Les Anthony

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Leslie Anthony
Personal information
Full name Leslie Anthony
Nickname Les
Born (1921-11-21)21 November 1921
Rhiwfawr, Wales
Died October 2010 (aged 88)
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1948–48 Neath RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948 Wales 3 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–54 Oldham 113 10 30
Source: scrum.com

Leslie "Les" Anthony (21 November 1921 October 2010) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s, playing representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Neath RFC, as a Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Oldham.[1] He was born in Rhiwfawr.[2]

International honours

Anthony won caps for Wales (RU) while at Neath RFC in 1938 against England, Scotland, and France.[3]

References

  1. Robert Gate (1986). "Gone North - Volume 1". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-0-1
  2. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  3. "Statistics at scrum.com". scrum.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 

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