Ray Baxendale
New Zealand international rugby league player
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Full name | Raymond Frederick Baxendale[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Prop, Second-row, Lock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ray Baxendale is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in the 1975 and 1977 World Cups.
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
- ^ BAXENDALE, Raymond Frederick - 1975 - 81 Archived 2012-04-05 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ a b Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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New Zealand squad – 1975 Rugby League World Cup
- Ken Stirling (c)
- Murray Eade (vc)
- Fred Ah Kuoi
- Kevin Barry
- Ray Baxendale
- Les Beehre
- Mocky Brereton
- Tony Coll
- Warren Collicoat
- Tom Conroy
- Bruce Dickison
- Barrie Dyer
- Tony Gordon
- John Greengrass
- Peter Gurnick
- John Hibbs
- Bob Jarvis
- Josh Liavaa
- Paul Matete
- Don Munro
- Phillip Orchard
- John O'Sullivan
- Kevin Potter
- Lyndsay Proctor
- John Smith
- Dane Sorensen
- Kurt Sorensen
- Graeme West
- John Whittaker
- Dennis Williams
- John Wright
- Murray Wright
- Coach: George Menzies