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| Full name | Raymond F. Dutton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | c. 1945[1] Runcorn district,Cheshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 2 lb (90 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Raymond "Ray" F. Dutton (born c. 1946) is an English former professionalrugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, andcoached in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level forGreat Britain andEngland, and at club level forRuncornARLFC,Widnes RoversARLFC,Widnes andWhitehaven, as a right-footedtoe-end style (rather thanround the corner style)goal-kickingfullback, and coached at club level forWhitehaven andWidnes TigersARLFC (1981 –c. 1984).[2][5]
Ray Dutton's birth was registered inRuncorn district,Cheshire, England, he worked as apainter and decoratorc. 1976–81, as ofc. 2008 he worked at theNorth West Ambulance Service inWidnes,Cheshire, England.
Ray Dutton woncaps forEngland while at Widnes in 1970 against Wales, and France, in the1975 Rugby League World Cup against Australia,[3] and woncaps forGreat Britain while at Widnes in 1970 against New Zealand (2 matches), and in the1970 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, France, New Zealand, and Australia.[4]
Ray Dutton playedfullback scored 5-goals, 1-drop goal, and was namedMan of the match winning theLance Todd Trophy inWidnes' 14-7 victory overWarrington in the1975 Challenge Cup Final during the1974–75 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 10 May 1975, in front of a crowd of 85,998, playedfullback and scored 2-goals, in the 5-20 defeat bySt. Helens in the1976 Challenge Cup Final during the1975–76 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 8 May 1976, in front of a crowd of 89,982, and playedfullback and scored 2-goals, in the 7-16 defeat byLeeds in the1977 Challenge Cup Final during the1976–77 season atWembley Stadium,London on Saturday 7 May 1977, in front of a crowd of 80,871.
Ray Dutton playedfullback inWidnes 8-15 defeat byWigan in the1971 Lancashire Cup Final during the1970–71 season atKnowsley Road,St. Helens on Saturday 28 August 1971,[7] playedfullback, and scored agoal in the 6-2 victory overSalford in the1974 Lancashire Cup Final during the1974–75 season atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 2 November 1974, playedfullback, and scored 3-goals and adrop goal in the 16-7 victory overSalford in the1975 Lancashire Cup Final during the1975–76 season atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 4 October 1975, playedfullback, and scored 4-goals and 1-drop goal in the 16-11 victory overWorkington Town in the1976 Lancashire Cup Final during the1976–77 season atCentral Park,Wigan on Saturday 30 October 1976.
Ray Dutton playedfullback inWidnes' 0-5 defeat byLeigh in the1972 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the1972–73 season atCentral Park,Wigan on Tuesday 19 December 1972, and playedfullback, and scored 2-goals in the 7-15 defeat byBramley in the1973 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Final during the1973–74 season atNaughton Park,Widnes on Tuesday 18 December 1973.
Ray Dutton playedfullback, and scored agoal inWidnes' 2-3 defeat byBradford Northern in the1974–75 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the1974–75 season atWilderspool Stadium,Warrington on Saturday 25 January 1975, and playedfullback, and scored 3-conversions in the 19-13 victory overHull F.C. in the1975–76 Player's No.6 Trophy Final during the1975–76 season atHeadingley,Leeds on Saturday 24 January 1976.
Ray Dutton'sTestimonial match atWidnes took place in 1976.
Ray Dutton holds Widnes' "Most Points In A Career" record with 2195, and "Most Goals In A Career" record with 1083.
Ray Dutton was signed byWidnes during 1964, he made his début for Widnes during 1966, he was transferred from Widnes toWhitehaven during 1978, as the then Widnes coach;Doug Laughton felt that Widnes required a differentgoal-kicker, he remained as a Whitehaven player until the end of the1980–81 season, he retired from playing rugby league following a knee injury while training on holiday inJersey.
Ray Dutton replacedBill Smith as the coach ofWhitehaven, he was the coach of Whitehaven from October 1978 to October 1979, he was replaced as coach byPhil Kitchin, but he remained as a Whitehaven player until the end of the1980–81 season.
(7/9) indicates the number of games played in the tournament. ★=Played in Final. |
