Frank Pitchford
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| Full name | Frank Pitchford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Pitchford is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Oldham, and Wigan as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7.
Playing career
International honours
Frank Pitchford won a cap for England while at Oldham in 1955 against Other Nationalities,[1] and won caps for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1958 against New Zealand, and in 1962 against France.[2]
County Cup final appearances
About Frank Pitchford's time, there was Oldham's 2-12 defeat by Barrow in the 1954 Lancashire Cup final during the 1954–55 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 23 October 1954, the 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the 1956 Lancashire Cup final during the 1956–57 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1956, and the 12-2 victory over St. Helens in the 1958 Lancashire Cup final during the 1958–59 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 25 October 1958, he played Stand-off/Five-eighth, and scored a try in Oldham's 13-8 victory over Wigan in the 1957 Lancashire Cup final during the 1957–58 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 19 October 1957.
References
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.