| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Banks | |||||
| Nickname | Billy | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Maesteg RFC | ||||||
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Leeds | ||||||
| Wakefield Trinity | ||||||
| ≤1954–≥1954 | Huddersfield | |||||
| Whitehaven | ||||||
| Salford | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1949–1953 | Wales | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1953–1954 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | ||||||
William "Billy" Banks is a Welsh former rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level has played rugby union (RU) for Maesteg RFC, playing at Scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Wakefield Trinity, Huddersfield, Whitehaven, and Salford, playing at Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7.[1]
Billy Banks won caps for Wales (RL) while at Huddersfield 1949…1953 17-caps, and represented Great Britain (RL) while at Huddersfield in 1953 against France, and in 1954 against France (2 non-Test matches).[2]
Billy Banks was selected for Great Britain Squad while at Huddersfield for the 1954 Rugby League World Cup in France. However, Billy Banks did not participate in any of the four matches, with Gerry Helme playing as Scrum-half/Halfback in all four matches.
Along with Edward "Ted" Cahill, Gordon Haynes, Keith Holliday, William "Billy" Ivison, Robert "Bob" Kelly, John McKeown, George Parsons, and Edward "Ted" Slevin, Billy Banks' only Great Britain appearances came against France prior to 1957, these matches were not considered as Test matches by the Rugby Football League, and consequently caps were not awarded.[3]
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