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Phil Bancroft

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Phil Bancroft
Personal information
Full namePhilip William Bancroft
BornCanterbury, New Zealand
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1985–86 Rochdale Hornets 19 4 13 0 42
1988–19?? Glenora Bears
1992 City-Pt Chev
1994 Canterbury Cardinals 8 2 3 0 14
Total 27 6 16 0 56
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
19??–1987 Canterbury
19??–87 South Island
1988–?? Auckland
1989 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

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

Playing career

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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.[citation needed]

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

In 1989 Bancroft was called up to the New Zealand national rugby league team 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

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  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[dead link] The Press, 25 June 2004