 and scored 136 tries, this is a remarkable record, averaging 1.1 tries per game.
Compare this to Wigan’s "top try scorer", Martin Offiah whose average is 1.17 tries over 159 games, it gives an idea of his achievement. I know the great Billy Boston, Johnny Ring etc., and others have scored more tries but the figures I mention are averages per games played, not total scored. Lewis was a great favourite at Central Park.
He was signed while playing for a Welsh club (Pontypool) but was in fact English having been born in the rugby hotspot of Cinderford.
It was a very sad loss indeed when he died in WW1 - here are some of his war details……
Lewis Bradley DOB:Circa 1889 Age:29 Date of Death:20/06/1918
Royal Field Artillery Battalion: 410th Battery 96th Brigade
Fate: Died of Wounds
Information: Parents: John George and Ann Bradley, of Ruardean Woodside, Glos.
Rank: Driver Service Number: 118613 Duty Location: France And Flanders

Thank you Keith. A true athlete. Such a waste of manhood.