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Full name | Patrick Tunney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Culduff, County Mayo, Ireland | 1 February 1872|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1949 Croxdale, County Durham, England | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Tunney (1 February 1872 – 28 November 1949) was an Irish born, English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Salford, as a Forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. [1]
Pat Tunney won a cap for England, he played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in the 3–9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match. [2] [3]
Tunney won 18 caps playing for Lancashire.
Pat Tunney played as a forward, i.e. number 10, in Salford's 8–16 defeat by Swinton in the 1900 Challenge Cup Final during the 1899–1900 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, in front of a crowd of 17,864. He then played as Hooker in the 1902 Challenge cup final 0–25 defeat versus Broughton Rangers at Rochdale in front of a crowd of 15,006. He suffered his third defeat in 1903, playing at Prop Forward against Halifax at Headingley in front of 32,507 spectators, Halifax winning 7–0. [4]
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Full name | Patrick Tunney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Culduff, County Mayo, Ireland | 1 February 1872|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 1949 Croxdale, County Durham, England | (aged 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Tunney (1 February 1872 – 28 November 1949) was an Irish born, English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Salford, as a Forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums. [1]
Pat Tunney won a cap for England, he played as a forward, i.e. number 9, in the 3–9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match. [2] [3]
Tunney won 18 caps playing for Lancashire.
Pat Tunney played as a forward, i.e. number 10, in Salford's 8–16 defeat by Swinton in the 1900 Challenge Cup Final during the 1899–1900 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, in front of a crowd of 17,864. He then played as Hooker in the 1902 Challenge cup final 0–25 defeat versus Broughton Rangers at Rochdale in front of a crowd of 15,006. He suffered his third defeat in 1903, playing at Prop Forward against Halifax at Headingley in front of 32,507 spectators, Halifax winning 7–0. [4]