Roy Hawksley

Roy Hawksley (birth registered first ¼ 1942[2]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 668), Doncaster (Heritage № 234) (two spells),[3] Halifax (Heritage № 781), and Salford, as a hooker, i.e. number 9, during the era of contested scrums.

Roy Hawksley
Personal information
Full nameRoy Hawksley
Bornfirst ¼ 1942 (age 78–79)
Lupset?, Wakefield district, England
Playing information
Weight13 st 0 lb (83 kg; 182 lb)
PositionHooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1961–65/66 Wakefield Trinity 23 2 0 0 6
1965/66–71/72 Doncaster 171 3 0 0 9
≤1971/72–≥71/72 Halifax
≤1975–≥75 Salford 11 2 6
1975/76 Doncaster 1 0 0 0 0
Total 206 7 0 0 21
Source: [1]

Background

Roy Hawksley's birth was registered in Wakefield district, West Riding of Yorkshire, England.[1]

Playing career

County Cup Final appearances

Roy Hawksley played hooker in Salford's 7-16 defeat by Widnes in the 1975–76 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 4 October 1975.

Player's No.6 Trophy Final appearances

Roy Hawksley played hooker in Halifax's 22-11 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1971–72 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the 1971–72 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 22 January 1972.

Club career

Roy Hawksley made his début for Wakefield Trinity during January 1961, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1965–66 season

Contemporaneous Article Extract

"Outlines - Roy Hawksley - Signed last season, Roy is a promising young hooker who should eventually fare extremely well in the game. Indeed his present skills may well be judged by his past records. For our own Trinity juniors he did grand work before joining the senior club, whilst he had previously been a member of the highly successful Snapethorpe School side which carried all before it a few years ago in heading the Wakefield Schools’ League and winning the Yorkshire Cup. Whilst at school he also had the honour of playing for the Wakefield City team and for Yorkshire County, always as hooker Whilst his scrum play is outstanding he is also quite active in the open. At the age of 19 he still has time to develop physically and should have a most satisfying career. Height, 5 ft. 9in., weight, 13 stones." [4]

Genealogical information

Roy Hawksley's marriage to Gwendoline (née Turner) was registered during first ¼ 1963 in Wakefield district. They had children; Mark Hawksley (birth registered during first ¼ 1973 (age 47–48) in Wakefield district)

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. "Statistics at robterrace.com". robterrace.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. Lindley, John (13/09/1961). Wakefield Trinity RLFC Official Programme: Doncaster. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a
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