League records

Points

Most team points in a league season

854 (2016/17 National One) (Previously 785 2005-6 Championship season, 665 2004/5)

Most individual points in a league season

328 – Oliver Thomas (2004-5)

Most individual league & Cup points in a career

1,931 – Oliver Thomas (2002-15)

Most individual league points in a match

28 – Oliver Thomas, v Nottingham, April 2007 (Previously 27 Simon Hodgkinson v London Irish April 1995 (H))

Biggest league winning points margin (Home)

58 point margin 72-14 v Cambridge 8th October 2016.

(previously 44 point margin. 47-3 v Barking December 2005; and prior to that 40-0 (40) v Rosslyn Park, October 2004 and 44 – 9 (35) v Fylde, April 1998.)

Biggest league winning points margin (Away)

32 point Margin. 7 – 39 v. Sedgley Park, January 2004; previously 13 – 42 v. Wakefield, March 1997

Most points scored in a league game (Home)

72 points. Birmingham Moseley 72 Cambridge 12 8th October 2016. (previously 51 points. Moseley 51 Sedgley Tigers 17, March 2009 – and prior to that 50 points; v Esher, April 2008, 49 v Harrogate, October 2004, & 48, v Rotherham, April 1997)

Most points scored in a league game (Away)

50 points v Manchester, April 2009 previously 46 points. v Coventry, December 1998 and v Waterloo September 2000

Most points conceded in a league game (Home)

87 points. v Richmond, October 1996

Most points conceded in a league game (Away)

102 v Rotherham, October 2003 (previously 88 v Newcastle, March 1997

Biggest league losing points margin (Home)

72 v Richmond, (15 – 87), October 1996

Biggest league losing points margin (Away)

99 v Rotherham (102 – 3), Oct. 2003 (previously 69 v Newcastle 19-88, March 1997)

Tries

Most team tries in a league season

114 2016/17 Season (Previously 83 in 1999-2000)

Most individual tries in a league season

20 -Ed Sheldon 2016/17 Nathan Bressington 2005/6. (previously James Aston 18, 2003-4)

Most team tries scored in a league match

11 – vs. Cambridge 8th October 2016.

(previously 9 – vs. Sale (4 April 1992)

Most tries conceded in a league match

14 – v Newcastle (A) March 1997 and v Richmond (H) October 1996

Most individual league & cup tries in a career

78 – Nathan Bressington, September 2004 to May 2011 (previously 32 – Darragh O’Mahony 1997-98)

Most individual tries in a league match

4 – Nathan Bressington v Harrogate in 2005/06, Callum Macburnie v Bees in 2009/10, Mark Harrison v Esher in 2017/18; – (3, by Peter Shillingford (v Wasps Feb 1988), Dave Spiller (v Sale, April 1992), Darragh O’Mahony, (three times; v Nottingham, Feb. 1997; Waterloo, Feb. 1998; & v Fylde, April 1998), Peter Buxton (v Coventry, March 2000), Geoff Gregory (v London Welsh, December 2001), Richard Protherough (v Henley, March 2002), James Aston (v Bracknell Feb. 2004), Dean Bick (v Harrogate, October 2005) Ed Sheldon (v Old Albanian 2016),

Conversions

Most league conversions in a season

70 – James Williams 2016/17 (previously 49 – Ollie Thomas 2005/06, Ollie Thomas 48, 2004-5)

Most conversions in a league match

8 – James Williams (vs Old Albanian Oct 2016) (Previously 6 – Richard le Bas vs. Rotherham, April 1997)

Most league & cup conversions in a career

296 – Oliver Thomas (2002-15)

Penalties

Most league & cup penalties in a career

375- Oliver Thomas (2002-15)

Most league penalties in a season

64 – Oliver Thomas (2004-5)

Most penalties in a league match

8 – Alistair Kerr (vs. Waterloo, February 1996)

Drop Goals

Most league & cup drop goals in a career

15 – Oliver Thomas (2002-15)

Most league drop goals in a season

7 – Oliver Thomas (2004-5)

Most drop goals in a league match

2 – Alistair Kerr (v Plymouth, February 1996), Andy Houston (v Blackheath, November 1995), Matt Jones (v Orrell, October 1997)

Appearances

Most league & cup appearances (and most by a forward)

367 – Adam Caves (to April 2018) (Previously 286 – Richard Stott)

Most league & cup appearances by a back

282 – Andy Binns (1994 to 1 May 2009)

Most consecutive appearances (and most by a back)

90 – Gareth Taylor February 2003 until injury in preseason in August 2006.

Most consecutive appearances by a forward

65 – Mark Evans – 1.11.03 – 17.2.06 (Previously 32 Mark Linnett 3.11.92 – 1.10.94)

Sequences

Consecutive scoring league matches

Scoring tries – 5 Darragh O’Mahony, Scoring points – 18 Ollie Thomas (2005/06)

Most consecutive league victories

13 – 17 Jan 2006 to 22 April 2006 (previously 6, 2004-5)

Moseley Player Facts – Misc.

  • In the 1971-72 season, Sam Doble scored a then-world record 581 points.
  • In 1990 Gary Cox, a former club captain and England Under-23 hooker, announced his retirement from rugby after making 440 1st XV appearances for Moseley. He subsequently came out of retirement at the Club’s request to help out in various emergencies and reached 458 appearances, beating the record of another hooker and club captain Don Lane, who made 450 1st XV appearances.
  • Moseley Hookers Dean Bick (14) and Adam Caves (8) together scored 22 tries in the 2005/06 promotion season
Moseley Facts Season by Season

Season – Most Points – Most Tries

92-93 – 40 Bob Massey – 3 Nick Parry & Bob Massey

93-94 – 83 Simon Hodgkinson – 5 Mark Linett

94-95 – 156 Simon Hodgkinson – 2 by 6 players

95-96 – 172 Alastair Kerr – 7 Alastair Kerr

96-97 – 177 Richard Le Bas – 15 Darragh O’Mahoney

97-98 – 178 Matt Jones – 17 Darragh O’Mahoney

98-99 – 85 Andy Binns – 9 Marcus Cook

99-00 – 181 Owen Doyle – 11 Peter Buxton

00-01 – 181 Ben Harvey – 6 Andy Gray & Rod Martin

01-02 – 126 Lee Hinton – 7 R Protherough

02-03 – 123 Stephen Nutt – 7 Geoff Gregory & J Hinkins

03-04 – 151 Ollie Thomas – 18 James Aston

04-05 – 328 Ollie Thomas – 16 Nathan Bressington

05-06 – 253 Ollie Thomas – 20 Nathan Bressington

06-07 – 285 Ollie Thomas – 8 Nathan Bressington

07-08 – 75 Matt Jones – 9 Dan Norton

08-09 – 144 Tristan Roberts, 18 James Rodwell

09-10 – 276 Tristan Roberts, 11 Nathan Bressington

10-11 – 238 Ollie Thomas, 8 Nathan Bressington

11-12 – 185 Ollie Thomas, 9 Mike Ellery

12-13 – 180 Ollie Thomas, 6 Charlie Hayter

13-14 – 131 Ollie Thomas, 12 Matt Willaims

14-15 – 107 Sam Olver, 5 Drew Cheshire, Chris Brightwell

15-16 – 143 Glyn Hughes, 13 Kyle Evans

16-17 – 238 James Williams 20 Ed Sheldon