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Arthur Bassett
Height183
Weight86
Date Of Birth28/06/1914
Place Of BirthKenfig Hill
EducationPyle Council School
ClubsHalifax Panthers, Cardiff, Aberavon, Glamorgan Police, Kenfig Hill, Maesteg, Neath, Pyle, Swansea
HonoursWales RL, Great Britain, Wales
InvitationalCrawshays
Arthur Bassett was born in Kenfig Hill on 25th June 1914 and played for several clubs before joining Cardiff during 1935/36 season. At the same time, he played for the Glamorgan County Police Team on Wednesday afternoons (rain or shine) for charity, travelling to away games using a black handsome cab as transport.
Internationally, he gained six caps for Wales, the first in 1934 against Ireland and the last in 1938 against Scotland at Murrayfield.
In 1939, after 101 games for Cardiff, he signed professional forms to play Rugby League for Halifax and then moved to York in 1948. Arthur gained international honours at Rugby League playing for Great Britain (winning 2 caps in 1946) and Wales (gaining three caps between (1939 and 1946).
After retiring Arthur became a publican.
Arthur Bassett passed away on December 30th 1999 in Matlock aged 85.
SEASON P W D L TRY CON PEN DG PTS
TOTAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM P W D L PF PA PTS
Newport 24 21 0 3 845 446 104
Llandovery 22 20 0 2 717 355 95
Ebbw Vale 23 17 0 6 708 433 85
Cardiff 24 15 1 8 731 536 78
Pontypridd 24 12 1 11 544 572 63
Pontypool 21 13 0 8 549 485 61
Merthyr 21 11 0 10 535 569 56
Aberavon 23 8 0 15 507 652 47
Bridgend Ravens 22 8 0 14 463 667 42
Swansea 21 6 0 15 427 589 36
Carmarthen Quins 22 5 0 17 469 666 33
RGC 1404 21 5 0 16 424 579 30
Neath 22 3 0 19 379 749 20