Ray Price - Stand off
Wales RLHeritage No | 211 |
Date Of Birth | 18/01/1924 |
Place Of Birth | Blaina |
Clubs | St Helens, Warrington Wolves, Belle Vue Rangers, Cardiff, Abertillery |
Honours | Great Britain, Other Nationalities, Wales RL |
Invitational | Rugby League XIII |
Harold Raymond Price, in addition to his Welsh caps, played nine full international matches for Great Britain, touring Australasia in 1954, and he was also a member of the 1957 World Cup squad. He played six times for Wales and twice for Other Nationalities. Ray was originally a rugby union player with Abertillery and also played for Cardiff, before turning professional with Belle Vue Rangers in 1947. After 204 appearances, scoring 40 tries and kicking 24 goals, he moved to Warrington. He helped them to the league and cup double in 1954, playing in the memorable replayed Challenge Cup final against Halifax at Wembley where they drew 4-4, before the replay at Odsal, which produced a record RL crowd of 102,575 with Warrington winning 8-4. Just three days after that, Warrington again took on Halifax in the Championship Final at Maine Road, Manchester and won 8-7. During his 113 games for the Wire, he scored 23 tries. St Helens signed him in 1957 where he played just 20 times, scoring five tries and kicking 14 goals. By that time, Ray had already moved back to Wales and travelled up to play each week. He died in Blaeneau, Gwent, in September 1988 aged 64.
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