Frank Osmond

Frank Osmond
Personal information
Full name Frank Francis Osmond
Born (1920-01-31)January 31, 1920
Newport district, Wales
Died January 1973
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1939–47 Newport RFC 32 3
Rugby league
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1948–≥51 Swinton
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–51 Great Britain non-Test matches
1950 Wales 14
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Frank Francis Osmond (31 January 1920 [1] — January 1973[2]) born in Newport district, is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a Hooker, i.e. number 2, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton, as a Hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.[3]

International honours

Frank Osmond represented Great Britain (RL) while at Swinton in non-Test matches on the 1950 tour of Australasia, and won 14 caps for Wales (RL) in 1948–1951 while at Swinton.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Osmond, Frank. "All England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007". ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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