Alex Kersey-Brown
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Alexander "Alex" Kersey-Brown is a former rugby union
and professional rugby league
footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played rugby union (RU) for London Welsh RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Wales
, and at club level for Huddersfield
, and Oldham
.
(RL) while at Huddersfield 1968…1969 2-caps.
This move was to be the biggest tragedy of Alex's rugby life as he missed out on going with the British Lions and sharing in their success.
Alex joined Fartown in Huddersfield, which eventually became The Huddersfield Giants much later. His playing was known for its swiftness and weaving in and around players to get to his tries.
The modern team has a venue is completely different from the original venue and a comparison would be a very interesting and historically useful research for someone to do. Alex did well at first at Fartown but his game fell off and he left.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
and professional rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played rugby union (RU) for London Welsh RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league (RL) for Wales
Wales national rugby league team
The Wales national rugby league team represent Wales in international rugby league football matches. Currently the team is seventh in the RLIF World Rankings. The team were run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League, but an independent body, Wales Rugby League, now runs the team from...
, and at club level for Huddersfield
Huddersfield Giants
Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire who play in the European Super League competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C....
, and Oldham
Oldham Roughyeds
Oldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
.
International honours
Alex Kersey-Brown won caps for WalesWales national rugby league team
The Wales national rugby league team represent Wales in international rugby league football matches. Currently the team is seventh in the RLIF World Rankings. The team were run under the auspices of the Rugby Football League, but an independent body, Wales Rugby League, now runs the team from...
(RL) while at Huddersfield 1968…1969 2-caps.
Playing career
ALEXANDER KERSEY-BROWN b.1940. Alex Kersey-Brown played as a school boy and gained Welsh Caps. He lived in Penmaenmawr, in North Wales, and a few of his later team members in London Welsh also knew him there and played good rugby with him, such as Tony Gray. The London Welsh Team was brilliantly led by John Dawes who had a specific training programme in the early 1960s which honed the team and contributed later to the amazing success of The British Lions team 1971 to 1973. The secret of their success was the injection of John Dawes; a team who were a closely knitted group and who could through their rigorous training and almost mind-reading closeness, and intelligence, melded together as one unit. Many of the team had been together as Rugby School Boys and had won Welsh Caps from that time as Alex Kersey Brown had done. He was tall and very swift and had a natural athletic ability. He played in the centre and wings to utilise his tremendous running. The games at London Welsh were very exciting and entertaining and drew bigger crowds as time went on. Famous visitors were Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. He was with London Welsh during its enormous upturn in success in 1962 to 1966 but left to turn professional; something in those days was severely frowned upon by Unionists.This move was to be the biggest tragedy of Alex's rugby life as he missed out on going with the British Lions and sharing in their success.
Alex joined Fartown in Huddersfield, which eventually became The Huddersfield Giants much later. His playing was known for its swiftness and weaving in and around players to get to his tries.
The modern team has a venue is completely different from the original venue and a comparison would be a very interesting and historically useful research for someone to do. Alex did well at first at Fartown but his game fell off and he left.