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A collection of 20 Rugby League programmes themed to feature notable appearances by the Warrington & Blackpool winger Brian Bevan, including his debut

Hammer Price:
£120
Estimated Price:

£200 - £300

A collection of 20 Rugby League programmes themed to feature notable appearances by the Warrington & Blackpool winger Brian Bevan, including his debut for Warrington v Oldham 17.11.45 (played at No.2 which at the time of going to press was printed as ''A.N. Other''), and Bevan's final professional match at the International Seven-A-Side Tournament at Thrum Hall, Halifax, 30th May 1964, other notable programmes first ''official'' appearance and ''first try'' for Warrington, tour games v NZ & Australia, 100th, 200th, 400th, 500th, 600th & 700th try games, first game for Harry Bath, 7 try game v Leigh, 2,000th career points game, 100th career hat-trick, last game & last try for Warrington, first game for Blackpool, last game for Blackpool and last in the Rugby League Brian Eyrl Bevan (born, Sydney, NSW, 1924 - died, Southport, England, 1991) was an Australian professional Rugby League footballer of the 1940s, 50s and 60s who became the only player ever to have been inducted into both the Australian and British Rugby League Hall of Fames. The Other Nationalities representative winger scored a world record 796 tries, mainly for Warrington in England. In 2008, the centenary year of Rugby League in Australia, he was named on the wing of the Australian Team of the Century even though he never represented the country of his birth in a Test Match.