Frank Osmond

Frank Osmond
Personal information
Full name Frank Francis Osmond
Born January 31, 1920
Newport district, Wales
Died January 1973
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1939–47 Newport RFC 32 3
Rugby league
Position Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1948–≥51 Swinton
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–51 Great Britain non-Test matches
1950 Wales 14
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Frank Francis Osmond (31 January 1920 [1] — January 1973[2]) born in Newport district, is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a Hooker, i.e. number 2, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Swinton, as a Hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.[3]

International honours

Frank Osmond represented Great Britain (RL) while at Swinton in non-Test matches on the 1950 tour of Australasia, and won 14 caps for Wales (RL) in 1948–1951 while at Swinton.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Osmond, Frank. "All England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007". ancestry.com. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  4. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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