John Tembey
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Full name | John Tembey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Whitehaven district (Kells), Cumberland, England | 11 September 1936|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 29 July 1994 | (aged 57)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Tembey (11 September 1936Cumberland, and at club level for Whitehaven (two spells), St Helens and Warrington, as a prop or second-row.
Background
John Tembey's birth was registered in Whitehaven district (Kells), Cumberland, England, and he died aged 57.
Playing career
International honours
John Tembey won caps for Great Britain while at St. Helens in 1963 against Australia, and in 1964 against France.[1]
County honours
John Tembey represented
Cumberland
.
County Cup Final appearances
John Tembey played left-
on Saturday 24 October 1964.Notable tour matches
John Tembey played left-centre and scored a try in Whitehaven's 14–11 victory over Australia in the 1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Saturday 20 October 1956, in front of a crowd of 10,917.[3]
Honoured at Whitehaven
John Tembey is a Whitehaven Hall of Fame Inductee.
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "When Haven beat the Aussies". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.