Phil Kitchin

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Phil Kitchin
Personal information
Full namePhilip Kitchin
Bornsecond ¼ 1941 (age 82–83)
Whitehaven district, England
Playing information
PositionStand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958–67 Whitehaven
1967–71 Workington Town
Whitehaven
Total 0 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Cumberland
1965 Great Britain U-24 1 0 0 0 0
1965 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1980–81 Whitehaven
1986–87 Whitehaven
1989 Workington Town
Total 0 0 0 0
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1990 Cumbria
Source: [1][2]

Philip Kitchin (birth registered second ¼ 1941[3]) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Cumberland, and at club level for Whitehaven and Workington Town as a stand-off,[1] and coached at representative level for Cumbria, and at club level for Whitehaven and Workington Town.[4]

Background

Phil Kitchin's birth was registered in Whitehaven district, Cumberland, England.

Playing career

Club career

Kitchin started his career at Whitehaven before signing for Workington Town in February 1967 for a fee of £2,000.[5] He was re-signed by Whitehaven in January 1971 for a fee of £1,000.[6]

Representative honours

Phil Kitchin won caps for Cumberland while at Whitehaven, making his début aged-19 alongside; Brian Edgar, Dick Huddart, Syd Lowdon, William "Bill" McAlone and Ike Southward, against Yorkshire at Recreation Ground, Whitehaven circa-1960.[7]

On 3 April 1965, Kitchin played in the first ever Great Britain under-24 international match in a 17–9 win against France under-24's.[8]

Kitchin won a cap for Great Britain while at Whitehaven in 1965 against New Zealand.[1]

Honoured at Whitehaven

Phil Kitchin is a Whitehaven Hall Of Fame Inductee, i.e. one of the "Haven immortals".[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Player Summary: Phil Kitchin". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers Club. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Birth details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Trinity drop Berwyn Jones". Liverpool Daily Post. 22 February 1967. p. 11 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Kitchin transfer beats deadline". Liverpool Daily Post. 19 January 1971. p. 14 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Phil's Kitchins hopes for West Cumbrian rugby league". pitchero.com. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. ^ Saxton, Irvin (ed.). History of Rugby League: No.70 1964–1965. League Publications.

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