Johnny Jones (rugby league)
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| Full name | Johnny Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off/Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Johnny Jones is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s playing at club level for Leeds, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #438), as a Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6.
Playing career
Challenge Cup final appearances
Johnny Jones played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Wakefield Trinity’s 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup final 1945–46 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 4 May 1946.[1]
County Cup final appearances
Johnny Jones played Centre, i.e. number 4, in Wakefield Trinity’s 2-5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1945–46 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, and played Stand-off/Five-eighth in the 10–0 victory over Hull in the 1946 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946.
References
- ^ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9