Pat Tunney

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 (prior to the specialist positions of; prop, hooker, second-row, loose forward), during the era of contested scrums.[1]

Pat Tunney
Personal information
Full namePatrick Tunney
Born(1872-02-01)1 February 1872
Culduff, County Mayo, Ireland
Died28 November 1949(1949-11-28) (aged 77)
Croxdale, County Durham, England
Playing information
PositionForward
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1897–05 Salford 222 11 0 0 33
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1904 England 1 0 0 0 0
1899-05 Lancashire 18 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]

Playing career

International honours

Pat Tunney won a cap for England, he played as a forward, i.e. number 9, 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.[2][3]

Tunney won 18 caps playing for Lancashire.

Challenge Cup Final appearances

Pat Tunney played as a forward, i.e. number 10, 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.[4]

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. Fagan, Sean. "The First International Rugby League Match". rl1895.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2004. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. "Pat Tunney: Irish immigrant who played Rugby for England". Bernard O'Hara's Blog. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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