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词条 Kenneth Hirst
释义

  1. Background

  2. Playing career

     Championship Final appearances  Challenge Cup Final appearances  Notable tour matches  Club career 

  3. Outside of Rugby League

  4. References

  5. External links

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Kenneth "Ken" Hirst (4 June 1940[1] – 20 December 2008) was an English rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Morley R.F.C., and club level rugby league (RL) for Leeds Schools and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 634), as a {{rlp|wg}}, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Background

Hirst was born in Morley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died in Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Championship Final appearances

Ken Hirst played {{rlp|rw}}, i.e. number 2, scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final replay during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton on Wednesday 10 May 1967.[2]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Ken Hirst played {{rlp|lw}}, i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 12-6 victory over Huddersfield in the 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final during the 1961–62 season at Wembley on Saturday 12 May 1962, and played {{rlp|rw}}, i.e. number 2, and scored 2-tries in the 10-11 defeat by Leeds in the 1967–68 Challenge Cup "Watersplash" Final during the 1967–68 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1968, in front of a crowd of 87,100.[2]

Notable tour matches

Ken Hirst played {{rlp|lw}}, i.e. number 5, he made his début, and beat Clive Churchill to score a try within the first two minutes in Wakefield Trinity's 17-12 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 10 December 1956.[3]

Club career

Ken Hirst is the third youngest player to make his début for Wakefield Trinity aged 16 years and 6 months in 1956, second youngest player being Ernest Pollard, and the youngest player being Richard Goddard.

Outside of Rugby League

Following his retirement from rugby league, Ken and his wife Irene were the landlord, and lady of The Tawny Owl Inn, Prospect Road, Ossett for twenty years.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=eFZIRDkEhMniuazcUDnUww&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}}
2. ^Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC – FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. {{ISBN|1-85983-429-9}}
3. ^Briggs, Cyril & Edwards, Barry (12 May 1962). The Rugby League Challenge Cup Competition - Final Tie - Huddersfield v Wakefield Trinity - Match Programme. Wembley Stadium Ltd. ISBN n/a

External links

  • Wakefield Express > We Miss You > Ken Hirst
  • [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/wakefield-win-cup/query/Wakefield+Win+Cup Wakefield Win Cup 1962]
  • [https://www.britishpathe.com/video/rugby-cup-final/query/Rugby+League+Final Rugby Cup Final 1968]
{{Wakefield Trinity - 1961–62 Challenge Cup Final winners}}{{Wakefield Trinity - 1966–67 Championship Final winners}}{{Wakefield Trinity - 1967–68 Challenge Cup Final runners-up}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirst, Kenneth}}

8 : 1940 births|2008 deaths|People from Morley, West Yorkshire|English rugby league players|English rugby union players|Rugby league wingers|Wakefield Trinity players|Sportspeople from Yorkshire

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