Try Landmarks

Celebrating the players from Nottingham Rugby Football Club (1st team) who have achieved significant try scoring landmarks.

50 Try Club

Players who have reached the 50 try landmark during their career with Nottingham Rugby Football Club (1st Team)

	Player	Opponent	Tries Scored	Date	Total Tries
1	Leslie Birkin	Edgbaston Crusaders (h)	50^th	19 Nov 1892	52
2	Sandy Neilson	Stoneygate (h)	50^th & 51^st	27 Oct 1906	61
3	Lionel Kirk	Handsworth (a)	50^th	7 Dec 1907	87
4	C L Burton¹	Sheffield (h)	50^th & 51^st	17 Dec 1921	61
5	Arthur Derry	Westleigh (h)	47^th, 48^th, 49^th & 50^th	7 Oct 1925	235
6	Cliff Burton	Sheffield (a)	50^th, 51^st, 52^nd & 53^rd	12 Dec 1925	54
7	Edward MacLure	Exmouth (a)	47^th, 48^th, 49^th & 50^th	16 Apr 1927	70
8	Bert Ewin	RAF Cranwell Cadets (h)	50^th	1 Dec 1928	59
9	Herman Heath	RAOC Chilwell (a)	49^th & 50^th	18 Mar 1944	61
10	Reg Simpson	Hull and East Riding (h)	49^th & 50^th	9 Nov 1946	51
11	Harry Hardwick	Old Millhillians (h)	48^th, 49^th & 50^th	23 Feb 1952	85
12	Jack Sabin	Moseley (h)	50^th	31 Dec 1955	55
13	Mike Brownhill	Old Haberdashers (h)	48^th, 49^th & 50^th	20 Apr 1962	109
14	Paul Irons	Rugby (h)	50^th & 51^st	11 Sep 1971	109
15	Steve Holdstock	Bradford (h)	50^th	7 Nov 1981	141
16	Peter Cook	Birkenhead Park (h)	49^th & 50^th	28 Sep 1985	80
17	David Holdstock	Wakefield (a)	50^th & 51^st	8 Mar 1986	63
18	Gary Hartley	Newbridge (h)	50^th	29 Apr 1989	62
19	Clifton Jones	Bedford (a)	50^th	15 Dec 1990	64
20	Richard Byrom	Orrell (h)	50^th	27 Apr 1991	78
21	Alan Royer	Stourbridge (h)	50^th	21 Dec 2002	53
22	Richard Lloyd	Otley (a)	50^th	8 Jan 2005	51
23	David Jackson	Otley (a)	50^th	1 Nov 2008	102
24	David Williams	London Scottish (a)	49^th & 50^th	19 Feb 2022

According to match reports, CL Burton scored 30 tries in 17 matches during the 1920/21 season. However, the end of season review states that he scored more than 40 tries. These have been included in the career total of 61