Owen Phillips (rugby league)

Owen Phillips
Personal information
Full name Owen Phillips
Born Wales
Playing information
Position prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1951–≥53 Swinton
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1954 Combined Nationalities 1
1951–53 Wales 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Owen Phillips is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s, playing at representative level for Wales, and Combined Nationalities, and at club level for Swinton, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

International honours

Owen Phillips represented Combined Nationalities in the 15-19 defeat by France at Stade de Gerland, Lyon on Sunday January 3 1954, and won caps for Wales while at Swinton in 1951 against England, Other Nationalities, and New Zealand, in 1952 against France (2 matches), and in 1953 against England.[2]

References

  1. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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