Stephen John Shaw ( – 31 July 2010), also known by the

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of "Joby", was an English

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winning professional

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footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for

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and

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, and at club level for

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and

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, as a .

Background

Joby Shaw was born in Crofton,

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, England, and he died aged 76 in

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, England.

Playing career

Wakefield Trinity

Joby Shaw played , and was

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, in

’s 17–12 victory over Australia in the

1956–57 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France The 1956–57 Kangaroo tour was the ninth Kangaroo tour, in which the Australian national rugby league team travelled to Great Britain and France and played twenty-eight matches, including the Ashes series of three Test matches against Great Bri ...

match at Belle Vue,

on Monday 10 December 1956. Joby Shaw played in

's 20–24 defeat by

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in the

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Final during the 1958–59 season at

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, Bradford on Saturday 18 October 1958,

Halifax

Shaw was signed by Halifax in November 1958. He played in

's 10–0 victory over

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in the

1963–64 Yorkshire Cup The 1963–64 Yorkshire Cup was the fifty-sixth occasion on which the Yorkshire Cup competition had been held. Halifax won the trophy by beating Featherstone Rovers by the score of 10-0 The match was played at Belle Vue, in the City of Wakefi ...

Final during the 1963–64 season at Belle Vue,

on Saturday 2 November 1963.

Representative honours

Joby Shaw was selected for Yorkshire County XIII whilst at

during the 1958/59 season.Lindley, John (1960). ''Dreadnoughts - A HISTORY OF Wakefield Trinity F. C. 1873 - 1960

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'. John Lindley Son & Co Ltd. ISBN n/a Joby Shaw won

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s for

while at Halifax in the

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against France, and Australia, in 1960 against France, in 1961 against France, and in 1962 against New Zealand. Joby Shaw replaced

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's Tommy Harris as in

winning team for the final two matches against

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and Australia.

References

External links

Cup-winning rugby hero diesWakefield Trinity legend dies aged 76Ex-Halifax rugby star dies at 76
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, John 1934 births 2010 deaths English rugby league players Great Britain national rugby league team players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Hull Kingston Rovers players People from Crofton, West Yorkshire Sportspeople from the City of Wakefield Rugby league players from West Yorkshire Rugby league hookers Wakefield Trinity players Yorkshire rugby league team players