Episode 19 – Rugby League’s highest tryscorer – Brian Bevan

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Thin – Balding – Awkward – Ungainly. A chain smoker who would use sticky tape to put padding on his elbows and knees.These are some of the adjectives and phrases used to describe a man who will remain in the history books of Rugby League for eternity.

Brian Bevan served in the Royal Australian Navy as a stoker. He served on the corvettes Katoomba and Bundaberg and the cruiser Australia.
Warrington won their first Challenge Cup in 1950 by defeating Widnes 19-0. The town celebrated with captain Harry Bath (left), Mayor William Higham and Brian Bevan (right).
There was a statue, a commemorative wall and in 1995, to celebrate the Centenary of Rugby League, the Royal Mail issued a series of stamps. Brian Bevan, Harold Wagstaff, Jim Sullivan, Billy Batten and Gus Risman were the players chosen to honour the game.
Acknowledgements;
-Neil Ormston is the co-ordinator of The Rugby League Record Keepers Club.
https://www.rugbyleaguerecords.com
-‘The Great Bev: The Rugby League career of Brian Bevan.’ – Gate ( London League Publications 2002 ).
-Warrington Rugby Heritage – https://www.warringtonrugbyheritage.com
-Warrington Guardian
-Rugby League News
-Wikipedia
-‘Living on a thin Line’ – The Kinks ( Arista 1985).