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| Full name | Alexander Erskine Fiddes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1914[1] Hawick,Roxburghshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1998 (aged 84)[2] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Relatives | Andrew Broatch (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexander Erskine Fiddes (2 January 1914 – 1998) was a Scottishrugby union and professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s, andcoached rugby league in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) forHawick RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) forBritish Empire XIII, and at club level forHuddersfield (captain) andCastleford, as acentre, and coached club level rugby league (RL) forHuddersfield andBatley.
Fiddes was born inHawick to John Fiddes, an ammonia worker, and Elizabeth Renton Erksine Fiddes.[1]
Alex Fiddes representedBritish Empire XIII (RL) while at Huddersfield in the 15–0 victory over France atStade Buffalo,Paris on Monday 1 November 1937.[3]
Alex Fiddes played atcentre and scored atry inHuddersfield's 8–11 defeat byCastleford in the1934–35 Challenge Cup Final during the1934–35 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 4 May 1935, in front of a crowd of 39,000.[4][5] During Alex Fiddes' time at Huddersfield, they had a 21–17 victory overHull F.C. in the1933 Challenge Cup Final during the1932–33 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 6 May 1933, and a 13–9 aggregate victory overBradford Northern in the1944–45 Challenge Cup Final during the1944–45 season; the 7–4 victory in the first-leg atFartown Ground,Huddersfield, and the 6–5 victory in the second-leg atOdsal Stadium,Bradford.
Alex Fiddes played atcentre, wascaptain, and scored twogoals inHuddersfield's 18–10 victory overHull F.C. in the1938 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1938–39 season atOdsal Stadium,Bradford on Saturday 22 October 1938.
Alex Fiddesbenefit/testimonial match atHuddersfield took place againstSalford atFartown Ground,Huddersfield on Saturday 12 October 1946, the testimonial match earned him in excess of £500 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £49,450 in 2016),[6] at the time of the testimonial match he had captained Huddersfield 430 times in 455 appearances, he went on make 12 further appearances, with a final total of 467 appearances for Huddersfield.[7]
Alex Fiddes was signed fromHawick RFC, where he was a teammate of 'the voice of rugby';Bill McLaren, byHuddersfield on 13 October 1933.[7]
Alex Fiddes was the coach inBatley's 8–18 defeat byHuddersfield in the1952–53 Yorkshire Cup Final during the1952–53 season atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 15 November 1952.[citation needed]
Alex Fiddes was the coach ofBatley from July 1952 until March 1954,Batley finished 21st out of 30 during the1952–53 season, and 24th out of 30 during the1953–54 season.[citation needed]
Alex Fiddes was the father of; the rugby union footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s forHuddersfield R.U.F.C. (captain) Ian E. Fiddes (1935 – 5 October 2017 (aged 82)),[8][9] thetwins; John C. Fiddes, and the rugby union footballer forHuddersfield R.U.F.C. William "Bill" B. Fiddes, and Alec E. Fiddes,[7] and the uncle of the rugby union, and rugby league footballerAndrew Broatch.[citation needed]