Ben Halfpenny

Benjamin Halfpenny
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Halfpenny
Nickname Ben
Born April→June 1906
Prescot district, England
Died 1966 (aged 59–60)
Playing information
Position Wing, Centre, Prop, Loose forward/Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1924–27 Widnes 76 14
1927–34 St. Helens 196 34 0 0 177
1934–≥34 Warrington
Total 272 48 0 0 177
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1928 England 1 0 0 0 0
≤1928–≥28 Great Britain 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Benjamin "Ben" Halfpenny (birth registered April→June 1906[1] – 1966)[2] birth was registered in Prescot district, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 1930s, playing at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and England, and at club level for Widnes, St. Helens, and Warrington, as a Wing, Centre, Prop, or Loose forward/Lock, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, 8 or 10, or, 13.

Playing career

International honours

Ben Halfpenny won a cap for England while at St. Helens in 1928 against Wales.[3]

Ben Halfpenny was selected for Great Britain while at St. Helens for the 1928 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand.[4]

County Cup final appearances

Ben Halfpenny played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in St Helens' 9-10 defeat by Warrington in the 1932 Lancashire Cup final during the 1932–33 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 19 November 1932.

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2006
  3. ↑ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.