Billy Ivison
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William Harold Ivison (5 June 1920 – 12 March 2000) was an English professional association football and rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level association football (soccer), for Gillingham F.C.,[4] and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, England and Cumberland and at club level for Workington Town, as a Template:Rlp.[2]
Background
Billy Ivison was born in Hensingham, Cumberland, England, and he died aged 79 in Hensingham, Cumbria, England.
Playing career
Club career
Ivison played Template:Rlp and won the Lance Todd Trophy in Workington Town's 18–12 victory over Featherstone Rovers in the 1952 Challenge Cup Final during the 1951–52 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 19 April 1952, in front of a crowd of 72,093, and played Template:Rlp in the 12–21 defeat by Barrow in the 1955 Challenge Cup Final during the 1954–55 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 30 April 1955, in front of a crowd of 66,513.
Representative honours
Ivison won caps for England while at Workington Town in 1949 against Wales, and Other Nationalities, in 1951 against Other Nationalities, in 1952 against Other Nationalities.
Ivison represented Great Britain while at Workington Town in 1952 against France (non-Test matches).[5]
Along with William "Billy" Banks, Edward "Ted" Cahill, Gordon Haynes, Keith Holliday, Robert "Bob" Kelly, John McKeown, George Parsons and Edward "Ted" Slevin, Billy Ivison's only Great Britain appearances came against France prior to 1957, these matches were not considered as Test matches by the Rugby Football League, and consequently caps were not awarded.[5]
Ivison represented Cumberland while at Workington Town. Billy Ivison played Template:Rlp, and scored a try in Cumberland's 5–4 victory over Australia in the 1948–49 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France match at the Recreation Ground, Whitehaven on Wednesday 13 October 1948, in front of a crowd of 8,818.[6]
Honoured in Workington
Ivison Lane in Workington is named after Billy Ivison.[7]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hadfield, Dave (16 March 2000). "Obituary: Bill Ivison". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Template:Rugby league records
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. p. 55. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
- ^ a b Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. Template:ISBN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."When Cumberland defeated the Aussies (Note: Billy's surname is misspelled Iveson )". totalrl.com. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New town centre places with some famous old West Cumbrian names". timesandstar.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
External links
- (archived by web.archive.org) » Legends Evening 50s
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at eraofthebiff.com
- (archived by web.archive.org) 'It's about time too'
- 30 April 1955 Photograph of Workington Town (William Ivison is in the centre of middle row wearing a scrum cap)
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