William J. Lynch (2 Sep 1882 – 24 Apr 1963), also listed as Billie Lynch, was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s and 1910s. He played at representative level for England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, as a wing or centre.[1]
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| Full name | William J. Lynch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 September 1882 Ilkeston, Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 April 1963 (aged 80) Castleford, Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.816 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career
editInternational honours
editBilly Lynch won a cap for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1910 against Wales.[2]
County honours
editBilly Lynch won cap(s) for Yorkshire while at Wakefield Trinity.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
editBilly Lynch played at centre in Wakefield Trinity's 17-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1909 Challenge Cup Final during the 1908–09 season at Headingley, Leeds on Tuesday 20 April 1909, in front of a crowd of 23,587.[3] and played at centre in the 0-6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000.[4]
County Cup Final appearances
editBilly Lynch played at centre in Wakefield Trinity's 8-2 victory over Huddersfield in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910.[3]
Notable tour matches
editBilly Lynch played at centre, and scored the try in Wakefield Trinity's 5-5 draw with New Zealand in the tour match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Wednesday 23 October 1907, and played centre in the 20-13 victory over Australia in the 1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 19 December 1908.[3]
Club career
editBilly Lynch made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1907, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
Testimonial match
editBilly Lynch's Testimonial match at Wakefield Trinity was joint testimonial for; Arthur Burton, Arthur Kenealy "Nealy" Crosland, William "Billy" Lynch, and Thomas "Tommy" Poynton, and took place against Yorkshire at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Wednesday 27 April 1922.[5]
Outside of rugby league
editBilly Lynch was the landlord of the Windmill Inn, Doncaster Road, Foulby, and on 22 March 1916 he arranged a rugby league match for the benefit of Leonard Hewitt (birth registered fourth ¼ 1883 in Hemsworth district - death registered first ¼ 1917 (aged 33) in Hemsworth district) who had been incapacitated while in training with His Majesty's forces. The teams were captained by Billy Batten, and Billy Lynch.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
- ^ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
- ^ "Wakefield Trinity v Dewsbury Match Programme". Wakefield Trinity. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Charity Football Match!". W. Lynch. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.[permanent dead link]
