Ray Glastonbury
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| Full name | Raymond Glastonbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 December 1938 Bedwellty district, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond Glastonbury (born 11 December 1938) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cardiff RFC, as a wing, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Workington Town, as a wing.[1][3]
Background
[edit]Ray Glastonbury was born in Bedwellty district, Wales, and he was the younger brother of the rugby union wing who played in the 1950s and 1960s for Cardiff RFC (11-matches during the 1958/59 season), Glamorgan Wanderers RFC and Pontypridd RFC; Blandford Glastonbury (birth registered first ¼ 1934 (age 89–90) in Pontypridd district, marriage to Patricia K. (née Collins) registered third ¼ 1958 in Cardiff district).[4]
Playing career
[edit]Glastonbury was the 1962–63 season's top try scorer with 41-tries. He won a cap for Wales while at Workington Town in 1963.[1]
Glastonbury scored 133 tries in 206 appearances for the club between 1962 and 1968.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Player Summary: Ray Glastonbury". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ^ "Blandford Glastonbury Statistics at cardiffrfc.com". cardiffrfc.com. 31 December 2019. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Former Workington Town star of the 1960s returns to his old stomping ground". News and Star. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
External links
[edit]- (archived by web.archive.org) Workington and Hull KR triumph in the regions
- (archived by web.archive.org) Past Players → G & H at cardiffrfc.com
- (archived by web.archive.org) Statistics at cardiffrfc.com