Bob Banham
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| Full name | John Robert Banham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1912 Glenbrook, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 20 December 1999 (aged 87) Mascot, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Five-eighth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Robert Banham (22 September 1912 – 20 December 1999),New South Wales City.
Playing career
Banham played for the
Newton Rangers. The first was on their trip to Christchurch to play a Canterbury XIII, and the second was in a midweek match against the touring Canterbury provincial side. On his return to the City side he helped lead them to the Roope Rooster final which they lost to Richmond Rovers by 20 to 8. Banham also played a match for Auckland Pakeha against Auckland Māori on 6 June which was won by the Māori side by 26 points to 21. On 16 July he made his Auckland debut against the returning New Zealand side who had been on tour in Australia. The match was played at Carlaw Park
with Auckland winning 21 to 13 and Banham scoring one of their tries.
He was named for New Zealand in 1939 but did not play a test, due to the cancellation of the 1939 tour of Great Britain.[5] He returned to Australia in September 1940 with the intention of joining the Australian forces.[4] In 1941 played several games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs and scored three tries.[2]
References
- ^ "Papers Past". Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ BANHAM JOHN ROBERT : Service Number – N227584 : Date of birth – 22 Sep 1912 : Place of birth – GLENBROOK NSW : Place of enlistment – KINGSFORD : Next of Kin – BANHAM WILLIAM
- ^ ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ BANHAM, John Robert – 1939[permanent dead link] nzleague.co.nz
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