| Personal information | ||||||
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| Full name | Basil J. Watts | |||||
| Born | April→June 1926 (age 85–86) York district, England |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Second-row | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1953–≥1955 | York | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1953–1953 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1954–1955 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
Basil J. Watts (birth registered April→June 1926 (age 85–86) in York district[1]) is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for York, playing at Second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
Basil Watts won a cap for England while at York in 1953 against Other Nations, and won caps for Great Britain while at York in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and France, and in 1955 against New Zealand (World Cup 1954 4-caps).[2]
Basil Watts played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11 in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain’s 16-12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954.
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