Name Bob Brown | Role Rugby league | |
Robert "Bob" Brown was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, playing at club level for Wigan and Salford, as a wing or Centre. He also represented Lancashire
Contents
- Les Diables Rouges
- Championship Final appearances
- Challenge Cup Final appearances
- County Cup Final appearances
- References
Les Diables Rouges
Bob Brown was one of the players who successfully toured in France with Salford in 1934, during which the Salford team earned the name "Les Diables Rouges", the seventeen players were; Joe Bradbury, Bob Brown, Aubrey Casewell, Paddy Dalton, Bert Day, Cliff Evans, Jack Feetham, George Harris, Barney Hudson, Emlyn Jenkins, Alf Middleton, Sammy Miller, Harold Osbaldestin, Les Pearson, Gus Risman, Billy Watkins, and Billy Williams.
Championship Final appearances
Bob Brown played left wing, i.e. number 5, in Salford's 3-15 defeat by Wigan in the Championship Final during the 1933–34 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 28 April 1934.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Bob Brown played centre, i.e number 3, in Salford's 7-4 victory over Barrow in the 1938 Challenge Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of 51,243.
County Cup Final appearances
About Bob Brown's time, there was Salford's 21-12 victory over Wigan in the 1934 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1934–35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934, the 15-7 victory over Wigan in the 1935 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1935–36 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 19 October 1935, the 5-2 victory over Wigan in the 1936 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 17 October 1936, and he played left-centre, i.e. number 4, in the 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1938 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938.