Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Banks
- Nickname(s)
- Billy
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- European Championship
- 1955/1956
Playing Career Statistics
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| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 21 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Wales | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Huddersfield Giants | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Whitehaven RLFC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Salford RLFC | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| European Championship | 1 | 18 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 27.78% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 24 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Wales | 1949-53 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17.65% | List | ||||
| Great Britain | 1953-54 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Other | 1955 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1949-1955 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 28.57% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables
Your Say
4 Jan 2025 6:48pm
Billy was from Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales. He married Sadie Williams who was a hairdresser from the same town. His in-laws were Gomer and Annie Williams of 14 MacGregor Row Maesteg. Gomer was a collier and then groundsman and member of the executive committee of Maesteg RFC. Gomer who lived next door to us gave me a Cardiff RFC jersey that had been left in the changing room by one of their players. It was small so probably had been worn by one of their wingers at the time possibly Sir Gerald Davies? When Billy retired he became a taxi driver in Huddersfield.
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