Ernest Ward
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 30 July 1920 Dewsbury |
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| Died | 1987 | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback, Centre, Second-row | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1941–53 | Bradford Northern | 391 | 117 | 538 | 1427 | |
| 1953–56 | Castleford | 78 | 9 | 153 | 1 | 335 |
| Total | 469 | 126 | 691 | 1 | 1762 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1941–52 | England | 19 | 2 | 26 | 58 | |
| 1952 | British Empire | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1946–52 | Great Britain | 20 | 4 | 22 | 56 | |
| Coaching information | ||||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1953–56 | Castleford | 105 | 29 | 5 | 71 | 28 |
| As of 24 October 2012 | ||||||
Ernest Ward (30 July 1920 – 1987) birth registered in Dewsbury, was a Welsh rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s, playing at representative level for Great Britain, British Empire, Wales, and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern (Captain), and Castleford, as a Fullback, Centre, or Second-row, i.e. number 1, 3 or 4, or, 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Castleford. Ernest Ward was a Private in the British Army during World War II.
In total he made 391 appearances for Bradford Northern, scoring 117 tries and 538 goals, for a total of 1427 points. In September 2006 Ernest was inducted into the Bradford Bulls/Bradford Northern Hall of Fame.
Ernest Ward won caps for England while at Bradford Northern in 1941 against Wales, in 1945 against Wales (2 matches), in 1946 against France (2 matches), and Wales (2 matches), in 1947 against France, and Wales, in 1948 against France (2 matches), in 1949 against Wales, and France (2 matches), in 1950 against Wales (2 matches), and France, in 1952 against Other Nationalities (2 matches), and Wales, won caps for Wales while at Bradford Northern in 1946 against France, in 1947 against France, England, New Zealand, France, and England, in 1948 against France, England, France, and Australia, in 1949 against England, and France, and in 1951 against Other Nationalities (2 matches), represented British Empire while at Bradford Northern in 1952 against New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford Northern in 1946 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand, in 1947 against New Zealand (2 matches), in 1948 against Australia (3 matches), in 1950 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1951 against New Zealand (3 matches), and in 1952 against Australia (3 matches).
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