Raymond Price (rugby)

For the rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s for Australia, New South Wales, Parramatta, and Wakefield Trinity, see Ray Price (rugby).
Ray Price
Personal information
Full name H. Raymond Price
Born c. 1924
Died 1988 (aged 64)
Blaina, Wales
Playing information
Weight 11 st 4 lb (71.7 kg; 158.0 lb)
Rugby union
Position Fly-half/First Five-Eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1947–47 Abertillery RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off/Five-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1947–53 Belle Vue Rangers
1953–57 Warrington 113 23 0 0 69
1957–58 St. Helens 20 5 14 0 43
Total 133 28 14 0 112
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1948–53 Wales 6 0 0 0 0
1955–55 Other Nationalities 2
1954–57 Great Britain 9 2 0 0 6
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

H. Raymond "Ray" Price (c. 1924 — 1988 (aged 64)) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s who was regarded as one of the finest post-war Stand-offs in the sport.[1]

Price was born in Blaina. At club level he played rugby union (RU) for Abertillery RFC, and at representative level he played rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Other Nationalities, and Wales, and at club level for Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington, and St. Helens.[2]

Playing career

International honours

Ray Price won caps for Wales (RL) while at Belle Vue Rangers 1948…1953 6-caps, won caps for Other Nationalities (RL) while at Warrington in 1955 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at Warrington in 1954 against Australia, and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1955 against New Zealand, in 1956 against Australia (3 matches), and in 1957 against France (2 matches).[3]

Ray Price was selected for the Great Britain Squad while at Warrington for the 1957 Rugby League World Cup in Australia. However, Ray Price did not participate in any of the three matches.

Ray Price also represented Great Britain while at Belle Vue Rangers between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[4]

Challenge Cup final appearances

Ray Price played Stand-off/Five-eighth in Warrington's 4-4 draw with Halifax in the 1954 Challenge Cup final during the 1953–54 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1954, and played Stand-off/Five-eighth in the 8-4 victory over Halifax in the 1954 Challenge Cup final replay during the 1953–54 season at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Wednesday 5 May 1954, in front of a record crowd of 102,575 or more.

County Cup final appearances

Ray Price Stand-off/Five-eighth in Belle Vue Rangers' 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1947 Lancashire Cup final during the 1947–48 season at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Saturday 1 November 1947.[5]

Honoured at Warrington Wolves

Ray Price is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Ray Price joins Warrington Hall of Fame". Warrington Guardian. UK: Newsquest Media Group. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  3. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ↑ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
  5. ↑ "1947–1948 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Hall of Fame at Wire2Wolves.com". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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