Jonty Parkin

For the Association footballer of a similar name, see Jon Parkin.
Jonty Parkin
Godfrey Phillips Cigarette card featuring Jonty Parkin
Personal information
Full name Jonathan Parkin
Nickname Jonty
Born (1894-11-05)5 November 1894
Sharlston, Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died 9 April 1972(1972-04-09) (aged 77)
England
Playing information
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 11 st 3 lb (71 kg; 157 lb)
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
?
Sharlston 0 0 0 0 0
1913–30 Wakefield Trinity 349 96 94 0 476
1930–?? Hull Kingston Rovers 57 11 28 0 89
Total 406 107 122 0 565
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919–28 Yorkshire 17 8 2 0 28
England 12 6 5 0 28
Great Britain 17 9 0 0 27
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
Hull Kingston Rovers
Wakefield Trinity
Total 0 0 0 0
As of 9 January 2011

Jonathan "Jonty" Parkin (born in Sharlston, West Riding of Yorkshire) was an English rugby league footballer of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. He toured Australia three times, twice as captain of Great Britain, earning 17 Test caps. He played at Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, and also captained England for whom he made 12 appearances, as well as 17 for Yorkshire. Parkin gave the Wakefield club 17 years' service, playing 349 times.

Playing career

Parkin joined Wakefield Trinity (captain) (Heritage No. 207) as an 18-year-old in 1913. He was selected to go on the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia. Parkin was the Landlord of the Griffin Hotel, Bull Ring, Wakefield circa-1921.[1] Parkin played Scrum-half/Halfback in Wakefield Trinity's 9-8 victory over Batley in the 1924 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1924–25 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 22 November 1924, and played Scrum-half/Halfback in the 3-10 defeat by Huddersfield in the 1926 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1926–27 season at Headingley, Leeds on Wednesday 1 December 1926. Parkin played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Wakefield Trinity's 3-29 defeat by Australia in the tour match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 22 October 1921.[2] Parkin married Frances Akeroyd in 1926 and had six children, Patricia, Nadine, Willie (Bill), Geoff, Neal and Trevor, and 16 grandchildren.

Parkin won caps for England while at Wakefield Trinity in 1921 against Wales, Other Nationalities and Australia, in 1922 against Wales, in 1923 against Wales, in 1924 against Other Nationalities, in 1925 against Wales, in 1926 against Wales and Other Nationalities, in 1927 against Wales, in 1928 against Wales (2 matches) and won caps for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in 1920 against Australia (2 matches) and New Zealand (3 matches), in 1921-22 against Australia (2 matches), in 1924 against Australia (3 matches) and New Zealand, in 1926-27 against New Zealand (2 matches), in 1928 against Australia and New Zealand and in 1929 against Australia (2 matches).

Parkin was unavailable for the first Test of the 1929-30 Ashes series and the game was lost to the touring Australians. He recovered for the second Test and Great Britain ultimately defended the Ashes. Parkin decided he wanted to leave Wakefield Trinity in 1930, at the age of thirty-four, and he was put on the transfer list at £100 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £15,950 in 2013).[3] For some reason, Hull Kingston Rovers couldn't, or wouldn't, find the money. So Parkin paid the fee himself to secure his release. The game's by-laws were adjusted shortly afterwards, so that no player could ever do that again.

“ Jonathan Parkin: Joined Trinity as a youth in 1913 from Sharlston and played his first senior game at Bradford Northern on 19 April 1913. A most distinguished career, which covered 18 years in "Trinity's Red, White and Blue," included the following Test appearances:- 1920 (Brisbane and Sydney (1 and 2)), 1921 (Headingley, Leeds and the Boulevard, Hull), 1924 (Sydney 1 and 2 and Brisbane), 1928 (Sydney (1)), 1929 (Headingley, Leeds) and 1930 (Station Road, Swinton). It will be seen that Jonty made three tours to Australia. A football player can have no higher testimony than to retain the confidence of all ruling officials over a period of years. For many years Jonty Parkin was chosen as captain of Wakefiel Trinity, Yorkshire and Great Britain, and that is sufficient proof of his ability. So long as football is discussed in Wakefield his name will be remembered. Described by Jim Brough as the toughest scrum half he ever played with or against, Parkin's last two seasons of his career were spent with Hull Kingston Rovers His association with Wakefield Trinity continued after the Second World War when, from 1947 to 1950, he was a member of the Trinity Committee.[4] ”

Post-playing

In 1988 Parkin was one of the first group of inductees into the Rugby Football League Hall of Fame.

References

  1. ↑ Wakefield Trinity Committee, 7 Tammy Hall Street, Wakefield (Monday 26 December 1921). Wakefield Trinity Gazette. John Fletcher Printers, Albion Court, Westgate, Wakefield, WF1 1BD. ISBN n/a
  2. ↑ Hoole, Les (2004). Wakefield Trinity RLFC - FIFTY GREAT GAMES. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-429-9
  3. ↑ "Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Lindley, John (1960). Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a

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