Billy Benyon

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Billy Benyon
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Benyon
Born (1945-03-07) 7 March 1945 (age 79)
St. Helens, England
Playing information
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight12 st 11 lb (81 kg)[1]
PositionCentre, Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1961–77 St. Helens 514 154 1 0 464
1974 Cronulla-Sutherland 5 1 0 0 3
Oct 1977–Apr 81 Warrington 91+3 16 0 0 48
Total 613 171 1 0 515
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1966–73 Lancashire 12 3 0 0 9
1968–70 England 2 0 0 0 0
1971–72 Great Britain 6 4 0 0 12
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1978–82 Warrington 154 93 6 55 60
1982–85 St Helens 136 87 5 44 64
1986–90
Leigh
 109 61 0 48 56
Total 399 241 11 147 60

William Benyon (born 7 March 1945

Leigh.[5]

Background

Billy Benyon was born in St. Helens, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

International honours

Billy Benyon won caps for England while at St Helens in 1968 against Wales, in 1970 against Wales,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at St Helens in 1971 against France (2 matches), New Zealand, and New Zealand (interchange/substitute), and in 1972 against France (2 matches).[4]

World Club Challenge appearances

Billy Benyon played

Eastern Suburbs Roosters in the unofficial 1976 World Club Challenge at Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday 29 June 1976.[8]

Championship final appearances

Billy Benyon played left-

Championship Final during the 1965–66 season at Station Road, Swinton
on Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Billy Benyon played left-

1976 Challenge Cup Final during the 1975–76 season at Wembley Stadium, London
on Saturday 8 May 1976.

County Cup Final appearances

Billy Benyon played

1970 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1970–71 season at Station Road, Swinton
on Saturday 28 November 1970.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Billy Benyon played left-

1975 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1975–76 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens
on Tuesday 16 December 1975.

Player's No.6/John Player Trophy Final appearances

Billy Benyon played right-

1978–79 John Player Trophy Final during the 1978–79 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens
on Saturday 28 April 1979.

Notable tour matches

Billy Benyon played right centre ie number three in St Helens 11-7 victory over Australia national rugby league team at Knowsley Road on 13 November 1973. Billy had a superb game in an under strength Saints side who beat a team contains Australian legends Bobby Fulton and Artie Beetson amongst others.

Billy Benyon played left-centre in Warrington's 15–12 victory over Australia at Wilderspool Stadium, Warrington on Wednesday 11 October 1978.[10]

Coaching career

County Cup Final appearances

Billy Benyon was the

1984 Lancashire Cup Final during the 1984–85 season at Central Park, Wigan
on Sunday 28 October 1984.

Honoured at St Helens R.F.C.

Billy Benyon is a St Helens R.F.C. Hall of Fame inductee.[11]

References

  1. ISBN 0356104362
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ISBN 9780752464725
  7. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. ^ "World Club Challenge 1976 at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  9. ^ "1968-1968 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  10. ^ "Warrington :: 15 - Australia :: 12 - date: 11th October 1978". wire2wolves.com. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  11. ^ "St Helens Hall of Fame". saints.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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