Neville Denton

Neville Denton

Personal information
Full name	Neville Leon Denton[1]
Born	New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Northern Districts (ARL)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Auckland
1954–1963	New Zealand	13	5	1	0	17
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1965–1966	Marist (ARL)
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1971–1973	Auckland
Source: RLP

Neville Denton is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1954 and 1960 World Cups.

Playing career

Denton, an Auckland representative, played in 13 Test matches for the New Zealand Kiwis between 1954 and 1963. During this time Denton attended the 1954, 1957 and 1960 World Cups. He, however, did not play a match in the 1957 World Cup. Denton was also part of the Auckland teams that defeated France 15-8 in 1960, Australia 13-8 in 1961 and Great Britain 46-13 in 1962.^[2]

Denton, along with Ron Ackland and Gary Phillips, withdrew from the 1961 tour of Great Britain due to a dispute over allowances.^[2]

Denton played for the "Northern Districts" team during the Auckland Rugby League's "district era". The team was a combination of Northcote and North Shore.^[2]

Coaching career

Denton coached Marist in 1965 and 1966. Denton later served as the selector-coach of Auckland between 1971 and 1973.^[2]

References

1. ^ DENTON, Nevilli Leon - 1954 - 63 nzleague.co.nz
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 9781869693664.

Persondata
Name	Denton, Neville
Alternative names
Short description	Rugby player
Date of birth
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death
Place of death