Personal information | ||||||
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Full name | Ike Southward | |||||
Born | 15 August 1934 Maryport, Cumberland, England |
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Died | 6 June 2006 Workington, England |
(aged 71)|||||
Playing information | ||||||
Position | Wing | |||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1953โ1959 | Workington Town | |||||
1959โ1961 | Oldham | 52 | 54 | 162 | ||
1961โ1968 | Workington Town | |||||
Total | 52 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
Representative | ||||||
Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
1954โ1968 | Cumberland | 13 | ||||
1958โ1962 | Great Britain | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
Coaching information | ||||||
Club | ||||||
Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
โฅ1968โโฅ1968 | Whitehaven | |||||
โฅ1968โโฅ1968 | Workington Town | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk |
Ike Southward (born 15 August 1934 in Maryport โ died 6 June 2006 in Workington) was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1960s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town (twice), and Oldham, playing at Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5, and at club level coached for Whitehaven and Workington Town
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Ike Southward won caps for Great Britain while at Workington Town in 1958 against Australia (3 matches) and New Zealand, while at Oldham in 1959 against France (2 matches), and Australia (2 matches), and in 1960 against France (2 matches), and New Zealand.[1]
Ike Southward also represented Great Britain while at Workington Town in 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[2]
Oldham paid Workington Town a straight cash world-record transfer fee of ยฃ10,065 for Ike Southward at the start of the 1959โ60 Northern Rugby Football League season season (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately ยฃ425,000 in 2009),[3] Workington Town then paid Oldham a straight cash world-record transfer fee of ยฃ11,002 10s for Ike Southward during the 1960โ61 Northern Rugby Football League season season (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately ยฃ436,000 in 2009),[3] this was ยฃ2 10s more than St. Helens had recently paid Wigan for Mick Sullivan.