Phil Bancroft

Phil Bancroft
Personal information
Full name Philip William Bancroft
Born New Zealand
Playing information
Position Halfback

Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–1987 Haswell Hornets
1988–19?? Glenora Bears
1992 City-Pt Chev
1994 Canterbury Cardinals 8 2 3 0 14
Total 8 2 3 0 14
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–1987 Canterbury
19??–1987 South Island
1988–19?? Auckland
1989 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Philip William Bancroft[2] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country in two Test matches in 1989.

Playing career

A Canterbury and South Island representative in the 1980s,[3] Bancroft played for the Glenora Bears in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland.[4] In 1988, 1989 and 1990 Bancroft won the Painter Rosebowl Trophy for being the leading goalscorer in the competition.

Bancroft played for English Rugby League Club Rochdale Hornets in the 1985/86 season, enjoying a good season but narrowly missing out on promotion.

In 1989 Bancroft was called up to the New Zealand Kiwis and played in two test matches against Great Britain.[5][6]

Bancroft later returned to Canterbury playing for the Haswell Hornets club and the Canterbury Country Cardinals in the 1994 Lion Red Cup.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ BANCROFT, Philip William 1989 - Kiwi #610 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine. nzleague.co.nz
  3. ↑ 1986 Lion Red Rugby League Annual, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1986. p.133
  4. ↑ "Rugby League". The New Zealand Herald. 18 May 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  5. ↑ 1989 First Test: Great Britain 16 New Zealand 24 Cherry and White
  6. ↑ 1989 Second Test: Great Britain 26 New Zealand 6 Cherry and White
  7. ↑ Lion Red Rugby League Annual 1994, New Zealand Rugby Football League, 1994. p.p.187-193
  8. ↑ Halswell's happy memories of a loss The Press, 25 June 2004
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