Name Jim Featherstone | ||
Jim featherstone 79 graduates from mcmaster university
James J. Featherstone (1923 - 6 May 2014), also known as Jimmy Featherstone, birth registered in Wigan, was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, and 1950s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Lancashire, and at club level for Wigan (twice), Warrington, Belle Vue Rangers, and Rochdale Hornets, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.
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- Jim featherstone 79 graduates from mcmaster university
- International honours
- Championship Final appearances
- County Cup Final appearances
- Honoured at Warrington Wolves
- References
International honours
Jim Featherstone won caps for England while at Warrington in 1948 against France, in 1949 against Wales, France (2 matches), and Other Nationalities, in 1950 against Wales (2 matches), in 1952 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Warrington in 1948 against Australia, on the 1950 Great Britain Lions tour against New Zealand (2 matches), and in 1952 against Australia (3 matches).
Championship Final appearances
Jim Featherstone played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Warrington's 15-5 victory over Bradford Northern in the Championship Final during the 1947–48 season at Maine Road, Manchester.
County Cup Final appearances
Jim Featherstone played left-second-row, i.e. number 11, in Warrington's 8-14 defeat by Wigan in the 1948 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1948–49 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 13 November 1948, and played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in the 5-28 defeat by Wigan in the 1950 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1949–50 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 4 November 1950.
Honoured at Warrington Wolves
Jim Featherstone is a Warrington Wolves Hall of Fame inductee.