Jim Measures
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Full name | James Measures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | St. Helens, England | 14 April 1939|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Measures (born 14 April 1939)[2] is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for St Helens, Widnes and the Rochdale Hornets, as a second-row, i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.[1]
Background[]
Measures was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.
Playing career[]
International honours[]
Jim Measures won caps for Great Britain while at Widnes in 1963 against Australia (2 matches).[1]
Challenge Cup Final appearances[]
Jim Measures played left-second-row, i.e number 11, in Widnes' 13-5 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the Challenge Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1964, in front of a crowd of 84,488.[citation needed]
Genealogical information[]
Jim Measures is the father of rugby league prop who played in the 1990s for St. Helens Colts, and A-Team, Leigh and Widnes Vikings; .
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links[]
- 1939 births
- Living people
- English rugby league players
- Great Britain national rugby league team players
- Rochdale Hornets players
- Rugby league players from St Helens, Merseyside
- Rugby league second-rows
- St Helens R.F.C. players
- Widnes Vikings players