Terry Crook
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | TC | |||||
| Born | October→December 1947 (age 68–69) Outwood, Wakefield, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Centre, Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1967–77 | Wakefield Trinity | 223 | 43 | 325 | 3 | 782 |
| >1977–79± | Bramley | |||||
| 1979–82 | Wakefield Trinity | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 240 | 43 | 325 | 3 | 782 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1977 | Yorkshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1982–84 | Batley | |||||
| Apr 1987–Dec 88 | Dewsbury | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Terry Crook 'TC' (birth registered October→December 1947 (age 68–69)
[1]) born in Outwood, Wakefield, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #735), and Bramley, as a Fullback, Centre, or Wing, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or, 2 or 5, and coaching at club level for Dewsbury.
Playing career
County honours (Yorkshire)
Terry Crook represented Yorkshire in 1977. Yorkshire played Lancashire at Castleford on 1 March 1977 when TC received his 'county call up' in the centres. Yorkshire won 18-13 with the 'White Rose' team being: Keith Mumby, Peter Muscroft, Terry Crook, Bill Francis, John Atkinson, David Topliss, Gary Stephens, Jimmy Thompson, David Ward, Vince Farrar, Paul Rose, Phil Lowe, Steve Norton. Subs: Nigel Stephenson, Sammy Lloyd. Muscroft, Ward, Lowe and Stephesnon scored the tries with Mumby (1) and Lloyd (2) kicking the goals
Club career (Wakefield Trinity)
Terry Crook signed for Wakefield Trinity in April 1967, from the Trinity Juniors, making his debut in an away league game at Keighley on 11 October 1967, Trinity winning 21-19. He played three games in that first 1967-68 season with his second ever game against the 1967 Australian Kangaroos, TC lining up against Graeme Langlands and Ken Irvine. Although not part of the team he was part of the club that won the 1967 and 1968 RL Championships as well as Wembley 1968. He scored his first try at Keighley in November 1969, but it was not until the 1971-72 season that he started to establish himself as a first team regular, playing eleven games at full back with six on the wing. He also kicked 32 goals in this season, including nine against Workington Town in September 1971, three off the club record, extending this to ten goals in the home game with Batley in December 1971, two off the club record.
The following season saw him move into the centres and playing another 30 games. In October 1973 he played against the Australian Kangaroos for a second time, this time lining up against Mick Cronin and Steve Rogers in the centres. Terry Crook played Centre, i.e. number 3, and scored a conversion in Wakefield Trinity's 2-7 defeat by Leeds in the 1973 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1973–74 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 20 October 1973, and played Centre, i.e. number 3, and scored 2-conversions in the 13-16 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1974 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1974–75 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 26 October 1974. He also reached 'one step from Wembley' after Trinity were defeated in the 1975 RL Challenge Cup semi final, 7-13 by Widnes. Appearances and goals continued over the following years, earning TC a testimonial in 1977, the same year he gained his only Yorkshire appearance. Surprisingly he was transferred to Bramley after his testimonial year. He played his last game of his first stint, at loose forward at Salford in December 1977.
He returned to Belle Vue a year later and played in the second row at Castleford in the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy in September 1979. He was now part of the coaching staff and played 13 games in the 1979-80 season. Another game followed in 1980-81 with his final three coming in 1981-82. His last ever Trinity game was at Whitehaven in a 9-9 draw on 3 January 1982, playing at full back. His final Trinity total read … Played: 240, Tries: 43, Goals: 325, dg (1pt): 3; Points: 782. His goals see him positioned in 7th on the all-time Trinity goal kickers and points see him lie in 8th in Trinity's all-time points scoring lists.
Coaching career
When Terry re-signed for Trinity in 1979 he joined the coaching set up with responsibility for the Trinity Colts team. He then moved to Batley, in 1982, as player-coach. Three years at Mount Pleasant was followed by a move to Dewsbury, in 1987, before moving back to Trinity in 1991 to take up the role of coach to Trinity's fledging Academy team. He also coached Yorkshire's Academy side in 1991-92. He also spent ten years at Stanley Rangers coaching a junior team from under 9s to under 17s, which included players such as Nigel Wright, Richard Goddard, Steve McCurrie, Paul Crook, Darren Rogers, Barry Eaton, Carl Briggs and Mickey Clarkson
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.