Stan Powell - Utility back
Wales RLHeritage No | 181 |
Date Of Birth | 07/09/1916 |
Place Of Birth | Risca |
Education | George Street School, Pontypool |
Clubs | Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington Wolves, St Helens, Cilfynydd, Pontypool Harlequins |
Regions | Lancashire |
Honours | Wales RL |
Stanley J Powell started his senior rugby union career with Pontypool Harlequins at the age of 15. He played anywhere in the backs but his best position was stand-off. He also played for the Cilfyndydd First Team. As a schoolboy footballer he had more than an outstanding career. He represented Pontypool Town School in the 1929-30 season and scored 151 points in that season. Pontypool schoolboys had also had his services in several matches. When he played for the town school they won the Schools Shield for the first time in the history of that school. Fellow Wales international, who played for St Helens at the time, George Lewis discovered him on the cricket field. George was in a cricket match in South Wales where his attention was attracted by a particularly agile youngster. He bounded about like a rubber ball when on the move and set George wondering what sort of rugby player he might be. George set to work to find out and discovered that he was a fly-half from Risca. He was given a trial with St Helens and was signed. He ended up making 194 appearances for Saints, scoring 45 tries, 320 goals totalling 775 points for the club. He took up the goal-kicking duties half-way through the 1936-37 season and remained the regular kicker until the outbreak of World War II. During the war, he made two representative appearances - his first was for the Lancashire League v Yorkshire League at Barrow, followed by an international appearance for Wales against England in March 1945 at Central Park, Wigan. He also turned out for Castleford during the war. He signed for Belle Vue Rangers on 5th January 1946, playing 46 matches, including the 1946 Lancashire Cup final, when they lost 3-9 to Wigan. He was also the club's leading goal-kicker during the 1946-47 campaign with 62. He joined Warrington in 1947-48 before returning to Rangers for a brief spell in 1951-52. He also had a spell at Liverpool Stanley. He died in Southport on January 3, 1995, aged 78.
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