Ossie Peake
English rugby league player

Ossie Peake

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English rugby league player
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Birth:
1 January 1920(Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England)
Death:
1 January 1997
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Oswald "Ossie" Peake (birth registered April→June 1920 – 1997) birth registered in Warrington district, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, and 1940s, playing at representative level for England, and at club level for Warrington, as a Centre, i.e. number 3 or 4.

Playing career

International honours

While at Warrington, Peake won three caps for England. All three came in matches against Wales played between 1939 and 1941.

County Cup Final appearances

Ossie Peake played Centre, i.e. number 4, in Warrington's 8-14 defeat by Wigan in the 1948 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1948–49 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 13 November 1948.

Genealogical information

Peake's marriage to Elsie Colbourne was registered during April→June 1942 in Newton district. They had children; Andrew F. Peake (birth registered during January→March 1955 (age 61–62) in Warrington district)