Norman Field

Norman Field

Personal information
Full name	Norman Field
Born	April→June 1936 Huddersfield district
Died	13 January 2008 (aged 71) Torquay
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1963–≤63 Featherstone Rovers ≤1963–64 Batley Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1963–64 Yorkshire ≥1 1963 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Norman Field (April→June 1936 — 13 January 2008 (aged 71)) birth registered in Huddersfield district, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Lockwood ARLFC (Huddersfield), Featherstone Rovers, and Batley, as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5, he died in Torquay from cancer. He started his rugby career whilst serving in the British Army, with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Playing career

International honours

Norman Field won a cap for Great Britain while at Batley in 1963 against Australia.

County Honours

Norman Field was selected for Yorkshire County XIII while at Batley during the 1963–64 season.

Club career

Norman Field was subject to a transfer bid from Huddersfield in early-1964, but they were unwilling to meet Batley's valuation of £6,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £210,200 in 2013), and he subsequently retired from rugby league in 1964 aged-28 to concentrate on his business interests.

Outside of rugby league

Norman Field ran a motorcycle business on Bradford Road, Batley throughout his rugby days, in the early 1980s he and his wife Susan moved to Torquay to run hotel, which they converted into flats in the mid-2000s.

Genealogical information

Norman Field was married to Susan. Norman Field had children; Christopher, Daryl, and Jonathan.

External links

• Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Norman Field