POYNTZ TO GREAVES

On February 20th 1922, William Ivor Poyntz of Leeds United (below) got married in the morning and then scored a hat trick at Elland Road in a Second Division match against Leicester City in a 3-0 win. He was the fourth Leeds' player to achieve the hat trick in history. Nine days earlier Bill became the first Leeds player to be sent off in a League fixture at Gigg Lane, Bury on 11th February 1922. He had signed from the Welsh Non-league in 1921, having been born in Tylorstown, Wales in 1894. Previously he had played for Bradford Park Avenue, Crewe Alexandra, Doncaster Rovers. Hartlepool United, and after Leeds,  lastly for Northampton Town. In total, he played 161 matches and scored 27 goals. He died in 1966. Find him on this list.....

https://www.sheridan-dictates.com/database-leeds-united-hat-tricks.php

Leeds United hat trick scorers

All Premier League hat tricks for Leeds United, date and opposition.

Player	Match	Goals scored
Mark Viduka	04 Nov 2000 v Liverpool	4
Eric Cantona	25 Aug 1992 v Tottenham Hotspur	3
Gordon Strachan	10 Apr 1993 v Blackburn Rovers	3
Rodney Wallace	08 May 1993 v Coventry City	3
Tony Yeboah	05 Apr 1995 v Ipswich Town	3
Tony Yeboah	23 Sep 1995 v Wimbledon	3
Gary McAllister	28 Oct 1995 v Coventry City	3
Michael Bridges	11 Aug 1999 v Southampton	3
Robbie Fowler	26 Dec 2001 v Bolton Wanderers	3
Mark Viduka	05 Apr 2003 v Charlton Athletic	3
Patrick Bamford	23 Oct 2020 v Aston Villa	3
Jack Harrison	16 Jan 2022 v West Ham United	3

https://www.lufcdata.com/hat-tricks  search this to find all Leeds United hat trick scorers, including Billy.

Today is Jimmy Greaves' birthday (born 1940); this is an appreciation of Jimmy from a previous blog. 

https://baileyfootballblog.blogspot.com/2018/02/happy-birthday-jim.html 

He scored a 100 league goals by 20 years and 290 days-the youngest to reach that milestone. 132 goals in 169 apps for Chelsea Scored in his 5 debuts-Chelsea, Spurs, England, West Ham, AC Milan. 6 hat tricks for England including two "fours". 44 goals in 57 games for England. 2 FA Cup wins and scored twice in the Spurs 5-1 victory in the European Cup Winners Cup Final v Athletico Madrid. He scored in this game, that registered the first British club to win a European competition. Jimmy retired at 31, having played a Charity game at Charterhouse!

#	Player	Team(s)	M.	goals	Penalty	Ø
1	Jimmy Greaves	Chelsea FC  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United	516	357	29	0.69
2	Alan Shearer	Southampton FC  Newcastle United  Blackburn Rovers	559	283	56	0.51
3	Nat Lofthouse	Bolton Wanderers	452	253	2	0.56
4	Ian Rush	Leeds United  Newcastle United  Liverpool FC	514	233	2	0.45
5	David Herd	Manchester United  Arsenal FC  Stoke City	412	223	0	0.54
6	Tony Cottee	Leicester City  West Ham United  Everton FC	548	215	9	0.39
7	Geoff Hurst	West Ham United  Stoke City	520	211	16	0.41
8	Ronnie Allen	West Bromwich Albion	415	210	18	0.51
9	Wayne Rooney	Manchester United  Everton FC	491	208	23	0.42
10	Gordon Hodgson	Leeds United  Liverpool FC  Aston Villa	310	201	13	0.65
	Denis Law	Manchester United  Manchester City	376	201	8	0.53
12	Bobby Charlton	Manchester United	606	198	8	0.33
	Stan Mortensen	Blackpool FC	317	198	5	0.62
14	Bobby Smith	Chelsea FC  Tottenham Hotspur	346	197	1	0.57
15	Peter Harris	Portsmouth FC	468	194	3	0.41
16	Ray Charnley	Blackpool FC	359	190	11	0.53
	Dennis Viollet	Manchester United  Stoke City	391	190	1	0.49
18	Andy Cole	Manchester United  Newcastle United  Sunderland AFC  Arsenal FC  Blackburn Rovers  Fulham FC  Manchester City  Portsmouth FC	415	189	1	0.46
19	Tommy Thompson	Newcastle United  Aston Villa  Preston North End	354	187	0	0.53
20	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	275	184	27	0.67
21	Bobby Gurney	Sunderland AFC	298	183	0	0.61
22	Ginger Richardson	West Bromwich Albion	269	179	1	0.67
	Teddy Sheringham	Manchester United  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Nottingham Forest  Portsmouth FC  Millwall FC	521	179	21	0.34
24	Jack Bowers	Derby County  Leicester City	246	178	4	0.72
25	George Camsell	Middlesbrough FC	270	177	2	0.66
	Lee Chapman	Leeds United  Sunderland AFC  West Ham United  Arsenal FC  Ipswich Town  Nottingham Forest  Sheffield Wednesday  Stoke City	508	177	0	0.35
27	Tony Brown	West Bromwich Albion	460	176	26	0.38
	Thierry Henry	Arsenal FC	258	176	22	0.68
	Frank Lampard	Chelsea FC  West Ham United  Manchester City	609	176	43	0.29
30	Derek Dougan	Leicester City  Blackburn Rovers  Aston Villa  Wolverhampton Wanderers  Portsmouth FC	458	175	0	0.38
31	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur  Norwich City	268	173	25	0.65
	Jack Rowley	Manchester United	356	173	5	0.49
33	Peter Dobing	Blackburn Rovers  Manchester City  Stoke City	509	172	8	0.34
34	Les Ferdinand	Newcastle United  Leicester City  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Bolton Wanderers  Queens Park Rangers	403	170	0	0.42
35	Trevor Ford	Sunderland AFC  Aston Villa  Cardiff City	324	169	5	0.52
	Bob Latchford	Everton FC  Coventry City  Birmingham City  Swansea City	384	169	2	0.44
	Martin Peters	Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Norwich City	688	169	10	0.25
38	John Ritchie	Sheffield Wednesday  Stoke City	356	168	8	0.47
39	Allan Clarke	Leeds United  Leicester City  Fulham FC	395	167	1	0.42
	Roger Hunt	Liverpool FC	295	167	1	0.57
41	Mick Channon	Southampton FC  Norwich City  Manchester City	545	166	13	0.30
42	Ian Wright	West Ham United  Arsenal FC  Crystal Palace	315	165	18	0.52
43	Jermain Defoe	Sunderland AFC  Tottenham Hotspur  West Ham United  Portsmouth FC  AFC Bournemouth	496	163	14	0.33
	Tom Finney	Preston North End	362	163	17	0.45
	Francis Lee	Derby County  Bolton Wanderers  Manchester City	381	163	38	0.43
46	Robbie Fowler	Leeds United  Liverpool FC  Blackburn Rovers  Manchester City	379	162	17	0.43
47	Peter Beardsley	Newcastle United  Liverpool FC  Bolton Wanderers  Everton FC	470	161	30	0.34