Raymond Price (rugby)

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For the rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s for Australia, New South Wales, Parramatta, and Wakefield Trinity, see Ray Price (rugby).
Ray Price
Personal information
Full name H. Raymond Price
Born c. 1924
Died 1988 (aged 64)
Blaina, Wales
Playing information
Weight 11 st 4 lb (71.7 kg; 158.0 lb)
Rugby union
Position Fly-half/First Five-Eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1947–47 Abertillery RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947–53 Belle Vue Rangers
1953–57 Warrington 113 23 0 0 69
1957–58 St. Helens 20 5 14 0 43
Total 133 28 14 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–53 Wales 6 0 0 0 0
1955–55 Other Nationalities 2
1954–57 Great Britain 9 2 0 0 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

H. Raymond "Ray" Price (c. 1924 — 1988 (aged 64)) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who was regarded as one of the finest post-war Stand-offs in the sport.[1]

Price was born in Blaina. At club level he played rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and at representative level he played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Other Nationalities, and Wales, and at club level for Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington, and St. Helens.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Ray Price won caps for Wales (RL) while at Belle Vue Rangers 1948…1953 6-caps, won caps for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Warrington in 1955 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Warrington in 1954 against Australia, and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1955 against New Zealand, in 1956 against Australia (3 matches), and in 1957 against France (2 matches).[3]

Ray Price was selected for the Great Britain Squad while at Warrington for the 1957 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. However, Ray Price did not participate in any of the three matches.

Ray Price also represented Great Britain while at Belle Vue Rangers between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[4]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Ray Price played Stand-off/Five-eighth, i.e. number 6, in Warrington's 4-4 draw with Halifax in the 1953–54 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 1 May 1954, and the 18-4 victory in the 1953–54 Challenge Cup final replay at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Wednesday 5 May 1954 in front of a 102,569+ crowd.

Honoured at Warrington Wolves

Ray Price is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Ray Price joins Warrington Hall of Fame". Warrington Guardian (UK: Newsquest Media Group). 4 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2010. 
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6. 
  3. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  4. ↑ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
  5. ↑ "Hall of Fame at Wire2Wolves.com". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 

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