Norman Fender Explained

Norman Fender
Birth Name:	Norman Henry Fender
Birth Date:	2 September 1910
Birth Place:	Cardiff, Wales
Death Place:	York, England
Occupation:	labourer licensee
School:	Ninian Park School
Ru Position:	Flanker
Amatyears1:	1927–31
Amatteam1:	Cardiff RFC
Repteam1:	Wales^[1] ^[2]
Repyears1:	1930–31
Repcaps1:	6
Reppoints1:	3
Module:	Embed: yes Position: Forward Year1start: 1931 Year1end: 38 Club1: York Appearances1: 228 Points1: 100 Teama: Wales Teamb: Great Britain^[3] Yearastart: 1932 Yearaend: 38 Yearbstart: 1932 Appearancesa: 9 Appearancesb: 0 Pointsa: 3 Pointsb: 0

Norman Henry Fender (2 September 1910 – 24 October 1983) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby footballer who played rugby union for Cardiff as a flanker and rugby league with York. He won six caps for Wales at rugby union,^{[1] [2]} and also represented Wales at rugby league.^[3] In 1932/33 he toured Australasia with Great Britain.^[4]

Playing career

International honours

Norman Fender won caps for Wales (RU) while at Cardiff RFC in 1930 against Ireland, and France, and in 1931 against England, Scotland, France, and Ireland,^{[1] [2]} represented Great Britain (RL) while at York on the 1932/33 tour to Australasia playing in 14 tour (non-Test matches), scoring 11-tries, and won caps for Wales (RL) while at York 1932...1938 9-caps.^[3]

County Cup Final appearances

Norman Fender played, and scored a goal in York's 9–2 victory over Wakefield Trinity in the 1936 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1936–37 season at Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 17 October 1936.

Club career

Norman Fender made his début for York on Saturday 29 August 1931, and played his last match on Sunday 18 September 1938.

Honoured at York Rugby League

The first seven players to be inducted into the York Rugby League Hall of Fame during March 2013 were; Geoffrey Pryce, Gary Smith, Vic Yorke, Norman Fender, Willie Hargreaves, Basil Watts and Edgar Dawson.^[5]

Bibliography

• Book: Godwin, Terry. The International Rugby Championship 1883–1983. 1984. Willow Books. Grafton Street, London. 0-00-218060-X.
• Book: Smith, David. Williams, Gareth. Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union. 1980. University of Wales Press. Cardiff. 0-7083-0766-3.

External links

• Fender the first of York's Lions
• Fender gets the plaudits

Notes and References

1. Web site: Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU). espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
2. Web site: Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU). wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018. 28 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180328040903/http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/matchcentre/squads_wales_player_archive.php?player=25966&includeref=dynamic. dead.
3. Web site: Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL). rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. 1 January 2018.
4. Book: Graham. Williams. Peter. Lush. David. Farrar. The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. 978-1-903659-49-6. 2009. 108–114.
5. Web site: Knights launch York Rugby League Hall of Fame. yorkpress.co.uk. 17 March 2013. 17 March 2013.