Ike Southward

Ike Southward
Personal information
Full name Ike Southward
Born 15 August 1934(1934-08-15)
Maryport, Cumberland, England
Died 6 June 2006(2006-06-06) (aged 71)
Workington, England
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1953โ€“1959 Workington Town
1959โ€“1961 Oldham 52 54 162
1961โ€“1968 Workington Town
Total 52 54 0 0 162
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1954โ€“1968 Cumberland 13
1958โ€“1962 Great Britain 11 5 1 0 17
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
โ‰ฅ1968โ€“โ‰ฅ1968 Whitehaven
โ‰ฅ1968โ€“โ‰ฅ1968 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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International honours

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]

Club career

Oldham paid Workington Town a straight cash world-record transfer fee of ยฃ10,065 for Ike Southward at the start of the 1959โ€“60 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 1960โ€“61 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.

References

  1. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 2008-12-31. http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Ike_Southward/summary.html. Retrieved 2009-01-01. 
  2. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0954835530
  3. ^ a b "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 2003-04-23. http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 

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