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Can a player who only made forty-four appearances for the club, be classed as a legend, in Andy Mason\u2019s case it can.\u00a0 After representing Yorkshire County Rugby Union on several occasions, Bramley acted swiftly and fought off many bigger and richer clubs to sign Andy for a club-record signing on fee.<\/p>\n

Andy made his debut in the black and amber on February 3rd<\/sup> 1985 in a 12-19 reverse at Batley playing at right centre.\u00a0 His first try for the club was when he made his first appearance at stand-off in the 16-19 home defeat to Dewsbury.\u00a0 Quickly adapting to league and Andy showed what he could produce when he outpaced the Whitehaven team three times to post his first Bramley hat-trick in a very impressive 32-4 home victory.\u00a0 A week later he scored again, this time in a 14-26 home loss versus Swinton.\u00a0 His pre-match warm-up of jogging alone around the pitch for 10 minutes was now something the Bramley faithful looked forward to seeing.\u00a0 During April Andy crossed the whitewash five times in three matches, a try at Swinton in a 10-18 reverse and then a brace of tries in his next two matches, a 30-10 home victory against Doncaster and then in an exciting 22-18 win at Blackpool Borough.\u00a0 Andy ended the season having played 13 times (10 at right centre and three at stand-off) and had crossed for an impressive ten tries.<\/p>\n

Season 1985-86 saw Andy get off to a flying start scoring tries in the first three games of the season, nail-biting victories at home to Batley (14-13) and at Doncaster (16-14) with an 18-20 defeat at Mansfield.\u00a0 A\u00a0 Yorkshire Cup victory (22-10) at home to Doncaster brought him another try.\u00a0 Tries at home to Fulham (lost 24-42) and in victories at Runcorn (31-29) and Fulham (20-18) and Andy was starting to be watched by many first division clubs especially after scoring for Yorkshire in the War of the Roses match and also being selected as 18th<\/sup> man for Great Britain in the first test match against Australia at Old Trafford.\u00a0 Tries then followed in the 16-7 home win against Huddersfield followed a week later in a 6-19 defeat by Wakefield at McClaren Field and a 14-12 victory at home to the Sheffield Eagles.\u00a0 The match, at league leaders Whitehaven, at the beginning of March is classed as one of the best Bramley performances in their history for those fortunate to have travelled up to Cumbria to witness it.\u00a0 After conceding early tries, Bramley then clicked into gear with Andy and Peter Lister both giving exceptional performances as the Villagers smashed the Whitehaven side by 38 points to 14.\u00a0 Despite not scoring, Andy shone the following week in a 20-20 RL Challenge Cup first-round draw at First Division Bradford Northern.\u00a0 A 46-10 thrashing of Keighley at home brought Andy another brace of tries and he then scored two tries in a hard-fought 20-15 home victory at home to Blackpool Borough, these would be his last tries in a Bramley shirt.\u00a0 Andy\u2019s final match was on the 18th<\/sup> April when Bramley defeated Mansfield at McClaren Field 46-20.\u00a0 A big-money transfer ten took Andy to Leeds, but despite the short stay, he left the Bramley faithful with some amazing memories.<\/p>\n

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Season\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Apps\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tries<\/p>\n

1984-85\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<\/p>\n

1985-86\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 31\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16<\/p>\n

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