Bob Prosser

Robert Prosser
Personal information
Full name Robert Prosser
Born Tylorstown, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Scrum-half

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1961–61 Coventry R.F.C.
1961–≤15 Sep 65 Newport RFC 148 19 57
Total 148 19 0 0 57
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Crawshays RFC
Rugby league
Position Stand-off, Scrum-half

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Sep 1965–Feb 67 St. Helens 45 2 6
≥17 Feb 1967–≥70 Salford
Total 45 2 0 0 6
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1968–70 Wales 4
Source: [1]

Robert Prosser (birth unknown), also known by the nicknames of "Bob", and "Rob", is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and 1970s. He played invitational level rugby union (RU) for Crawshays RFC, and at club level for Coventry R.F.C., and Newport RFC, as a scrum-half, i.e. number 9, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for St. Helens, and Salford, as a stand-off/five-eighth, or scrum-half/halfback, i.e. number 6, or 7.[1][2]

Playing career

International honours

Bob Prosser won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1968–1970 while at Salford.[1]

Championship Final appearances

Bob Prosser was an unused interchange/substitute, i.e. number 14, in St. Helens' 35-12 victory over Halifax in the Championship Final during the 1965–66 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 28 May 1966, in front of a crowd of 30,165.

BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final appearances

Bob Prosser played scrum-half/halfback in St. Helens' 0-4 defeat by Castleford in the 1965 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Tuesday 14 December 1965.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
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