Les Anthony
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Anthony | |||||
| Nickname | Les | |||||
| Born | 21 November 1921 Rhiwfawr, Wales | |||||
| Died | October 2010 (aged 88) | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1948–48 | Neath RFC | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948–54 | Oldham | 113 | 10 | 30 | ||
| Source: scrum.com | ||||||
Leslie "Les" Anthony (21 November 1921 – October 2010) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Neath RFC, as a Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Oldham.[1] He was born in Rhiwfawr.[2]
International honours
Anthony won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1938 against England, Scotland, and France.[3]
References
- ↑ Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- Search for "Anthony" at rugbyleagueproject.org
- Statistics at scrum.com
- Statistics at wru.co.uk
- Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
- Les Anthony's obituary
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