Dennis Baddeley

Dennis Baddeley
Personal information
Full name Dennis Baddeley
Born 1 May 1921
Castleford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died May 2006 (aged 85)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1940–42 Castleford 12 3 0 0 9
≤1943–43 Glass Houghton Intermediates
1942–52 Wakefield Trinity 194 64 1 0 194
Total 206 67 1 0 203
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1945–46 Yorkshire ≥1

Dennis Baddeley (1 May 1921[1] — May 2006 (aged 85)[2]) born in Castleford (birth registered in Pontefract district), was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage #507), as a Wing, i.e. number 2 or 5.

Playing career

County Honours

Dennis Baddeley was selected for Yorkshire County XIII whilst at Wakefield Trinity during the 1945/46 season.[3]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Dennis Baddeley played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5 in Wakefield Trinity's 13-12 victory over Wigan in the 1946 Challenge Cup final during the 1945–46 seaon at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 4 May 1946.[4]

County Cup final appearances

Dennis Baddeley played Left-Wing, i.e. number 5, in Wakefield Trinity’s 2-5 defeat by Bradford Northern in the 1945 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1945–46 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 3 November 1945, and played Left-Wing in the 10–0 victory over Hull in the 1946 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1946–47 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 31 November 1946.

Contemporaneous Article Extract

Born in Castleford, he signed for Wakefield Trinity in 1943 after some successful work with Glass Houghton Intermediates. He soon became a leading try-scorer in Trinity's immediate post-war side and gained Yorkshire County recognition.[5]

References

  1. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. Baddeley, Dennis. "England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007". ancestry.com/. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  3. Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960 [Page118]. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
  4. Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
  5. Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a

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