Pat Tunney
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Full name | Patrick Tunney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Culduff, County Mayo, Ireland | 1 February 1872|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1949 Croxdale, County Durham, England | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick "Pat" Tunney (1st Feb 1872 – 28th Nov 1949) was an Irish born, English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Salford, as a Forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]
Playing career[]
International honours[]
Pat Tunney won a cap for England, he played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in the 3-9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.[2][3]
Tunney won 18 caps playing for Lancashire.
Challenge Cup Final appearances[]
Pat Tunney played as a forward, i.e. number 10, in Salford's 8-16 defeat by Swinton in the 1900 Challenge Cup Final during the 1899–1900 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, in front of a crowd of 17,864. He then played as Hooker in the 1902 Challenge cup final 0-25 defeat versus Broughton Rangers at Rochdale in front of a crowd of 15,006. He suffered his third defeat in 1903, playing at Prop Forward against Halifax at Headingley in front of 32,507 spectators, Halifax winning 7-0.
[4] ==References==
- ^ 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 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- ^ Pat Tunney: Irish immigrant who played Rugby for England Retrieved 25th June 2021
External links[]
- 1872 births
- 1949 deaths
- England national rugby league team players
- Irish rugby league players
- Lancashire rugby league team players
- Rugby league forwards
- Rugby league players from County Mayo
- Salford Red Devils players