Personal information
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Full name | Patrick Dalton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Paddy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | April→June 1907 (age 109–110) Harrington, Cumberland, England |
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Playing information
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Position | Second-row, Loose forward/Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick "Paddy" Dalton (birth registered April→June 1907 (age 109–110)) birth registered in Harrington, Cumberland, is an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s, playing at representative level for England, and English League XIII, and at club level for Salford, as a Second-row, or Loose forward, i.e. number 11, 12 or 13, during the era of contested scrums.
Paddy Dalton won caps for England while at Salford in 1934 against Australia and France, in 1935 against France and Wales, and in 1936 against Wales, and represented English League XIII against France.
Paddy Dalton played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Salford's 7-4 victory over Barrow in the 1938 Challenge Cup Final during the 1937–38 season at Wembley Stadium, London, in front of a crowd of 51,243.
About Paddy Dalton's time, there was Salford's 10-8 victory over Swinton in the 1931 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1931–32 season at the Cliff, Broughton, Salford on Saturday 21 November 1931, the 21-12 victory over Wigan in the 1934 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1934–35 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1934, the 15-7 victory over Wigan in the 1935 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1935–36 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 19 October 1935, the 5-2 victory over Wigan in the 1936 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Wilderspool, Warrington on Saturday 17 October 1936, and he played Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 7-10 defeat by Wigan in the 1938 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1938–39 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 22 October 1938.