Ray Owen
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| Full name | Raymond Owen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | third ¼ 1940 Prescot, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 February 2006 (aged 65) Widnes, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond "Ray" Owen (birth registered third ¼ 1940
Background
Ray Owen's birth was registered in Prescot district, Lancashire, England, and he died aged 65 in Widnes, Cheshire, England.
Playing career
Championship final appearances
Ray Owen played
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Ray Owen played
County Cup Final appearances
Ray Owen played
on Saturday 31 October 1964.Club career
Ray Owen made his début for Wakefield Trinity during August 1964, and he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1968–69 season , he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored.[citation needed]
Rugby league career
Ray Owen was chairman of Widnes during the glory years of the 1980s, and was still involved, as chairman of the Widnes Past Players Association, up to his death.
Genealogical information
Ray Owen was the son of the rugby league footballer Harry Owen, and Margaret (née Leather, birth registered during third ¼ 1912 in Prescot district), the younger brother of the rugby league footballer for Widnes, and Liverpool City, Harry Owen, Jr. (birth registered during fourth ¼ 1932 in Prescot district), and the older brother of Christine Owen (birth registered during first ¼ 1943 (age 80–81) in Prescot district), and David Owen (birth registered during second ¼ 1945 (age 78–79) in Prescot district)[3]
References
- ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-85983-429-9
- ^ "Statistics at rugby.widnes.tv". rugby.widnes.tv. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.