Stan Owen

Stanley G. Owen
Personal information
Full name Stanley G. Owen
Nickname Stan
Born (1932-03-07) 7 March 1932
Pontypridd, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Pontypridd RFC
Rugby league
Position Prop

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1952–1964 Leigh 415 44 0 0 132
1964 St. Helens 12 1 0 0 3
1964–≥64 Rochdale Hornets
Total 427 45 0 0 135
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958 English League XIII
1955–63 Wales 2
1958 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0

Stanley "Stan" G. Owen (born 7 March 1932 in Pontypridd) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Pontypridd RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and English League XIII, and at club level for Leigh, St. Helens, and Rochdale Hornets as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Stan Owen won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Leigh in 1958 against France.[2]

Stan Owen also represented English League XIII (RL) playing right-prop, i.e. number 10, in the 19-8 victory over France at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Wednesday 16 April 1958, and Wales (RL) while at Leigh in a non-Test match on Thursday 19 May 1955 against France 'B' at Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, and in a non-Test match on Sunday 17 February 1963 against France at Stadium Municipal, Toulouse.

County Cup Final appearances

Stan Owen played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Leigh's 4-15 defeat by St. Helens in the 1963 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 26 October 1963, and played right-prop in Rochdale Hornets' 5-16 defeat by Warrington in the 1965 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Friday 29 October 1965.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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