Jim Bowden (rugby league)

Jim Bowden
Personal information
Full nameJames Bowden
Bornunknown
Diedc. 2003
Playing information
PositionCentre, Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1953–≥54 Huddersfield
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1953–≥53 Yorkshire ≥1
1953 England 1 0 0 0 0
1954 Great Britain 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2][3]

James Bowden (birth unknown – c. 2003) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a centre, or prop, and was a director of Bramley.[1]

Playing career

International honours

Jim Bowden won a cap for England while at Huddersfield in 1953 against France,[2] and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1954 against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand.[3]

Jim Bowden also represented Great Britain while at Huddersfield between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).[4]

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Jim Bowden played right-prop in Huddersfield's 15–10 victory over St. Helens in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final during the 1952-53 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 25 April 1953, in front of a crowd of 89,588.[5]

County Cup Final appearances

Jim Bowden played, and scored 5-goals in Huddersfield's 16–3 victory over Castleford in the 1950 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1950–51 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 4 November 1950.[citation needed]

Contemporaneous Article Extract

"Won Yorkshire Rugby Union schoolboy honours while at Giggleswick School, and played for his county in Rugby League Football as a centre. Huddersfield have switched him to the pack, where he is following in father's (a Bramley forward) footsteps."[5]

Outside of Rugby League

Jim Bowden worked for many years as a Dentist in Wakefield.

Genealogical information

Jim Bowden's father was a rugby league forward for Bramley.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 0-9548355-3-0
  5. ^ a b c McCorquodale, London S.E (25 April 1953). The Rugby League Challenge Cup Competition - Final Tie - Huddersfield v St. Helens - Match Programme. Wembley Stadium Ltd. ISBN n/a