Ray Baxendale

Ray Baxendale is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1975 and 1977 World Cups.

Ray Baxendale
Personal information
Full nameRaymond Frederick Baxendale[1]
BornNew Zealand
Playing information
PositionProp, Second-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–1980 Runanga
1981 Marist-Western Suburbs
1981–82 Wakefield Trinity 14 1 0 0 3
Total 14 1 0 0 3
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–1980 West Coast
1975–81 New Zealand 17 0 0 0 0
19??–81 South Island
1981 Canterbury
Source: [2]

Playing career

Baxendale began his career playing for Runanga. A Junior Kiwi, Baxendale first made the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1975 at the World Cup and went on to play in 39 matches for New Zealand, including in 17 Test matches. Baxendale also represented the West Coast and the South Island.[3]

In 1981 Baxendale joined Marist-Western Suburbs in the Canterbury Rugby League competition and represented Canterbury, captained the South Island against France and again played for New Zealand. He played for Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 889) in the 1981-82 season.[3]

References

  1. BAXENDALE, Raymond Frederick - 1975 - 81 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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