Contemporaneous Article Extract
| “ | Jonathan Parkin: Joined Trinity as a youth in 1913 from Sharlston and played his first senior game at Bradford Northern on April 19th, 1913. A most distinguished career, which covered 18 years in "Trinity's Red, White and Blue," included the following Test appearances:- 1920 (Brisbane and Sydney (1 and 2)), 1921 (Headingley, Leeds and the Boulevard, Hull), 1924 (Sydney 1 and 2 and Brisbane), 1928 (Sydney (1)), 1929 (Headingley, Leeds) and 1930 (Station Road, Swinton). It will be seen that Jonty made three tours to Australia. A football player can have no higher testimony than to retain the confidence of all ruling officials over a period of years. For many years Jonty Parkin was chosen as captain of Wakefiel Trinity, Yorkshire and Great Britain, and that is sufficient proof of his ability. So long as football is discussed in Wakefield his name will be remembered. Described by Jim Brough as the toughest Scrum-half he ever played with or against, Parkin's last two seasons of his career were spent with Hull Kingston Rovers His association with Wakefield Trinity continued after the Second World War when, from 1947 to 1950, he was a member of the Trinity Committee. | ” |
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