Norman Field
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| Full name | Norman Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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April→June 1936 Huddersfield district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
13 January 2008 (aged 71) Torquay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norman Field (April→June 1936[1] — 13 January 2008) birth registered in Huddersfield district, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Lockwood ARLFC (Huddersfield), Featherstone Rovers, and Batley, as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5, he died in Torquay from cancer. He started his rugby career whilst serving in the British Army, with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.
Playing career
International honours
Norman Field won a cap for Great Britain while at Batley in 1963 against Australia.[2]
County Honours
Norman Field was selected for Yorkshire County XIII while at Batley during the 1963–64 season.
Club career
Norman Field made his début for Featherstone Rovers on Thursday 15 August 1957, he was subject to a transfer bid while at Batley from Huddersfield in early-1964, but they were unwilling to meet Batley's valuation of £6,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £210,200 in 2013),[3] and he subsequently retired from rugby league in 1964 aged-28 to concentrate on his business interests.[4]
Outside of rugby league
Norman Field ran a motorcycle business on Bradford Road, Batley throughout his rugby days, in the early 1980s he and his wife Susan moved to Torquay to run a hotel, which they converted into flats in the mid-2000s.[5]
Genealogical information
Norman Field was married to Susan. Norman Field's previous marriage to Wilma (née Mark) was registered during January→March 1959 in Huddersfield district,[6] they had children; Christopher M. Field (birth registered April→June 1961 (age 55–56) in Huddersfield district), Darrell A. Field (birth registered April→June 1964 (age 52–53) in Huddersfield district), and Jonathan Field.
References
- ↑ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Norman Field". examiner.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Batley RL mourns a true great". batleynews.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.