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| Full name | Benjamin W. Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing, Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Benjamin "Ben" W. Johnson (birth unknown – death unknown) was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at club level for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 196), as a wing, or forward (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums, he was permanently disabled during World War I.[1]
Playing career
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Ben Johnson played right wing, i.e. number 2, in Wakefield Trinity's 0-6 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1914 Challenge Cup Final during the 1913–14 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax, in front of a crowd of 19,000.[2]
Club career
Ben Johnson made his début for Wakefield Trinity during September 1912, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
References
- ↑ Mike Rylance (22 August 2013). "Trinity: A History of the Wakefield Rugby League Football Club 1872-2013". League Publications Ltd. ISBN 978-1901347289
- ↑ "A complete history of Hull FC's Challenge Cup finals". Hull Daily Mail. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.