Phil Bancroft
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Full name | Philip William Bancroft | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: RLP |
Philip William Bancroft[1] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in two Test matches in 1989.
Playing career
A Canterbury and South Island representative in the 1980s,[2] Bancroft played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland.[3] In 1988, 1989 and 1990 Bancroft won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy for being the leading goalscorer in the competition.
Bancroft played for English Rugby League Club Rochdale Hornets in the 1985/86 season, enjoying a good season but narrowly missing out on promotion.
In 1989 Bancroft was called up to the New Zealand Kiwis and played in two test matches against Great Britain.[4][5]
Bancroft later returned to Canterbury playing for the Haswell Hornets club and the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the 1994 Lion Red Cup.[6][7]
References
- ^ BANCROFT, Philip William 1989 - Kiwi #610 nzleague.co.nz
- ^ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.133
- ^ "Rugby League". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
- ^ 1989 First Test: Great Britain 16 New Zealand 24 Cherry and White
- ^ 1989 Second Test: Great Britain 26 New Zealand 6 Cherry and White
- ^ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.p.187-193
- ^ Halswell's happy memories of a loss The Press, 25 June 2004
- Living people
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Canterbury rugby league team players
- Glenora Bears players
- South Island rugby league team players
- Halswell Hornets players
- Point Chevalier Pirates players
- Rugby league halfbacks
- Rochdale Hornets players