| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James A. Ledgard | |||||
| Nickname | Jimmy | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| ≤1948–1948 | Dewsbury | |||||
| 1948–1958 | Leigh | 334 | 36 | 1043 | 0 | 2194 |
| Total | 334 | 36 | 1043 | 0 | 2194 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1947–1955 | England | 13 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 52 |
| 1947–1954 | Great Britain | 11 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 41 |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1961–1962 | Bradford Northern | |||||
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
James "Jimmy" A. Ledgard was a Rugby League World Cup winning Fullback for; Dewsbury, Leigh, England, and Great Britain,
He left Dewsbury for a record fee of £2,650 in January 1948, bought by Leigh, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £219,000 in 2009).[1]
Ledgard made 334 appearances for Leigh after joining the club from Dewsbury in 1948, scoring a record 1,043 goals for the club as well as 36 tries. He played for the club until 1958.
He was part of the Great Britain side that won the 1954 World Cup, winning his 11th and last cap in the 16-12 win over France in the final.
He died in January 2007.
Jimmy Ledgard won caps for England while at Dewsbury in 1947 against France (2 matches), and Wales, while at Leigh in 1948 against Wales, in 1949 against France, and Other Nations, in 1951 against Wales, and France, in 1952 against Other Nations (2 matches), and Wales, in 1953 against Wales, in 1955 against Other Nations, and won caps for Great Britain while at Dewsbury in 1947 against New Zealand (2 matches), while at Leigh in 1948 against Australia, in 1950 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand, in 1951 against New Zealand, and in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against France (5-goals), Australia (2-goals), New Zealand (1-try, 4-goals), France (2-goals) (World Cup 1954 4-caps, 1-try, 13-goals).[2]
Jimmy Ledgard played Fullback, i.e. number 1 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.
As of September 2008, With 23 goals, Jimmy is still 4th in the list of England's all-time Goal Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, & Ernest Ward, and with 52 points he is also 4th in the list of England's all-time Point Scorers (behind George Fairbairn, Andrew Farrell, & Ernest Ward).
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