Granville James (birth unknown) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newbridge RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Other Nationalities, and at club level for Hunslet, as a loose forward.[1][2]
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| Full name | Granville James | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | unknown Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Loose forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union club career
editFour players from Newbridge RFC left to play rugby league for the 1949–50 Northern Rugby Football League season, they were; Tommy Harris to Hull FC, Bill Hopkin[3][4] to Hull FC, Granville James to Hunslet and Glyn Meredith to Wakefield Trinity.[5]
International honours
editGranville James won 5 caps for Wales (RL) in 1950–1953 while at Hunslet, and won 1 cap for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Hunslet in the 32-19 victory over France at Hilton Park, Leigh on Monday 19 September 1955.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Hull FC → Past Players→ H at hullfc.com". hullfc.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Bill Hopkins Statistics at hullfc.com". hullfc.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Percival Thomas Harris". Yorkshire Post. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.