Name Alan Lowndes Role Rugby league wing | Career start 1968 Career end 1977 | |
Alan Lowndes is a rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s, playing representative level for rugby union (RU) Yorkshire, and a trialist for England, and at club level for Carnegie College, and Wakefield RFC, and playing representative level for rugby league (RL) Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford, as a wing.
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County honours
Alan Lowndes won a cap playing Right-Wing for Yorkshire (RL) while at Castleford in the 42–3 victory over Cumberland at Hull Kingston Rovers' stadium on 1 October 1969.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Alan Lowndes played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Castleford's 11–6 victory over Salford in the 1969 Challenge Cup Final during the 1968–69 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 17 May 1969, in front of a crowd of 97,939, and played left wing in the 7–2 victory over Wigan in the 1970 Challenge Cup Final during the 1969–70 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 9 May 1970, in front of a crowd of 95,255.
County Cup Final appearances
Alan Lowndes played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Castleford's 7–11 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1971 Yorkshire County Cup Final during the 1971–72 season at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Saturday 21 August 1971.