Johnny Rogers (rugby)
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| Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Rogers | ||||||
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Henry Rogers | |||||
| Nickname | Johnny | |||||
| Born | October 1892 Wales | |||||
| Died | 26 July 1958 (aged 65) Huddersfield, England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Bridgend | ||||||
| Cardiff | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Stand-off, Scrum-half | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1913–25 | Huddersfield | 262 | 106 | 47 | 412 | |
| 1925–26 | Wakefield Trinity | 57 | 7 | 11 | 43 | |
| Total | 319 | 113 | 58 | 0 | 455 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1921 | Other Nationalities | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914–22 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1914–22 | Great Britain | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
John Henry "Johnny" Rogers (1892–1958) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Bridgend RFC, and Cardiff RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Wakefield Trinity, as a Wing, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 2 or 5, 6, or 7.[2]
Rogers was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. He won a cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Huddersfield, won 3 caps for Wales (RL) in 1914–1922 while at Huddersfield, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Huddersfield in 1914 against Australia, in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia.[3]
Johhny Rogers played Centre, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Huddersfield's 31-0 victory over Hull in the 1914 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1914–15 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 28 November 1914.
References
- ↑ "Johnny Rogers". Huddersfield Rugby League Heritage. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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