Garfield Owen - Full-back
Wales RLHeritage No | 246 |
Date Of Birth | 20/03/1932 |
Place Of Birth | Llanharan |
Education | Cowbridge Grammar School |
Clubs | Keighley Cougars, Halifax Panthers, Newport, Wrexham, Maesteg, Llanharan |
Honours | Wales RL, Wales |
Invitational | Rugby League XIII, Barbarians |
Garfield Owen's lone rugby league cap came against France in 1959 where he kicked one goal in Wales’ 25-8 defeat. Educated at Cowbridge Grammar School, he played rugby union for his home-town club, Llanharan, as well as Wrexham, Maesteg, Newport and Barbarians, and won six caps for Wales in the 15-man code. He turned professional with Halifax in 1956 and in six seasons with the Yorkshire club, he played 166 matches, scoring 535 goals and four tries, encompassing 1,082 points. He then spent four seasons at Keighley, where he smashed goalscoring records, scoring 705 points in 127 appearances, and also became coach before retiring in 1965. He is one of the few Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career and is a member of the Hall of Fame at both Halifax and Keighley. Talented in many sports other than rugby, Garfield had been a international schoolboy cricketer, a record-breaking athlete with the javelin, a local golfing champion in Wales and for many years a crown-green bowler, being a member of Stafford Bowling Club, Halifax. On retirement he and his family chose to stay in Halifax rather than return to Wales. He was also a teacher by trade, but he later turned to selling cars. He died in Halifax on 17th January 2019, aged 86 after suffering with Parkinson’s Disease since the 1990s.
PLAYER FOR | P | W | D | L | TRY | GOALS | DG | PTS | |||
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Wales RL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
TOTAL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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