Wally Desmond

Wally Desmond

Personal information
Full name	Walter Leslie Desmond
Born	(1906-01-06)6 January 1906 New Zealand
Playing information
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight	11 st 10 lb (74 kg)
Position	Wing, Centre, Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1925 Linwood 12 7 10 1 43 1925 Inangahua 2 0 1 0 2 1927–29 Leeds 42 10 0 0 30 1929–30 → Castleford (trial) 2 0 0 0 0 1930–31 Batley 50 5 10 0 35 1931–33 Bramley 56 1 29 0 61 Total 164 23 50 1 171 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1925 Canterbury 2 5 3 0 19 1925 West Coast 1 1 0 0 3 1926 Wellington 1 2 0 0 6 1926 North Island 1 1 0 0 3 1926 New Zealand XIII 1 1 0 0 3 1926 NZ Trial 1 2 0 0 6 1926–27 New Zealand 16 (1) 9 0 0 27
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Walter Leslie Desmond (born 6 January 1906) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, and Wellington, and at club level for Leeds,^[2] Castleford,^[3] Batley and Bramley, as a wing, centre, or stand-off,^[4][5][6] and he was Chairman of the Leeds & District rugby league referees' society in the late 1950s and early 1960s.