Jimmy Hayton
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| Full name | James Armstrong Fisher Hayton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1925[1][2] Cockermouth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2000 (aged 74)[2] Whitehaven, Cumbria, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James "Jimmy" Armstrong Fisher Hayton (21 September 1925 – 2000) was an English professional
Cumberland, and at club level for Workington Town, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[3]
Playing career
International honours
Jimmy Hayton won a cap for England while at Workington in 1949 against Other Nationalities.[4]
County honours
Jimmy Hayton represented
Cumberland's 5-4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.[5]
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Jimmy Hayton played left-
on Saturday 30 April 1955, in front of a crowd of 66,513.Genealogical information
Hayton married Eva (née Asbury) in 1949 in Cockermouth.[6]
References
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ a b England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
- ^ 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 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "When Cumberland defeated the Aussies". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.