Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Nickname(s)
- Rocky
- Born
- Sunday, 13th November, 1932
- Died
- Friday, 31st July, 2015 (Aged 82 years and 261 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Ossett, West Yorkshire, England
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- The Ashes
- 1956/1957, 1959/1960, 1962
- World Cup
- 1960
- Test Series
- Great Britain vs New Zealand 1961
- English Hall Of Fame
- 2018
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 25 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 52.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40.00% | List | ||||
| World Cup | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Hull Kingston Rovers | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | England Knights | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Oldham | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Great Britain | - | 24 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Yorkshire | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Wakefield Trinity | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 4 | 8 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 46 | 16 | - | - | 48 | 37 | 29 | 2 | 80.43% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1956-62 | 24 | 8 | - | - | 24 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| England | 1962 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1956-1962 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 52.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1956-1962 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
World Cup Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Great Britain | 1956-1960 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 0 | 60.00% | List | ||||
England - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Yorkshire | 1959, 1963 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Greg Fiveash, Tony McCarron, Paul Carter, Alan Katzmann, Rugby League Tables, Bill Bates
Your Say
23/06/2019
Toughest player I’ve ever seen on a Rugby pitch - bar none!
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