{"id":16868,"date":"2025-12-18T01:43:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=16868"},"modified":"2025-12-18T01:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:43:38","slug":"record-14-of-25-most-and-least-players-used-in-a-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thespbl.co.uk\/news\/?p=16868","title":{"rendered":"Record 14 of 25: Most and least players used in a season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I believe the most used players in a season to be the 40 used by Ifton in 2013. 14 players only played one game, with only 13 playing above double figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/th><th colspan=\"3\">Matches<\/th><th colspan=\"2\">Aggregate<\/th><th>&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><tr><th>Pos.<\/th><th>Player<\/th><th>Pl<\/th><th>W<\/th><th>L<\/th><th>For<\/th><th>Opp<\/th><th>Aggr<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>01.<\/td><td>Leighton Roberts<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>432<\/td><td>393<\/td><td>+39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>02.<\/td><td>Darren Lacey<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>415<\/td><td>404<\/td><td>+11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>03.<\/td><td>Nicky Jones<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>384<\/td><td>364<\/td><td>+20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>04.<\/td><td>Megis Phillips<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>375<\/td><td>433<\/td><td>-58<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>05.<\/td><td>Dave (Dicky) Jones<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>443<\/td><td>455<\/td><td>-12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>06.<\/td><td>Brian Hayes<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>368<\/td><td>416<\/td><td>-48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>07.<\/td><td>Andrew Hughes<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>180<\/td><td>132<\/td><td>+48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>08.<\/td><td>Geraint Williams<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>254<\/td><td>248<\/td><td>+6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09.<\/td><td>Giles Evans<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>283<\/td><td>315<\/td><td>-32<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.<\/td><td>Keiron Roberts<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>420<\/td><td>460<\/td><td>-40<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.<\/td><td>David (Rocky) Jones<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>199<\/td><td>197<\/td><td>+2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.<\/td><td>Martin Jones<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>245<\/td><td>280<\/td><td>-35<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13.<\/td><td>Graham Rogers<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>179<\/td><td>205<\/td><td>-26<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14.<\/td><td>Keiron Cooper<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>260<\/td><td>363<\/td><td>-103<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15.<\/td><td>Andrew Armstrong<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>76<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>-8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16.<\/td><td>Derrick Roberts<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>63<\/td><td>99<\/td><td>-36<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17.<\/td><td>Mike Hughes<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>+8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18.<\/td><td>Gerwyn Davies<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>+7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19.<\/td><td>Geoff Samuels<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>+3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20.<\/td><td>Matt Lewis<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>28<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>-10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21.<\/td><td>Andrew Pearce<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>48<\/td><td>60<\/td><td>-12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22=<\/td><td>Rob Hughes<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22=<\/td><td>Karl Pemberton<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24.<\/td><td>Carl Jones<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25.<\/td><td>Kevin Francis<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-7<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26.<\/td><td>Dave Jones<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27.<\/td><td>Ian Jones<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-10<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28.<\/td><td>Barry Davies<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>31<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>-11<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29.<\/td><td>Steve Edwards<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30.<\/td><td>Bryn Williams<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-13<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31.<\/td><td>Steve Potter<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-14<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>32.<\/td><td>Steven Armstrong<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>33.<\/td><td>Steve Robinson<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>-17<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>34.<\/td><td>Donavan Evans<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>-19<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35=<\/td><td>Ray Barnes<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>-20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35=<\/td><td>Oliver Jones<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>-20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>37.<\/td><td>Jeff Cooper<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>58<\/td><td>84<\/td><td>-26<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>38.<\/td><td>John Scotland<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>-29<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>39.<\/td><td>Robin Bennett<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>66<\/td><td>105<\/td><td>-39<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>40.<\/td><td>Terry Williams<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>105<\/td><td>-75<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The least used players in a season is the 14 by Chester Road when they won the league for the first time in 2003 with every player having played double figures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>No.<\/td><td>Player Name<\/td><td>Played<\/td><td>Won<\/td><td>Lost<\/td><td>For<\/td><td>Against<\/td><td>Average<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.<\/td><td>Martin Lloyd<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>22<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>523<\/td><td>353<\/td><td>170<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2.<\/td><td>Andrew Duckett<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>511<\/td><td>406<\/td><td>105<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3.<\/td><td>Andrew Moss<\/td><td>26<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>492<\/td><td>372<\/td><td>120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4.<\/td><td>Paul Smith<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>442<\/td><td>358<\/td><td>84<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5.<\/td><td>Paul Latham<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>467<\/td><td>416<\/td><td>51<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6.<\/td><td>Ian Booth<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>462<\/td><td>371<\/td><td>91<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7.<\/td><td>Charlie&nbsp; Weaver<\/td><td>25<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>474<\/td><td>357<\/td><td>117<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8.<\/td><td>Rod Manley<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>15<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>401<\/td><td>352<\/td><td>49<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9.<\/td><td>Alan Purcell<\/td><td>24<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>441<\/td><td>383<\/td><td>58<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.<\/td><td>Paul Griffiths<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>360<\/td><td>312<\/td><td>48<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.<\/td><td>Paul Fowles<\/td><td>17<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>313<\/td><td>293<\/td><td>20<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.<\/td><td>Paul Williams<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>312<\/td><td>330<\/td><td>-18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13.<\/td><td>Dave Rogers<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>8<\/td><td>241<\/td><td>259<\/td><td>-18<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14.<\/td><td>Dave Ridgway<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>302<\/td><td>357<\/td><td>-55<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe the most used players in a season to be the 40 used by Ifton in 2013. 14 players only played one game, with only 13 playing above double figures. &nbsp;MatchesAggregate&nbsp;Pos.PlayerPlWLForOppAggr01.Leighton Roberts241311432393+3902.Darren Lacey231310415404+1103.Nicky Jones221111384364+2004.Megis Phillips231112375433-5805.Dave (Dicky) Jones251015443455-1206.Brian Hayes22913368416-4807.Andrew Hughes972180132+4808.Geraint Williams1477254248+609.Giles Evans17710283315-3210.Keiron Roberts24717420460-4011.David (Rocky) Jones1266199197+212.Martin Jones1569245280-3513.Graham Rogers1147179205-2614.Keiron Cooper18315260363-10315.Andrew Armstrong5237684-816.Derrick Roberts5236399-3617.Mike Hughes1102113+818.Gerwyn Davies1102114+719.Geoff Samuels1102118+320.Matt Lewis2112838-1021.Andrew Pearce3124860-1222=Rob 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