Ellis Rimmer Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 25/01/2022 at 11:42, matthefish2002 said: One of my favourite sportsmen of yesterday year Wille Watson who was born and bred in Bolton-On-Derne pit Village which would be classed as Rotherham these days. Played 4 times for England including the 1954 World Cup and football wise managed Halifax and Bradford in the 50s and 60s. Club football he played for Huddersfield, Sunderland and Halifax. I think I am right in saying he was the last double international for football and cricket something I don't think will ever happen again. Played 23 Tests for England as a batsmen and over 400 times for Yorkshire and Leicestershire. Fantastic sporting record! Never knew that, cheers Bolton would be Barnsley now and is part of the Dearne Valley which is a mix of Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley Loads of good footballers have come from this area, don't think Wednesday benefitted from many though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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