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词条 Billy Watkins (rugby)
释义

  1. Playing career

     International honours  Les Diables Rouges  Championship Final appearances  Challenge Cup Final appearances  County Cup Final appearances 

  2. Family

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}William "Billy" Watkins ({{circa|1910}} – January 1972) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cross Keys RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Salford, as a {{rlp|sh}}, i.e. number 7.[4]

Playing career

International honours

Billy Watkins won caps for Wales (RL) while at Salford in 1932–1936 6-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Salford in 1933 against Australia, in 1936 against Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1937 against Australia (2 matches).[2]

Les Diables Rouges

Billy Watkins was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins and Billy Williams.[5]

Championship Final appearances

Billy Watkins played {{rlp|sh}} in Salford's 3-15 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.[6]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Billy Watkins played {{rlp|sh}} in Salford's 7-4 victory over Barrow in the 1938 Challenge Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of 51,243.

County Cup Final appearances

About Billy Watkins' time, there was Salford's 2-15 defeat by Warrington in the 1929 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1929–30 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 November 1929, the 10-8 victory over Swinton in the 1931 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1931–32 season at The Cliff, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 21 November 1931, the 21-12 victory over Wigan in the 1934 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1934–35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934, the 15-7 victory over Wigan in the 1935 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1935–36 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 19 October 1935, the 5-2 victory over Wigan in the 1936 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 17 October 1936, and he played {{rlp|sh}} in the 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1938 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938.[7]

Family

Billy Watkins was the father of; Huw Watkins, Gareth Watkins and Haydn Watkins, and the grandfather of the cricketer, Ryan Watkins.

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Billy Watkins|work=The Guardian|date=7 January 1972|location=London|page=21}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/billy-watkins/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19950000000000/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Surname&submit=Go&c=GB|title=Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}
4. ^{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.reds.co.uk/original-red-devils|title=The story of The Original Red Devils|publisher=reds.co.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111111910/http://www.reds.co.uk/original-red-devils|archivedate=11 January 2012|df=dmy}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/fusion_pages/index.php?page_id=422|title=1933–1934 Championship Final|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://wigan.rlfans.com/news.php?readmore=4275|title=22nd October 1938: Salford 7 Wigan 10 (Lancashire Cup Final)|publisher=wigan.rlfans.com|date=31 December 2014|accessdate=1 January 2015}}

External links

  • ![https://web.archive.org/web/19950000000000/http://www.englandrl.co.uk/player_records?search=Watkins&submit=Go&c=GB Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk (statistics currently missing due to not having appeared for both Great Britain, and England)]
{{Great Britain squad – 1936 Australia & New Zealand Tourists}}{{Salford - 1933–34 Championship Final runners-up}}{{Salford - 1938 Challenge Cup Final winners}}{{Salford Red Devils - Les Diables Rouges Squad}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Watkins, William}}

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