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Benjamin "Ben" Gronow (10 March 1887 – 24 November 1967) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s. At club level Gronow played under the union code for Bridgend RFC, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales union team. He was often used as a utility forward. When he switched to professional league rugby he represented Huddersfield (twice), Grenfell, Batley, and Featherstone Rovers, while at representative level, Gronow played for Great Britain, and Wales. His playing position varied under the league code being used as a , , and , i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or 12, or 13, during the era of contested scrums. ==Playing career== While playing rugby union at Bridgend RFC, in 1910 Gronow won four caps for Wales. Gronow won eight caps for Wales under the league code, between 1910 and 1923 while playing for Huddersfield. Gronow was also capped for the Great Britain rugby league team while at Huddersfield, in 1911 against Australia (2 matches), and after being selected for the 1920 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia, against Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches). Ben Gronow played Left-, i.e. number 8 in Huddersfield's 2–8 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1910 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1910–11 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 3 December 1910, played Right-, i.e. number 10, and scored 4-conversions in the 18–8 victory over Dewsbury in the 1919 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1918–19 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 17 May 1919, played Right- and scored 3-conversions in the 24–5 victory over Leeds in the 1919 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1919–20 season at Thrum Hall, Halifax on Saturday 29 November 1919, and played Left- and scored a conversion in the 4–10 defeat by Hull in the 1923 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1923–24 season at Headingley Stadium, Leeds on Saturday 24 November 1923. Gronow also played at least one game for the Other Nationalities team, on 5 February 1921 against England. The game was notable for the Other Nationalities side being entirely composed of Welsh players; but despite approaches to have the game recognised as a 'Wales' v England encounter the rugby league authorities refused to accept the request. Gronow beame one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career.〔Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North – Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-3-6〕 Gronow was selected for Great Britain while at Huddersfield for the 1924 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he did not play in any of the Test matches on this tour. In 1925 Gronow became the first British player to move down under when he went from Huddersfield to Grenfell, New South Wales as their coach but returned two years later. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Gronow」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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