Derek Howes
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | W. J. Derek Howes | |||||
| Born | January–March 1913 (age 110–111) Pontardawe district |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1945–45 | Llanelli RFC | |||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1945–53 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1948–50 | Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org | ||||||
W. J. Derek Howes (birth registered January–March 1913 (age 110–111)[1]) birth registered in Pontardawe district, is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Llanelli RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #550), as a Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[2]
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Playing career
International honours
Derek Howes won 5 caps for Wales (RL) in 1948–1950 while at Wakefield Trinity.[3]
Challenge Cup final appearances
Derek Howes played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12 in Wakefield Trinity's 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup final during the 1945–46 season Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946.[4]
County Cup Final Appearances
Derek Howes played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in Wakefield Trinity's 17-3 victory over Keighley in the 1951 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1951–52 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 27 October 1951.[5]
References
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- ↑ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
- ↑ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
External links
- Infobox rugby league biography templates updated
- 1913 births
- Llanelli RFC players
- People from Neath Port Talbot
- People from Pontardawe
- Possibly living people
- Rugby league second-rows
- Wakefield Trinity Wildcats players
- Wales national rugby league team players
- Welsh rugby league players
- Welsh rugby union players
