Alan Skene

Alan Leslie Skene
Personal information
Full name Alan Leslie Skene
Born 5 October 1932(1932-10-05)
Cape Town, South Africa
Died 13 August 2001(2001-08-13) (aged 68)
George, Western Cape, South Africa
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1958–≥1958 Western Province
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–1958 South Africa 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Position Centre, Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–1963 Wakefield Trinity 136 69
≥1962–≥1962 South Sydney Rabbitohs
Total 136 69 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1961–1962 Rugby League XIII 2 2 0 0 6
≤1963–≥1963 South Africa ≥2
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Alan Leslie Skene (born in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, 5 October 1932 — died in George, Western Cape, South Africa, 13 August 2001) was a South African dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played rugby union (RU) for South Africa, and at provincial level for Western Province, playing at Centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and at representative level played rugby league (RL) for South Africa, and Rugby League XIII, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, and South Sydney Rabbitohs, playing at Centre, or Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 3 or 4, or 6.

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International honours

Alan Skene won a cap for South Africa (RU) while at Western Province playing Inside Centre against France at Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg on 16 August 1958, represented Rugby League XIII (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity, and won caps for South Africa (RL) while at Wakefield Trinity in 1963 against Australia (2 matches).

Challenge Cup final appearances

Alan Skene played Centre, i.e. number 3, and scored two tries in Wakefield Trinity’s 38-5 victory over Hull in the 1959–60 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 14 May 1960, and the 12-6 victory over Huddersfield in the 1961–62 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 12 May 1962.[1]

County Cup Final Appearances

Alan Skene played Centre, i.e. number 3, in Wakefield Trinity’s 16-10 victory over Huddersfield in the 1960–61 Yorkshire Cup final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on 29 October 1960.[2]

References

  1. ^ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
  2. ^ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9

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