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| Full name | Patrick Tunney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1872-02-01)1 February 1872 Culduff, County Mayo, Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 November 1949(1949-11-28) (aged 77) Croxdale, County Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Patrick Tunney (1 February 1872 – 28 November 1949) was an Irish born, English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1900s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Salford, as a Forward.
Playing career
International honours
Pat Tunney won a cap for England, he played as a forward in the 3–9 defeat by Other Nationalities at Central Park, Wigan on Tuesday 5 April 1904, in the first ever international rugby league match.
Tunney won 18 caps playing for Lancashire.
Challenge Cup Final appearances
Pat Tunney played as a forward in Salford's 8–16 defeat by Swinton in the 1900 Challenge Cup Final during the 1899–1900 season at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, in front of a crowd of 17,864. He then played as Hooker in the 1902 Challenge cup final 0–25 defeat versus Broughton Rangers at Rochdale in front of a crowd of 15,006. He suffered his third defeat in 1903, playing at Prop Forward against Halifax at Headingley in front of 32,507 spectators, Halifax winning 7–0.
References
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
- "Pat Tunney: Irish immigrant who played Rugby for England". Bernard O'Hara's Blog. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.