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Kenneth "Ken" Hirst (4 June 1940 – 20 December 2008) born in Morley, was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, and 1960s, playing at club level rugby union (RU) for Morley R.F.C., and playing at club level rugby league (RL) for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 634), as a wing, i.e. number 2 or 5, he died in Ossett.
Contents
- Championship Final appearances
- Challenge Cup Final appearances
- Notable tour matches
- Club career
- Outside of Rugby League
- References
Championship Final appearances
Ken Hirst played right wing, i.e. number 2, scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the Championship Final replay during the 1966–67 season at Station Road, Swinton on Wednesday 10 May 1967.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Ken Hirst played left wing, i.e. number 5, and scored a try in Wakefield Trinity's 12-6 victory over Huddersfield in the 1962 Challenge Cup Final during the 1961–62 season at Wembley on Saturday 12 May 1962, and played right wing, i.e. number 2, and scored 2-tries in the 10-11 defeat by Leeds in the 1968 Challenge Cup "Watersplash" Final during the 1967–68 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1968, in front of a crowd of 87,100.
Notable tour matches
Ken Hirst played left wing, i.e. number 5, made his début, and beat Clive Churchill to score a try within the first two minutes in Wakefield Trinity's 17-12 victory over Australia in the tour match at Belle Vue, Wakefield on Monday 10 December 1956.
Club career
Ken Hirst is the third youngest player to make his début for Wakefield Trinity aged 16 years and 6 months in 1956, second youngest player being Ernest Pollard, and the youngest player being Richard Goddard.
Outside of Rugby League
Following his retirement from rugby league, Ken and his wife Irene were the landlord and lady of The Tawny Owl Inn, Prospect Road, Ossett for twenty years.