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Welsh rugby union and rugby league player
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Male
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Birth:
16 June 1913
Death:
16 June 2003
The details
Biography
Introduction
Ivor Bennett (16 June 1913 – 16 June 2003) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s.
Bennett was born in Aberkenfig. At representative level he played rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Aberavon RFC, playing at Prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and at club level played rugby league (RL) for Warrington. He died in Neath aged 90.
Playing career
International Honours
Ivor Bennett won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Aberavon RFC in 1937 against Ireland.
County Cup final appearances
Ivor Bennett played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Warrington's 8-4 victory over Barrow in the 1937 Lancashire Cup final during the 1937–38 season at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 23 October 1937.