Chris Hesketh, the Glossary
Christopher Hesketh (28 November 1944 – 10 August 2017) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.[1]
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33 relations: Cap (sport), Central Park (Wigan), England national rugby league team, Fartown Ground, Great Britain national rugby league team, Huddersfield, Lancashire, Laurie Gilfedder, Leeds Rhinos, Rugby league, Rugby League War of the Roses, Rugby League World Cup, Salford Red Devils, Swinton Lions, Testimonial match, The Willows, Salford, Try (rugby), Warrington, Warrington Wolves, Widnes Vikings, Wigan, Wigan Warriors, Wilderspool Stadium, 1970 Rugby League World Cup, 1972 Rugby League World Cup, 1972–73 Lancashire Cup, 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season, 1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy, 1973–74 Lancashire Cup, 1974 Great Britain Lions tour, 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy, 1975–76 Lancashire Cup, 1976 New Year Honours.
- Salford Red Devils captains
Cap (sport)
In sport, a cap is a player's appearance in a game at international level.
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Central Park (Wigan)
Central Park was a rugby league stadium in Wigan, England, which was the home of Wigan RLFC before the club moved to the JJB Stadium in 1999.
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England national rugby league team
The England national rugby league team represents England in international rugby league since the first international match in 1904.
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Fartown Ground
The Fartown Ground or just simply Fartown is a sports ground located in the Huddersfield suburb of Fartown in West Yorkshire, England and is predominantly famous for being the home ground of Huddersfield Rugby League Club from 1878 to 1992.
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Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league.
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Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
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Laurie Gilfedder
Lawrence "Laurie"/"Gilly" M. Gilfedder (15 May 1935 – 7 January 2019) was an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. Chris Hesketh and Laurie Gilfedder are Great Britain national rugby league team players, Lancashire rugby league team players, rugby league centres and Wigan Warriors players.
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Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Rugby League War of the Roses
The War of the Roses (also known in its later years as the County of Origin Series) was the inter-county rugby league matches between Lancashire and Yorkshire, the areas where rugby league has traditionally been most popular in England.
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Rugby League World Cup
The Rugby League World Cup is an international rugby league tournament contested by the top national men's representative teams.
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Salford Red Devils
The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Barton-upon-Irwell, Greater Manchester, England.
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Swinton Lions
Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known simply as Swinton RLFC.
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Testimonial match
A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, particularly in association football in the United Kingdom and South America, where a club has a match to honour a player for service to the club.
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The Willows, Salford
The Willows was a rugby league stadium in Weaste, Salford, England.
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Try (rugby)
A try is a way of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league football.
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Warrington
Warrington is an industrial town in the borough of the same name in Cheshire, England.
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Warrington Wolves
The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England.
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Widnes Vikings
The Widnes Vikings are an English rugby league club in Widnes, Cheshire, which competes in the Betfred Championship.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas.
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors are an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester.
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Wilderspool Stadium
Wilderspool Stadium was a rugby league stadium in Warrington, England.
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1970 Rugby League World Cup
The 1970 Rugby League World Cup was the fifth World Cup for men’s National rugby league teams.
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1972 Rugby League World Cup
The sixth Rugby League World Cup was held in France in October and November 1972.
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1972–73 Lancashire Cup
The 1972–73 Lancashire Cup was the sixtieth occasion on which the competition was held.
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The 1972–73 Northern Rugby Football League season was the 78th season of rugby league football played in England.
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1972–73 Player's No.6 Trophy
This was the second season of the League Cup, which was known as the Players No.6 Trophy for sponsorship reasons.
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1973–74 Lancashire Cup
The 1973–74 Lancashire Cup was the sixty-first occasion of the Lancashire Cup.
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1974 Great Britain Lions tour
The 1974 Great Britain Lions tour was the Great Britain national rugby league team's 15th tour of Australasia and took place from May to August 1974.
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1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy
The 1974–75 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy was the tenth occasion on which the BBC2 Floodlit Trophy competition had been held.
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1975–76 Lancashire Cup
1975–76 was the sixty-third occasion on which the Lancashire Cup completion had been held.
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1976 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1976 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
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See also
Salford Red Devils captains
- Adrian Morley
- Alf Middleton
- Billy Williams (rugby, born 1905)
- Bobbie Goulding
- Chris Hesketh
- Daniel Holdsworth (rugby league)
- Darren Brown (rugby league)
- David Watkins (rugby)
- Elijah Taylor (rugby league)
- Gus Risman
- Harrison Hansen
- Ian Blease
- Jack Gore
- James Lomas (rugby league)
- Kallum Watkins
- Lee Mossop
- Les Bettinson
- Malcolm Alker
- Martin Gleeson (rugby league)
- Michael Dobson (rugby league)
- Rob Parker (rugby league)
- Sam Williams (rugby union)
- Stephen Wild
- Tommy Lee (rugby league)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hesketh
Also known as Christopher Hesketh, Hesketh, Chris.