Jimmy Ledgard
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Full name | James Ledgard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Wakefield, England | 9 June 1922|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 January 2007[1] Dewsbury, England | (aged 84)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James "Jim"/"Jimmy" Ledgard (9 June 1922 – 26 January 2007) was an English
He was transferred from Dewsbury to Leigh for a record fee of £2,650 during January 1948, (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £218,400 in 2013).[6]
Ledgard made 334 appearances for
He was part of the Great Britain side that won the 1954 World Cup, winning his 11th and last cap in the 16–12 win over France in the final.
Background
Jimmy Ledgard was born in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and he died aged 84 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England.
Playing career
International honours
Jimmy Ledgard won caps for England while at Dewsbury in 1947 against France (2 matches), and Wales, while at Leigh in 1948 against Wales, in 1949 against France, and Other Nationalities, in 1951 against Wales, and France, in 1952 against Other Nationalities (2 matches), and Wales, in 1953 against Wales, in 1955 against Other Nationalities,[3] and won caps for Great Britain while at Dewsbury in 1947 against New Zealand (2 matches), while at Leigh in 1948 against Australia, in 1950 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand, in 1951 against New Zealand, and in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup against France (5-goals), Australia (2-goals), New Zealand (1-try, 4-goals), France (2-goals) (World Cup 1954 4-caps, 1-try, 13-goals).[4]
Jimmy Ledgard played fullback in all four of Great Britain's 1954 Rugby League World Cup matches, including Great Britain's 16–12 victory over France in the 1954 Rugby League World Cup Final at Parc des Princes, Paris on 13 November 1954.
As of December 2016, With 23 goals, Jimmy is 5th in the list of England's all-time Goal Scorers (behind
).County honours
Jimmy Ledgard played fullback in Yorkshire's 3–12 defeat by Lancashire in the 1949 County Championship Final during the 1948–49 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Tuesday 3 May 1949, in front of a crowd of 7,000.[7]
Championship final appearances
Jimmy Ledgard played
County Cup Final appearances
Jimmy Ledgard played
Coaching
References
- ^ Hadfield, Dave (24 March 2007). "Jimmy Ledgard: Gentlemanly rugby league full-back". The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 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.
- ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 30 November 1994. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Measuring Worth – Relative Value of UK Pounds". Measuring Worth. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Rugby Football League (3 May 1949). Rugby League County Championship Match – Yorkshire v. Lancashire. Fawcett Greenwood & Co. Well Lane, Halifax. ISBN n/a
- ^ "1946–1947 Championship Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "1949–1950 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "1951–1952 Lancashire Cup Final". wigan.rlfans.com. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.