Nathan "Nat" Bentham (8 March 1900 – 1975) was an English professional

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footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. He played at representative level for

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and

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, and at club level for Wigan Highfield, Halifax and

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, as a .

Club career

Bentham started his career at Wigan Highfield. Due to the club's financial problems, he was transferred to Halifax during November 1928. He was transferred to

for a fee of £400 during January 1930.

International honours

Nat Bentham won

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s for

while at Wigan Highfield in 1928 against Wales (2 matches), while at Halifax in 1929 against Other Nationalities, while at

in 1930 against Other Nationalities (2 matches), and won

s for

while at Wigan Highfield in 1928 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (3 matches), while at Halifax in 1929-30 against Australia (2 matches), and while at

against Australia (2 matches). Bentham was the only Great Britain player to retain his position () for every game of the unprecedented 4-test Ashes series of the

1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain The 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain was the fourth Kangaroo tour, and took the Australia national rugby league team all around England and also into Wales. The tour featured the ninth Ashes series which comprised four Test matches ...

References

External links

Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk
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